Yet another story about police using excessive force on black males. Punishment for the officers:"Police Chief Jack Beaton quickly suspended the two officers - one with two years of experience, the other with nine months - with pay after viewing the tape Thursday."
Miami Herald ran this story about Barack Obama seeking protection from the secret service because he is black. While the article looks at the idea among some black Americans that he is not black enough for the job, it points out he has sought protection from the people who think he is "too dark for the job."
A first-person perspective of life on a Native American reservation in North Dakota. The author exposes the harsh realities of the effects of institutionalized racism - including unemployment, drugs/alcohol abuse, extreme poverty - of which effects each and every resident.
Kids (and adults alike) may learn racist, homophobic phrases while playing video games, Halo 3 now comes complete with characters who say the slurs -- all at the press of a controller button.
This is kind of an older clip but it is interesting and emotional.
About Me
- Epidermic
- Racism is a social disease that has been constructed and reconstructed in this county. Many say racial divides were abolished when former President Abraham Lincoln signed his name to the Emancipation Proclamation; others say it ended with the smashing of Jim Crow laws during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. However, many will contend that these were only limitations on the legal aspects of racism…it still exists. Blocks – usually set by the white majority – are still attached to many jobs, home and business loans and school registrar lists. They may not be legal anymore, but it still happens. This blog is set up to point out the ways in which race still affects U.S. society. It is important to highlight race because racism is damaging to all, and often, the only way to change is to be informed. The hope here is to smash racism with the hammer called education.
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I don't watch a lot of Fox, but that was the first good response to it i have ever seen. Clinton's 'outburst' was close, but this showed an even better understanding of the situation.
I think it puts many liberals in a new place. stop whining about the bias in these shows, stop answering their loaded questions and say what you feel is right.
If he agrees, then he is 'reprehensible' and therefore is the Black Panthers. If he disagrees the the professor is further maligned and there is 'a slit among the black community..."
There was a great radio show here in Milwaukee that featured today in White on White crime, which listed all the crimes from the day before that happened white on white. Not bitching about the ludicrousness of 'Black on Black crime,' just showing how crazy it is. Not going on talk shows to denounce it, just deflate it.
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