Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Dear White America: New book examines anxieties of America’s dwindling majority.
Anti-racist activist and author Tim Wise is back with another witty and no-holds-barred take on race and America’s changing demographics. White Americans have long been comfortable in the assumption that they are the cultural norm. Now that notion is being challenged, as white people wrestle with what it means to be part of a fast-changing, truly multicultural nation.
Read MoreTrayvon Martin Case Salts Old Wounds And Racial Tension
The murder of a teenaged Black boy in Florida has reminded the Black community of the discrimination and violence they experience.
Read MoreSouthern Poverty Law Center Report: As Election Season Heats Up, Extremist Groups at Record Levels
Results of a survey by the Southern Poverty Law Center show how many so-called patriots groups really exist on the radical right.
Read MoreDrug Policy as Race Policy: Best Seller “The New Jim Crow”
Author Michelle Alexander’s groundbreaking book about the mass incarceration of Black Americans has invited criticism.
Read MoreJeremy Lin’s Triumph Over Stereotype Threat
Why low expectations based on our race or gender can be so hard to overcome.Read the article: https://ideas.time.com/2012/02/28/jeremy-lins-triumph-over-stereotype-threat/
Read MoreKKK flyers distributed to homes in Georgia town
Black Georgians woke up to racist propaganda placed in one Newnan neighborhood by the Ku Klux Klan.
Read MoreOctavia Spencer: I’m done with the bad parts
Octavia Spencer views her career and her worth as an actor differently now that she has won an Academy Award.
Read MoreLawsuit claims Obama can’t be president because he’s ‘mulatto’
The arguments against Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy show how alive and well racism is in the United States.
Read More“Mc Stinkyn–ger”: Racist Receipt Suit Settled
Instead of going to trial in front of a jury, Mark McHenry’s federal case alleging racism against restaurant workers has been settled.
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