Institutional Racism
A National Museum Of African American History: A Major Step Forward
Progress takes time, sometimes an inordinate amount of time, to simply first make a wrong, right. But it is a necessary step to move forward. Perhaps, that is a good way to put into perspective the announcement today by the Smithsonian Institution that it will build a National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).
Conversation Of The Week XXII: Moral Dissonance And The Obama Effect
Many have speculated on the effects that Barak Obama’s election as President would have on not just black-white relations but also on attitudes and behaviors in the black community which for the first time in our nation’s history has available a black role model in the nation’s highest office. Anecdotal evidence of positive effects abounds. A Washington Post feature described how Obama’s campaign, election, and “kick off the school year” speech inspired black youth in and around Washington, D.C.
Newt Gingrich Wants To Fix Poverty By Replacing School Janitors With Teenagers?
With more than one in five children in the United States now living below the poverty line, the answer for Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is for them to "learn the value of work" by becoming school janitors.
Seriously, learning to scrub a toilet is Gingrich's answer to millions of poor children, as if they aren't already suffering enough with a lack of nutrition, poor education, and limited or having zero access to healthcare, and housing.
Conversation Of The Week XXI: Complicating White Privilege: Race, Poverty, And The Nature Of The Knapsack
In my favorite photograph of my Grandma Wilma, taken during her early teens, she stands outside her Kitzmiller, Maryland, house. The house’s exterior, cracking and worn, hints at the working poor life she and her family are living in Appalachia. Evidence, too, is her attire: full-length overalls, dusty and stained, hang over a plain white t-shirt. The tips of dirty shoes peek out from the bottoms of pant legs that appear too long for her short frame.
Issue Of The Week XXI: Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stereotype Of The Poor Can Be Applied To The Rich
When candidates for President of the United States choose to play to racial stereotypes, it does little to educate and improve race relations among a growing ethnically diverse electorate. The travesty and tragedy of resorting to using distorted, divisive and derogatory languages and images to describe a whole group of people have untold, and unfortunately, lasting consequences.
New Detroit Coalition Strives To Close Economic Equity Gap
Balancing the economic differences between the minority and majority communities throughout the nation remains a lingering problem as major metropolitan areas continue to dig out from under the 2008-09 financial melt-down. A good key indicator is small business ownership, an elusive goal for many people of color, particularly African Americans.
Politically Racist Stereotypes Pervade 2012 Presidential Race
Dear Sticky Wicket,
Why do politicians, particularly Republicans, continue to overtly, or covertly perpetuate the impression that more blacks are on welfare and receive food stamps than whites?
~Irate In Sonoma.
Dear Irate,
Minority Racism: Is It Real Or Imagined That Blacks Are The Most Discriminated Against?
The worst type of discrimination is always the kind that is being directed at you. Trying to answer the question as to which minority group suffers most from discrimination is like trying to decide whether childbirth or passing a kidney stone is the most painful. The answer depends whether you are in labor or in the throes of passing a stone. That is why it is difficult to determine which racial or ethnic group suffers the most harm from the exclusionary and judgmental practices born of discrimination.
Conversation Of The Week XX: Understanding And Eliminating Discrimination Against Blacks In The United States
Abstract. This paper discusses the US history of discrimination against blacks, which should be understood by students and others who are concerned with human rights and who want to participate in some form of civic engagement for the realization of these rights. The first part of this paper examines slavery, an extreme form of racial discrimination, and its repetition as involuntary servitude in earlier historical periods in the US.
Project ChildSafe Could Benefit Black Teens And Other Minorities
Countless children are exposed to a variety of firearms in the home, and these weapons cause a majority of the teen homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths. But black teens, black families and other minorities seem to be affected the most.
