All posts tagged "Race"
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Airbnb Bans Host Who Canceled a Reservation Because of a Guest’s Race
The host reportedly said, "One word says it all. Asian."
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Study Finds Black Defendants More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted than White Defendants
The study's results are striking.
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Mississippi’s Proposed Sagging Ban is Legitimizing Respectability Politics
Mississippi lawmaker proposes cracking down on sagging. Here's why that's a bad idea.
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How Can We Fix Racial Segregation In American Schools?
Why is school segregation still a problem?
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Gabrielle Union Speaks Out About Nate Parker’s Rape Allegations
She says she cannot take the allegations lightly.
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What Explains Life Expectancy in the United States?
Why do some groups live longer than others?
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“American Crime Story” Hits its Stride as the Dream Team Assembles
The show starts to feel familiar.
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“American Crime Story” Episode Two: The Bronco Chase
Recapping the show's latest episode.
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Will Michael Bloomberg Jump in the 2016 Fray?
The race continues to get even more crowded.
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Sireen Hashem: Was her Firing Discriminatory?
Why was Sireen Hashem fired?
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Affirmative Action Makes its Way Back to the Supreme Court
Will the court end affirmative action?
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Kevin McCarthy Drops out of Speaker Race: Twitter Reacts
Total chaos on the Hill.
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An Us Vs. Them Mentality Won’t Fix the Problem of Police Brutality
The tension between minority communities and the police is not going away.
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Developing: Shooter Arrested in Charleston Church Shooting
Emanuel AME church shooter in Charleston has been arrested.
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Community Reels After Local NAACP President’s Parents Reveal She Isn’t Black
Read reactions to news that a local NAACP president who claims to be black is actually white.
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ICYMI: Best of the Week
ICYMI: check out the best of the week from Law Street Media.
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Protests Continue After Freddie Gray’s Death in Baltimore
Baltimore protests are growing in response to Freddie Gray's death in police custody.
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Police Officers Shot in Ferguson Show Tensions Haven’t Abated
The situation in Ferguson, Missouri turned violent again when two police officers were shot Wednesday night.
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U.S. Drug Policy: Civil Rights Issue or Fair Enforcement?
The War on Drugs has led to mass incarceration, but is it a Civil Rights issue?
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NAACP in Colorado Bombed: No Injuries But Also No Coverage
The Colorado NAACP was bombed but few media outlets covered the possible domestic terrorism.
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Racism: It’s on All of Us
Racism isn't just for white people, but the media would have you believe that it is.
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Dr. Cornel West’s Religious Activism is Exactly What We Need in Ferguson
Religious leaders are making their way to Ferguson.
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Race Double Standards – It’s the American Way
We've all seen the news coverage about the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Not just the shooting,...
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Crime of Power: Treating the Problem in Ferguson and Ignoring the Cause
In the aftermath of the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the controversy over the way in which the police...
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WARNING: The Christians Are Coming for Your Civil Liberties
The Hobby Lobby ruling, not even a month old, is already proving to be disturbingly broad. Ruth Bader...
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LGBT Community Makes Great Strides, Other Minority Groups’ Rights Eroding
Gather ‘round, Constant Reader (if I may be so presumptuous with my very first blog post). Let’s wax...
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Five Things That Co-existed with Apartheid
This week the entire world is mourning the passing of one of the greatest individuals of the twentieth...
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Profiling
I want to begin by saying that the law is not perfect. It can’t be. It is created...
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Decision 2013: I’ll See Your Christie, and Raise You de Blasio
Well, Election Day has come and gone, and things are looking (un)surprisingly bright for the tri-state area. Folks,...
