Obama’s candid reflections on race
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Fareed Zakaria examines the triumphs and struggles during President Barack Obama’s time in the White House. Watch “The Legacy of Barack […]
‘The Messy Truth with Van Jones’: Ana Navarro vs Rick Santorum
Van Jones, Santorum, and Ana Navarro Clash Over Muslim Fears of a Trump Presidency. CNN Van Jones invites folks with different viewpoints in 2016 election: Rick Santorum, Ana Navarro […]
The tough questions on social integration are being ducked
theguardian: by Louise Casey — Our laws and values should protect every single person in Britain – and that just isn’t happening ‘In places such as Rotherham a failure to talk only leaves the ground open for the far right on one side and Islamist extremists on the other ‘ […]
These Are The Fierce Activists Leading The Women’s March On Washington
Source: Huffington Post BY Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Associate Editor, The Huffington Post The Women’s March On Washington is happening come hell or high water, march leaders say, and it’s largely thanks to […]
Ted Talk: We need to talk about an injustice | Bryan Stevenson
It is an engaging and personal talk — with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks — human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America’s justice […]
Hardline Islamist Protests In Indonesia Are Spreading Fear Among the Minority Chinese
Source: Time By Stephen Wright Protests by conservative Muslims against Jakarta’s Chinese Christian governor are putting religious and racial fault lines in the spotlight JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The capital of […]
A black police officer complained about racism. He says his department retaliated by firing him.
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. David Mitchell retired as a lieutenant with the San Diego Police Department in 2014 — but he wasn’t done being a police officer. So he signed on with the Chula Vista Police Department, just outside San Diego. Like all lateral entry […]
‘We’ve never had anything like this’: Racist, threatening message left on door of black church
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. With the racist words freshly scrubbed from the door of his church, the Rev. Todd Robertson searched for a Scripture reading that would set the right tone for his congregation — somewhere between hopeful and defiant. Most of all, he didn’t […]
A story of racial cleansing in America
Source: Longreads Why did the forced removal of African Americans seem so plausible in Forsyth County, Georgia in 1912? Was it because it had all happened before? Detail from a map of Cherokee territory over time. The green line designates their territory at the point of their forced removal. Red […]
I Was Imprisoned in a U.S. Internment Camp. Bigotry Put Me There.
Source: Time BY Norman Y. Mineta & Ann Burroughs Norman Y. Mineta is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum and the Secretary of Transportation under George […]
Religious groups to Obama: Dismantle immigration registry’s framework
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Nearly 200 religious and civil rights groups are petitioning President Obama to dismantle the regulatory framework behind a Homeland Security program critics say discriminates against Muslims and Arabs. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of the architects of the program, Kris Kobach, to his […]
Video and Book Review: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Source: Amazon The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed Trevor Noah’s unlikely […]
America’s Schools Have Been Hit With Bigotry And Anti-Semitism Since Election Day
Huff Post: by Antonia Bloomberg — This is frightening. WIKIPEDIA New York University is one of dozens of schools that have been hit by anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist incidents since the election. Reports of anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant incidents at schools around the country have spread rapidly in the days […]
After Trump’s Win, White Evangelical Christians Face A Reckoning
Source: Huffington Post President-elect Donald Trump zealously courted American evangelicals during his campaign ― setting up private meetings, putting together an advisory committee composed of top leaders, and repeatedly playing into evangelicals’ fear that Christianity in America is growing weaker. On election day, it paid off. Despite his divorces, his […]
We need to talk about American values in a changing America
Source: CNN By Farahnaz Ispahani is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the author of “Purifying The Land of the Pure: A history of […]
Video: I am not black, you are not white
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If You’re A Minority In America, The Terror Of This Moment Is Overwhelming
Huff Post: by JamesMichael Nichols — We need to feel that pain of this moment. And we need to take care of each other. ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Waking up today felt like waking up from a fever dream. Over the past 18 months, minorities have endured an […]
Trump accuses US-based Somalis of spreading extremism
Source: BBC US presidential candidate Donald Trump has attacked the Somali community in the US state of Minnesota saying “some of them [are] joining Isis and spreading their extremist views”. […]
Melania Trump: Ending social media bullying would be focus as first lady
Source: CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN)Melania Trump says she’d work to improve a social media culture that has gotten “too mean and too tough” — riddled with insults based on “looks and intelligence” — if she becomes first lady. But she didn’t make any mention of the Twitter activities […]
Why are only white people mourned on Remembrance Day?
Our whitewashed history ignores the heroic role of people of colour in the war. By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, IBTimes.co.uk This week, I passed the four lovely Portland stone pillars near Hyde Park corner in a taxi. These are Memorial Gates dedicated to the South Asian, African and Caribbean soldiers who fought in […]