Briefly Noted
Recently Noted – busing, re-segregation, white supremacy
Recently Noted – busing, re-segregation, white supremacy
July 17, 2019
The recent controversies surrounding Joe Biden’s a —>> read more –>>
Racism/White Supremacy
Family
Evicted – the book and the exhibition
Evicted – the book and the exhibition
April 3, 2019
Eviction from home is a regular feature of life for the poor and working class, more so for black and brown people. The civil justice system works with the same imbalance of power as the criminal system. Based on the book Evicted by Matthew Desmond.
Racism/White Supremacy
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman and White Supremacy
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman and White Supremacy
January 1, 2019
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman and White Supremacy Ada —>> read more –>>
Racism/White Supremacy
Why “White Supremacy”?
Why “White Supremacy”?
November 28, 2018
The term “white supremacy” has come into widesprea —>> read more –>>
Racism/White Supremacy
The Land Rush of 1889 and White Supremacy
The Land Rush of 1889 and White Supremacy
August 28, 2018
‘Oklahoma Run.’ Oil on canvas by Robert Lindneux T —>> read more –>>
Inequality
Countering White Male Top 10% Affirmative Action
Countering White Male Top 10% Affirmative Action
May 22, 2018
Countering White Male Top 10% Affirmative Action T —>> read more –>>
Racism/White Supremacy
White Affirmative Action – Martin Luther King in 1968
White Affirmative Action – Martin Luther King in 1968
May 13, 2018
White Affirmative Action – Martin Luther King in 1 —>> read more –>>
Justice/Jails
Mass Incarceration – The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander
Mass Incarceration – The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander
March 7, 2018
Mass incarceration, largely through the War on Drugs, combined with white racism has produced a catastrophe for African Americans. It is hard to imagine that if young whites, despite being no more likely to offend drug laws than blacks, were subjected to these laws that we would have seen a sharp reaction from the white majority. Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow is important reading and a call to action.
Healthcare
Opioids and White Privilege – Lock’em Up vs. Treatment
Opioids and White Privilege – Lock’em Up vs. Treatment
December 12, 2017
Opioids and White Privilege The arrival of opioids —>> read more –>>
Briefly Noted
Thanksgiving – a bit of a corrective history telling and turkey adaptation
Thanksgiving – a bit of a corrective history telling and turkey adaptation
November 22, 2017
Corrective History The NYTimes posted a bit of Tur —>> read more –>>
Briefly Noted
Recently Noted – 1930s Redlining and Segregation Today
Recently Noted – 1930s Redlining and Segregation Today
August 29, 2017
More evidence that today’s segregated America didn’t just happen out of individual choices and preferences. The 1930s redlining of neighborhoods by the Home Owners’ Loan Corp, a New Deal housing agency, has had long term effects of segregating people.
Racism/White Supremacy
Recently Noted – More White Affirmative Action
Recently Noted – More White Affirmative Action
August 24, 2017
The 8/24/2017 New York Times featured a lengthy well researched study, “Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago” demonstrates that affirmative action for whites that began during the Jim Crow era and continued during the post-WWII boom in education persists to this day.