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  • We have not moved beyond race.

    We have not moved beyond race. St. Louis does not have a proud history on this topic, and we are still suffering the consequences of decisions made by our predecessors. However, it’s important to understand that racial inequity in our region is not the same as individual racism. We are not pointing fingers and calling…

  • Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson

    Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson 2014-11-26 As members of the multiracial community, we want to express our concern and compassion for the family of Michael Brown Jr. We are connected to these events and stand in solidarity with the many individuals and communities that have been harmed by the legacies of white supremacy, privilege, and…

  • Being Mixed Race in Racially Divided America

    Being Mixed Race in Racially Divided America Japan Sociology 2015-01-08 Lourdes Fritts This blog explores life in Japan from a sociological perspective. It is produced by Robert Moorehead and his students at Ritsumeikan University‘s College of International Relations, in Kyoto, Japan. Much like the way some people do not care about their local sports team,…

  • Professor Jared Ball on Ferguson and the Media

    Professor Jared Ball on Ferguson and the Media Truthout 2014-12-29 Dan Falcone At the recent “Shrouded Narrative teach-in” at American University, Dan Falcone met Jared A. Ball, a professor of communication studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, who discussed, “Propaganda and Media.” In this interview, father and husband, author of I MiX What…

  • Outspoken about Ferguson, Jesse Williams may be this generation’s Harry Belafonte

    Outspoken about Ferguson, Jesse Williams may be this generation’s Harry Belafonte The Washington Post 2014-08-20 Soraya Nadia McDonald Harry Belafonte, left. (NBC via AP) Jesse Williams, right. (Christian Alminana/AP) There are many ways to get celebrity activism wrong when it comes to a situation like the one that has emerged in Ferguson, Mo. Appearing to…

  • Obama’s message of hope and change is all but lost amid the chaos of Ferguson

    Obama’s message of hope and change is all but lost amid the chaos of Ferguson The Guardian 2014-08-22 Patricia Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law Columbia University, New York, New York The president is being pressed to take sides in a personal, political and structural tragedy in a divided nation In 2008, the year…

  • Mr. Obama Considers the Nationwide Protests From Three Points of View

    Mr. Obama Considers the Nationwide Protests From Three Points of View The New York Times 2014-12-12 Brent Staples, Editorial Writer Barack Obama understood when he sought the presidency that a black candidate who spoke candidly about racism would never attract enough white support to win. He avoided using race as a platform for grievance, kept…

  • “Race”: a Political Weapon

    “Race”: a Political Weapon Counterpunch: Tells the Facts and Names the Names 2014-12-03 Luciana Bohne, Professor Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania “The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically.” —US Census According to a…

  • Unrest Over Race Is Testing Obama’s Legacy

    Unrest Over Race Is Testing Obama’s Legacy The New York Times 2014-12-08 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House Reporter Michael D. Shear, White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — As crowds of people staged “die-ins” across the country last week to protest the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police officers, young African-American activists were…

  • Hot Topic: Crisis in Ferguson, Missouri

    Hot Topic: Crisis in Ferguson, Missouri Carleton Newsroom Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2014-11-28 Unrest is spreading in response to a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri. A Carleton expert is available to discuss many aspects of the situation. Daniel McNeil…