Category Archives: Racism
Popular Seattle Teacher Forced Out for Teaching Kids About Racism – Yahoo! News
Students study speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and invite local community leaders to speak in the class. They are prompted to talk honestly about racism, class disparity, and privilege in their day to day lives at the start of every session. Assignments include analyzing “the way media and society fetishize both […]
Dmitry Berezhkov arrested by Norwegian police | Barentsobserver
A trusted source speaking to BarentsObserver who will remain anonymous says there are clearly political reasons for why Dmitry Berezhkov stays in Norway and can’t return to Russia. The source points to the fact that there over a long period had been a dispute between Russian authorities and RAIPON. Dmitry Berezhkov was arrested just after […]
Renaming the Redskins: Four New, Nonracist Names and Logos for D.C.’s NFL Team – Businessweek
Controversy over the name of the National Football League’s Washington Redskins surfaced again in May, when 10 members of Congress wrote to the league and Dan Snyder, the team’s owner, asking for a change. The legislators said the name is a “racial, derogatory slur” against Native Americans. Snyder has long resisted a change (in spite […]
Kathleen Cleaver on Richard Aoki and the formation of the Black Panther Party – YouTube
Short video excerpt from AOKI, a documentary film chronicling the life of Richard Aoki (1938-2009), a third-generation Japanese American who became one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party. via Kathleen Cleaver on Richard Aoki and the formation of the Black Panther Party – YouTube.
Haaretz: “Israeli settlements in the West Bank legally expanded by nearly 8,000 dunams (1,977 acres)” | Stop the Wall
Haaretz: “Israeli settlements in the West Bank legally expanded by nearly 8,000 dunams (1,977 acres) in 2012 – land equalling [an area]… twice as big as Manhattan’s Central Park.” See original article here. According to the newspaper “Haaretz”, the so-called “command center” in the Israeli occupation army has worked to increase the areas covered by […]
Florida Lawmakers Risk Speeding Up Wrongful Executions, Not Justice | Black America Web
In 2010, under the pretense of preventing voter fraud, the GOP-led Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott limited early voting hours and imposed other inconveniences that led to block-long lines at the polls in 2012, and made Florida the laughingstock of the nation as it was in 2000. But now it seems that while many of […]
Disgusting attacks from the Republican Party | Battleground Texas
When Battleground Texas launched three months ago, our mission was clear: to empower voters and expand the electorate. This stems from a deep and abiding belief that the future of Texas will be brighter when more people lift their voices and advocate for change in their communities. Recently, we heard someone give a much different […]
Muslim Leaders Condemn Holocaust Denial – Global Agenda – News – Israel National News
“We bear witness to the absolute horror and tragedy of the Holocaust where millions upon millions of human souls perished, more than half of whom were people of the Jewish faith,” said a statement signed by 10 leading Islamic figures, according to the AFP news agency. The signatories include the President of the Islamic Society […]
Nazi-Naming Dad Fights for Right to See His Son | NBC 10 Philadelphia
“I’m going to tell the judge, I love my children. I wanna be a father, let me be it,” Campbell told NBC10 Monday before court proceedings. “Let me prove to the world that I am a good father.” The closed-door hearing at Hunterdon County Family Court in Flemington, N.J., was being held to determine whether […]
Nikki Haley’s Reelection Campaign Drops White Supremacist – Elspeth Reeve – The Atlantic Wire
The reelection campaign of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has parted ways with Roan Garcia-Quintana, a volunteer who belongs to a white supremacist group. Garcia-Quintana says he’s not a racist. “Is it racist to be proud of your own heritage? Is it racist to want to keep your own heritage pure?” he told The State […]
