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Justspeak: The Origins Of A Police Culture Of Bias In Ferguson

Posted by on Monday, May 30, 2016, In : Black Lives Matter 
Justspeak: The origins of a police culture of bias in Fergusonhe conclusion reached at the end of the recent federal probe on the Ferguson Police department should come as no surprise: a culture of bias exists in the Ferguson Police department. According to the Wall Street Journal, “…the Justice Department probe concluded…Police in Ferguson routinely violated the civil rights of the city’s Black residents.”

Such a conclusion also raises further questions about the Grand Jury ruling that exonerated Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. Be...


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JUSTSPEAK: The Oscars—The Final Frontier Of “White Spaces?”

Posted by on Monday, May 30, 2016, In : Arts and Culture 
c-oscarstatue_Davidlohr-BuesoWe have focused so much attention on “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria* that we missed the obvious—the continued existence of “white spaces.” These are arenas where white people congregate and make influential decisions but are viewed as “normal.” There is no discussion of “why are all the white kids sitting together in the cafeteria.” White spaces are spheres of influence where social and economic privilege and the power of whiteness intersect. His...
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JustSpeak: Unlearning racism requires taking positive (affirmative) action

Posted by Irma McClaurin, Kesho Scott on Sunday, March 10, 2013, In : Public Engagement 

Dr. Irma McClaurin by fellmanstudio.com    Dr. Kesho Scott (Grinnell College) by De Dudley
 
The recent racist incident at Washburn High School of Minneapolis, in which a black doll was hung (lynched), is disturbing. We are living in the 21st century. And yet, not too long ago in 2003 Duluth, MN built a memorial to commemorate the unlawful and unjustified lynching of three young Black men in 1920. Despite this example of racial reconciliation, in 2008 an effigy of Presidential candidate Barrack...
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Justspeak: “Who Let the Dogs Out?” Romney and the Republican Party

Posted by on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, In : Policy Analysis 
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville, Gunnar Myrdal, Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. What do they all have in common, besides being deceased and white men? Alexis de Tocqueville wrote Democracy in Americapublished in two volumes (1835 and 1840) in which he made observations about the impact of slavery on the newly-formed American society; Gunnar Myrdal ( a Swedish economist) wrote An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (1944) on U.S. race relations; and Governor Otto Ker...
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Artspeak: Macys misses the boat on celebration of Brazil

Posted by on Thursday, December 6, 2012,
What a delightful surprise to open my mailbox and see Macys touting a celebration of Brazil.  The merchandise colors are vibrant oranges, yellows, and shocking turquoise.  However, as I looked at the models chosen to represent Brazil, it was clear that Macys had missed the boat. Brazil is a multi-racial country. Everyone knows that its people represent a human rainbow, and in fact, after World War II, American scholars often pointed to Brazil as the racial ideal.  Thus was born what a...
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Why George Zimmerman does not get the “Hispanic” pass card on racism

Posted by on Thursday, December 6, 2012, In : Policy Analysis 
George Zimmerman has finally been arrested.  But is it too little too late?  Perhaps, but it is important that those who follow this case not get confused by the assertions that Zimmerman could not be racist because he is “Hispanic.”  What has been missing from the discussion thus far is an analysis of race and racism in the countries of Central and South America, and how Spanish-speaking immigrants (and/or their American-born children) can harbor cultural baggage that includes the...
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Black History every da..n day of the year--why not?

Posted by on Thursday, November 24, 2011, In : Public Engagement 

Drs. Marilyn Thomas-Houston, Irma McClaurin, Sybil Rosado, Faye V. Harrison

The recent 96th Annual Meeting of ASALH (the Association for the Study of African American Life and History) held October 6-10, 2011 in Richmond, VA provided a rich opportunity to reflect on the status and history of Black people in America, and in the world.  It also spoke to my idea of “legacymaking”—something in which I have a strong interest, as its ongoing presence reflects the vision and intellectual...

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