While millions continue to suffer economic hardship in the U.S. — not to mention all those suffering from disease and famine in the Horn of Africa — billionaires spend millions investing in the possibility of nation-building in international waters. These floating “petri dishes” will no doubt facilitate tax evasion for…
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As the 2012 presidential election campaign heats up, expect more violent rhetoric from the Republican party. The GOP continues to thrash about like a wounded animal as it refuses to come to grips with the fact that there is a black man in the “White” House; and the fact that…
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The Theft of Wealth from People of Color: Who and What are We Organizing For? by Seeta Persaud The Economic Immobility and Financial Insecurity of POC According to a Pew Research Center study released last week, the median wealth (assets minus debt) for white households is a little over $113,000,…
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Solicitor General Barry Morgan prosecuted Raquel Nelson of Marietta, Georgia, vilifying and persecuting her by persuading the all-middle-class-white jury, who has never had to rely upon public transportation, that she was a living embodiment of the pathological, negligent bad black mother archetype. Raquel Nelson’s crime? She was crossing the street…
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Wendy Greene has just posted her article “Black Women Can’t Have Blonde Hair . . . in the Workplace” on SSRN. The abstract: This Article introduces a recent string of “hair stories” involving the regulation of Black women’s blonde hair in the workplace. At first glance, these “hair stories” appear…
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The 6th Circuit found no ethical violation with a federal judge’s membership in an all-white country club. Cannons 2A of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges prohibits the appearance of impropriety and 2C prohibits membership in a discriminatory organization. The commentary for 2C states: in lieu of resigning,…
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From the NYT: Alabama has passed a sweeping bill to crack down on illegal immigrants that both supporters and opponents call the toughest of its kind in the country, going well beyond a law Arizona passed last year that caused a furor there. […] “This bill invites discrimination into every…
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