From Time: The fact that race-based prejudice exists is undeniable. In a 2004 study, co-authored by psychology professors at Stanford and Yale, white people associated stereotypically black faces with higher levels of criminality than they did with those of whites. In addition, whites were less apprehensive about shooting black people,…
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From alternet: So much of the existential, psychic, and emotional violence afflicted on people of color in this society is prefaced on a basic idea: there are those who “naturally” belong to a political community and others who are perpetual “guests,” “outsiders,” or “anti-citizens.” The Black Freedom Struggle was many…
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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy From Racialicious: Once again, a young person of color is dead, and hundreds of thousands of people are hoping for justice to be served. Less than a year ago, it was Troy Davis. This week, it’s Trayvon Martin,…
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From Globalgrind.com: I will never look suspicious to you. Even if I have a black hoodie, a pair of jeans and white sneakers on…in fact, that is what I wore yesterday…I still will never look suspicious. No matter how much the hoodie covers my face or how baggie my jeans…
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From Politcs365: [I]t is all part of the Natalie Holloway/Kaylee Anthony/Chandra Levy/Yeardley Love –esque way that Americans select, with prejudice, whose crosses and battles to bear. Indeed, we have a penchant for getting engrossed and engaged over ills, death and wrongs when done to certain victims … yet we tacitly…
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An extended clip from a presentation by Allan G Johnson on race given at the University of Wisconsin, including using the the game of Monopoly to illustrate the relationship between individuals and social systems and a description of the system of white privilege. For more information on Allan G. Johnson…
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From ThinkProgress: Reacting to a Democratic colleagues apparently incendiary request to celebrate a Latino American day, State Rep. Cecil Ash (R) declared that he’d support the idea as long as there’s a holiday for white people too. “I’m supportive of this proposition. I just want them to assure me that…
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70% of Welfare and Public Assistance Recipients are White; 66.66% of Food Stamp Recipients are White From The Root: White Americans, poor and middle-class alike, receive the vast majority of tax-funded government assistance programs, from monthly assistance to Social Security to food stamps. TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), the…
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