Archive for 'Racial Justice'
What Rights Do We Have?
By Keith Rushing
The arrest of America’s most prominent Black scholar—while disturbing—validates the complaints of many African-American and Latino men about the second-class and oppressive treatment we receive at the hands of White police officers.
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No Sign of Weakness in Obama’s Respect for Latin America
By Keith Rushing
Many Americans, particularly conservatives, were up in arms this weekend after President Barack Obama extended a hand to controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the gathering of Latin American leaders in Trinidad.
The uproar erupted simply because Obama clasped hands with Chavez and smiled broadly at the Summit of the Americas and spoke [...]
Gentrification in D.C. Reveals a Vast Race and Class Divide
By Keith Rushing
There have been three homicides within a few blocks of my house since my wife and I moved in just over a year ago. One happened around the corner. Another was two blocks away. The other was about seven blocks away. [...]
The Rising Cost of Recidivism in America’s Correction System
By Tia T. Gordon
Efforts to reduce recidivism and slow the growth of the nation’s incarcerated population continue to escape state policymakers. Furthermore, the size and cost of U.S. prison systems have risen dramatically over the past few decades.
According to a new report by the Pew Center on the States, the number of people in [...]
Why Reparations Must End Up on the National Agenda
By Keith Rushing
The movement for reparations for the abuses heaped on the ancestors of millions of African Americans during nearly 250 years of slavery was a slow growing movement several years ago that garnered substantial media attention.
The movement, which was largely a grassroots effort, but also involved attorneys and legislators, sought some form of compensation [...]
WHAT’S IN A WORD? RACE AND RACISM IN DETROIT
ri-ot
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
rioting: a state of disorder involving group violence
re-bel-lion n.
Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
An act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention.
History is written by the victors. The struggle and ambitions of the party who has lost the battle [...]
LOCKED INTO VIOLENCE: GANGS, INCARCERATION, AND RACIAL PROFILING
A recent report released by the Justice Policy Institute entitled Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies has brought to light some interesting issues in regards to gangs and gang policy in the United States. The report concluded that many of the law enforcement and incarceration tactics [...]
Blacks Still Unwelcome On (and Off) the Green
People all over the nation mourn the recent loss of Tiger Woods’ father, Earl Woods. The patriarch of the Woods family, Mr. Woods left a lasting legacy for his son, a golf player who has opened some doors for people of color in a historically White-dominated, exclusive sport. Others, like Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson, [...]
Making a Hate Crime List and Checking It Twice
Gruesome details of the brutal attack on a Latino teen in Spring, Texas in April:
“massive internal injuries, head wounds, cuts on his chest …”
“[One assailant] grabbed a tapered PVC pipe—a pole normally used to hold up a patio umbrella—and put it up the victim’s rectum…[and] wearing steel-toed boots, kicked the pipe up inside the [...]
DEAR HURRICANE SURVIVORS
TO: Survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
FROM: Federal Emergency Management Agency <noreply@fema.gov>
DATE: April 24, 2006 , 8:53 am
RE: We Made Another Mistake
Hey guys, how’s the recovery effort going in the Gulf Coast ? Almost finished? We wouldn’t really know because we’ve been busy with our own internal problems here at FEMA – [...]