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Holiday in South Africa, 1986new
 
    
    Author Patrick Daugherty writes about visiting Apartheid-era South Africa in 1986.
  
    San Diego Reader  |  
    Patrick Daugherty  |  
    12-18-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Suspending Judgmentnew
 
    
    The San Francisco school system considers alternatives to suspensions that some say unfairly impact students of color.
  
    San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  
    Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez  |  
    12-05-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Betting on Gratonnew
 
    
    Newest casino targeting Bay Area residents promises to share the wealth with workers and people of color, but will it?
  
    San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  
    Yael Chanoff  |  
    11-07-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  From Emmett to Trayvonnew
Crazies will always be there, and we will always have to deal with them. But when trigger-happy men shoot kids of color under cover of Stand Your Ground or Castle Doctrine laws, and mainstream whites rush forward to defend them, we have a more severe problem.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    Donna Ladd  |  
    08-16-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Race Still Mattersnew
In Mississippi, the negative social evaluation of black people has resulted in “separate but equal” in practice.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    Rommel W. Benjamin  |  
    07-29-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Race Did Play a Role in the Trayvon Martin Casenew
 
    
    It doesn't matter whether George Zimmerman was racist – the racial implications are being played out in courts, the media and websites all over the nation.
  
    Orlando Weekly  |  
    Jeffrey C. Billman  |  
    07-18-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Look Who's Talkingnew
 
    
    Was there a mole on the Zimmerman jury?
  
    Orlando Weekly  |  
    Steve Schneider  |  
    07-18-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Redemption Songnew
I am perplexed by how my people continue to judge each other on everything, particularly our levels of "blackness."
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    Funmi Folayan Franklin  |  
    07-16-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  George Zimmerman is Not Guilty. But He's Not Innocent.new
 
    
    Not since O.J. Simpson has a murder trial so divided America along racial lines.
  
    Orlando Weekly  |  
    Jeffrey Billman  |  
    07-15-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  On the Offensivenew
 
    
    Is it right for sports teams to use Native American imagery?
  
    VUE Weekly  |  
    Rebecca Medel  |  
    07-12-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Is Racism Over?new
 
    
    What the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling means for South Carolina.
  
    Columbia Free Times  |  
    Corey Hutchins  |  
    07-03-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Racism Affects Families from Generation to Generationnew
In the 1940s and '50s, university segregation prevented many black and Latino GIs from obtaining higher education promised by the GI Bill.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    JFP Staff  |  
    07-01-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  
  
    Tags: GI Bill
  What Is Racism? Why Meanings Matter in Conversations About Racenew
Generally speaking, semantics of race falls into two categories. Those who wish that conversation about it cease, arguing that "all that is behind us," tend to define various forms of prejudice, bigotry and racism as the exact same thing—usually followed by arguing that "everyone does it" as a way to end the effort at dialogue. This may or may not be done on purpose.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    JFP Staff  |  
    07-01-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  
  
    Tags: racism
  Dialogue is Not Debatenew
It's easy to fall into a debate about race and racism, but debate usually hardens our positions, instead of opening us to the possibility of change.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    JFP Staff  |  
    07-01-2013  | 
    Race & Class
  
  Facts Matter; So Do Stereotypesnew
Disparities between whites and people of color in the United States, and Mississippi, are still wide, and they result from years of historic racism and inequality.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    JFP Staff  |  
    07-01-2013  | 
    Race & Class