Oppression and Privilege

Issue Of The Week V Fall 2011-2012: The Martin Luther King Memorial: What Does It Mean To America, To You?

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Department:

National Collegiate Dialogue

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race relations news

Authored by:

Janice S. Ellis Ph.D.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was officially dedicated this past Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. In addition to the 30-foot memorial being erected near that of three U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln among them, the significance is far-reaching. As a caring ordinary citizen, King was motivated to fight for racial, social, economic, and educational equality.

Conversation Of The Week V Fall 2011-2012: A Personal Odyssey Toward A Theme: Race And Equality In The United States: 1948–2009

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Department:

National Collegiate Dialogue

Authored by:

Richard Lempert Professor of Law and Sociology

University of Michigan

Issue Of The Week IV Fall 2011-2012: Politics And The Potential Influence Of The Changing Face Of America: What Are The Implications Of America Becoming A Nation Of Minorities By 2050?

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Department:

National Collegiate Dialogue

Authored by:

Peter W. Brusoe - American University

Issue Of The Week III Fall 2011-2012: DNA Testing Frees Wrongfully Convicted Minorities

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Department:

National Collegiate Dialogue

Authored by:

Aaron Castelan Cargile

This video provides a look at many of the men wrongfully convicted and then exonerated by DNA evidence during the first decade of the 21st century.

Although "White Americans" constitute approximately 70 percent of the U.S. population, about 70 percent of those exonerated by DNA testing are members of minority groups, according to the Innocence Project.

Have people of color been wrongly convicted in a systematic manner?

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