Race and Politics

ISSUE OF THE WEEK IX: Who Are The Aliens In This Nation Of Immigrants?

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Authored by: 
Gil Villagran MSW

Calling certain immigrants Illegal Aliens in this nation founded by uninvited, yet initially welcomed Europeans would be ironic if it were not a perennial dehumanization of one immigrant group by another.


The story of America is replete with all manner of invasion, conquest, plunder, enslavement of one people by another, theft of property and of children, and ultimately — formal strategic warfare and genocide of those deemed by official government policy as undesirable, expendable, and to be eliminated by any means necessary.

Conversation IX: Deconstructing The Iceberg — Post-Racial America, The Problem Of The Twenty-First Century

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Authored by: 
Jamila Aisha Brown

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When icebergs collide, the first impact occurs below the surface. Similarly, conflicts regarding racial/ethnic differences clash beneath the surface of one’s complexion. Despite the presence of an African-American president in office racial, ethnic, and religious tensions in the country are running high. The fallacious image of a placid racially harmonious iceberg hinders the United States’ ability to address the collisions occurring below its surface.

Conversation Of The Week VIII: Universally We Are One Race ... The Human Race

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Darwin's Racist Book Cover
Authored by: 
Sharon Sebastian

Black is good, white is bad. Black is bad, white is good. Which is it? Most Americans know that neither generalization is true. Individual character determines quality, not money in the bank, the neighborhood where you live, or the color of your skin.

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