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January 22nd, 2013
Written by Janet McConnaug... in race relations news, Spotlight, African-American, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The "baby dolls," an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American ethnic values within the community, are on again.
The troupes of women strutting and prancing in bonnets, garters, and skimpy or short, ruffled dresses on Fat Tuesday also are being spotlighted in a new book and museum exhibit that trace their history and modern rebirth.
When the...
January 20th, 2013
Written by Jesse Washingto... in race relations news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
This sentence spoken by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been quoted countless times as expressing one of America's bedrock values, its language almost sounding like a constitutional amendment on equality.
Yet today, 50...
January 17th, 2013
Written by Holbrook Mohr -... in race relations news, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A report by several advocacy groups says many Mississippi schools use harsh disciplinary practices that lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions under policies disproportionally affecting minorities.
The report comes less than three months after the U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit that alleges there is a "school-to-prison pipeline"...
January 15th, 2013
Written by Susan Montoya B... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Leaders of an American Indian community in northern New Mexico are seeking the return of all land within the boundaries of the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera National Preserve, citing the area as a "spiritual sanctuary" and part of their traditional homeland.
Jemez Pueblo filed a lawsuit in federal court last summer to establish its aboriginal right to ownership of the...
January 15th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in race relations news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A father and son have been sentenced to prison following convictions in a sweeping federal racketeering case in which prosecutors accused them as racist gang members who conspired to attack black people to force them out of a Southern California bedroom community.
Dozens of suspects were convicted in the case that marked the Justice Department's first time combining civil...