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June 26th, 2012
Written by Wendy Innes in race relations news, Spotlight, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News, Irish with 0 Comments
There is perhaps no more vilified group of people than Irish Travellers, and the closely related Romani Gypsies. In fact, the two are often lumped together and simply called Gypsies. Since the creation of the so-called reality show, "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding" and repeated negative reports on cable news- commentary programs, the public is left with an image of those who dress their daughters...
June 15th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in race relations news, Cover Stories, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Race and Politics, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
It seems that the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class shrinks more with each passing day. Ask any representative from the three predominate economic classes in America and they will each tell you that their class has suffered the most from the protracted recessionary period that beset our economy in 2007 and has yet to fully dissipate for the majority of our citizens. Let’s...
June 7th, 2012
Written by Holly Beretto in race relations news, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
.jpg "Mac McDonald, a rare but determined black man who tends his vineyard to create the wine of his childhood memories. Photo Credit: Holly Beretto.")
Mac McDonald didn’t know anything about wine, but moonshine was a different story since his dad made it in the tiny town of Butler, in east Texas, where he grew up. But one day when he was about 12, one of his dad’s friends had a bottle of wine and offered young Mac a taste.It was love at first sip.“It was a red Burgundy,” he recalls. “And I’ve spent my life trying to re-create that experience.”...
May 23rd, 2012
Written by Jodie Blankenship in race relations news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
The concept of debtor’s prisons today, most would consider a past uncaring practice by the criminal justice system. A practice viewed as a callous and unacceptable way to punish those incapable of paying off money owed to another. To place people in jail for being unable to pay their bills is a notion that appears heartless as well as hypocritical. The imprisoned cannot pay the bills, thus,...
May 21st, 2012
Written by Wendy Innes in race relations news, Spotlight, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Feature Stories, Race and Religion, Socialization, Latest News, Scottish with 1 Comment
Perhaps no group of people has a higher list of stereotypes than those who call the Appalachian Mountains home. When many people think of the Appalachian Mountain people, what normally comes to mind is Snuffy Smith smoking a corncob pipe, wearing overalls, and being lazy. Many of the stereotypes that people think of today originate from a single publication called "A Strange Land and Peculiar...