March 2010
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Mother who doesn't speak English gets her child... →
redguard:
A Mexican immigrant walked out of the Gartin Justice Building on Friday holding the daughter who had been taken from her by state officials in 2008, when advocates say she was accused of being an unfit mother because she doesn’t speak English.
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Racist Idiot Fails Again to Get Anti-Affirmative...
via ACLU:
“JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Faced with an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit, a political operative who has failed twice before to place an anti-affirmative action initiative on the Missouri ballot has abandoned his latest attempt to rewrite the state constitution to ban equal opportunity programs. ”
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What an idiot. I wonder if he is at the teabagger extravaganza....
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“Last week the Web site UsedWinnipeg.com ran an advertisement headlined “Native...”
– Taliman: Stop the racist attacks on our children | Indian Country Today | Archive (via themmases)
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American Apologies: #71: Missing White Woman... →
Do the names Laci Peterson, Chandra Levy, Elizabeth Smart, Natalee Holloway, or Runaway Bride mean anything to you? What about Romona Moore, Tamika Huston, or LaToyia Figueroa? Probably not as much I bet. The difference between the two is the first group consists of high-profile cases which…
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WatchThe Facts of Life: Blair finds out her late grandfather fought integration in the 60’s and deals with the her family’s racist past.
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Taking on Difficult Issues: UCCS White Privilege... →
The annual White Privilege Conference (WPC) serves as a yearly opportunity to examine and explore difficult issues related to white privilege, white supremacy and oppression.
WPC provides a forum for critical discussions about diversity, multicultural education and leadership, social justice, race/racism, sexual orientation, gender relations, religion and other systems of privilege/oppression....
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Jim Crow Still on the Books in New York
via ACLU:
Right now in New York, more than 122,000 people are prohibited from voting because of felony convictions. The state’s felony disfranchisement policy — which prohibits people who are incarcerated or on parole for a felony offense from voting — hits communities of color particularly hard, barring one out of every 24 black New Yorkers of voting age from the polls.
Felony...
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