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Why I broke the rule of survival for black Americans
“Riley Temple was walking his dog around his Washington, D.C., neighborhood where he has lived for the past 25 years when a confrontation with the police made him break the rule that all black people are told to obey in…
Read MoreThere was no wave of compassion when addicts were hooked on crack
“New York’s Cardozo Law School Professor Ekow Yankah compares today’s approach to heroin users to the tough-on-crime response a few decades ago to those using crack cocaine.” Click here to hear the PBS News Hour interview.
Read MoreTake Charge of Your Education
Thanks to everyone who attended last night’s Continuing Conversation on Race & White Privilege at the Princeton Public Library. (Our next meeting will be on Monday, May 7th, at 7pm, back at the Princeton Public Library.) One of the recurring…
Read MoreThe PBS NewsHour Launches Year Long Conversation on Race, Diversity and Intolerance
PBS announced a new series, Race Matters, “conversations on finding solutions to the painful divides that continue to plague our communities.” Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault will lead the project.
Read MoreAmerica’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy
Anna Holmes draws on her experience growing up biracial in America to discuss self-identification and other people’s perceptions. For a fictionalized take on the subject, read Mat Johnson‘s Loving Day. How do you identify people you see? Try PBS’ “Sorting…
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