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Unarmed & White: Why I Won’t Get Shot By The Police

By Michael Skolnik | Originally Published at Global Grind . August 20, 2014 | Michael Brown | Facebook I’ve never been pulled over by the cops when I hadn’t done anything wrong. I’ve never been asked for identification for no apparent reason. I’ve never been stopped and [...]

Unarmed & White: Why I Won’t Get Shot By The Police2016-11-29T17:37:41-05:00

Is Justice Near for New Orleans Teachers Wrongly Fired After Katrina?

A teacher appreciation week banner from August 2005 remained in the library at George Washington Carver High School when it was photographed 14 months later. (The Times-Picayune archive) By Sue Sturgis | Originally Published at Facing South. August 27, 2014 3:18 PM When Hurricane Katrina struck the [...]

Is Justice Near for New Orleans Teachers Wrongly Fired After Katrina?2016-11-29T17:37:41-05:00

I’m Black, My Brother’s White … and He’s a Cop Who Shot a Black Man on Duty

I never thought that my brother would be one of those police officers. He was supposed to be different because of me My white brother loved black people more than I did when we were growing up. As a black interracial child of the south [...]

I’m Black, My Brother’s White … and He’s a Cop Who Shot a Black Man on Duty2016-11-29T17:37:41-05:00

5 Reasons We All Need to Talk to Kids About Race in America

Photograph Credit: Chicago Parent By Bree Ervin | Originally Published at Everyday Feminism and re-published at EmpathyEducates with their permission. August 23, 2014. “I don’t see color — I just see people.” “I want to raise my children to treat everyone the same.” “If we stopped pointing [...]

5 Reasons We All Need to Talk to Kids About Race in America2016-11-29T17:37:42-05:00

St. Louis Artists Respond To Ferguson With Chalk

What have we done to our children? We express distress over their education. All those tests, a standardized curriculum. Our schools are "failing," or so some say and charter schools are scamming in countless ways. We try to opt out

St. Louis Artists Respond To Ferguson With Chalk2016-11-29T17:37:42-05:00

We Are Our Brother’s Mirror – Study; Police Often Provoke Protest Violence

Photograph; Demonstrators supporting protesters in Ferguson, Mo., hold up mirrors to police during a march Wednesday in Oakland. Photo Credit: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle Beginning at birth we teach our children. We teach them how to talk, how to walk, and how to act when with other [...]

We Are Our Brother’s Mirror – Study; Police Often Provoke Protest Violence2016-11-29T17:37:42-05:00

Ferguson’s Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force

Ferguson's Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force and The City Won't Heal Until We Fix Them Too. By Tracey Meares | Originally Published at The New Republic. August 22, 2014 A day after his visit to Ferguson, Missouri, Attorney General Eric H. Holder stated [...]

Ferguson’s Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force2016-11-29T17:37:42-05:00

Dear White People: The Race You Can’t See Is Your Own

Colorblind...People are just people.” ”I don’t see color.” ”We’re all just human.” Source; Atlanta Black Star By Anat Shenker-Osorio | Originally Published at Blue Nation Review. August 21, 2014 Among the many more serious horrors of Ferguson telecasting America’s racism, we’re treated to white people’s inability to [...]

Dear White People: The Race You Can’t See Is Your Own2016-11-29T17:37:43-05:00

Mayor, You Stole My Children’s Safe, Sane Neighborhood School

Irene Robinson expressed her desire to take her grandchildren to Anthony Overton Elementary School again, The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district decided to shutter the building for good in 2014. Overton Elementary, at 221 E. 49th St. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, is one of 50 schools the [...]

Mayor, You Stole My Children’s Safe, Sane Neighborhood School2016-11-29T17:37:43-05:00
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