Why Liberals Separate Race from Class
Jacobin
The tendency to divorce racial disparities from economic inequality has a long liberal lineage.
Why Saturday's Bernie Sanders Rally Left Me Feeling Heartbroken
The Stranger
How do we call people in even as we call them out?
Black Lives Caught in the Cross Hairs of Injustice
Re:Sound -- Third Coast Festival / WBEZ radio
As the movement for racial justice spurred by the seemingly endless series of police killings of African Americans grows we are reminded that the issues are not new, they are endemic in U.S. history. What happens after the headlines subside? The truth has been buried too often, and for too long and there can be no justice until these stories are resurrected, scrubbed of their racist falsehoods. U.S. history needs to be put right.
books
Bigotry 101: Why Haters Gonna Hate
The Indypendent
Here is bigotry as a systematic, total mindset having a special affinity for right-wing movements. The author explores its appeal, the self-image it justifies, the interests it serves and its complex connection not so much to antiquity as modernity, shaping the conspiratorial and paranoid worldview of true believers, elitists and chauvinists. It enables their hiding behind mainstream conservative motifs to support policies disadvantaging the targets of their contempt.
Early Education Gaps by Social Class and Race Start U.S. Children Out on Unequal Footing
Economic Policy Institute
We share a national ideal that everyone should have the opportunity for prosperity and success. Reclaiming this vision for our children begins with ensuring that all children start school on equal footing.
Friday Nite Videos -- June 19, 2015
Portside
Nightly Show Panel - Shooting in South Carolina. Bill Would Remove Confederate Flag in South Carolina. Neil Young: Rockin' in the Free World. Lacey Schwartz Talks 'Little White Lie.' Movie: Black and Cuba.
Lacey Schwartz Talks 'Little White Lie'
Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz talks about growing up white and Jewish in Woodstock, discovering at the age of 18 that her father was Black, and making a documentary film about this discovery and how it changed everything for her family. Screening and other information here.
Movie: Black and Cuba
An award-winning documentary that follows street-smart Ivy League students, outcasts at their elite university, as they adventure to Cuba. Enthralling scenes of Cuban life including hip hop performances, block parties, and candid spontaneous encounters with AfroCuban youth.
Friday Nite Videos -- June 12, 2015
Portside
Sixto Rodriguez - Establishment Blues. Pros and Cons: Donald Trump Running for President. Documentary: The Look of Silence. When We Stand Up for 15. Judge: Probable Cause for Murder Charges in Tamir Rice Case.
Is Rachel Dolezal Black Just Because She Says She Is?
Slate
Maybe. What we don’t know is whether she also accepted the hardships of being black.
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