This Week in White Supremacy: Week 62

Yes, artificial intelligence can be racist. Vox Florida’s top elections official abruptly resigned after a newspaper obtained pictures of him in blackface posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim. HuffPost S. officials to start pushing asylum seekers back across the border. LA Times The son of Martin Luther King Jr. criticized Vice President Mike Pence forContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy: Week 62"

This Week in White Supremacy: Week 61

A Republican lawmaker from Missouri reportedly apologized Thursday for shouting “Go back to Puerto Rico!” on the House floor while Rep. Tony Cárdenas was waiting to speak. Washington Post 3 Chicago officers acquitted of covering up for colleague who shot Laquan McDonald. NBC News “Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution's 14th Amendment. But #BarrContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy: Week 61"

EJS Thwarts the School-to-Prison Pipeline

One unfortunate reality about U.S. education and the criminal justice system is that disproportionate suspensions and expulsions of children of color often lead these children into prisons and jails (the school-to-prison pipeline). Nationally, zero-tolerance discipline has resulted in students of color (especially Black students), students with disabilities, LGBTQ youth, and trauma-affected children being disproportionately impactedContinue reading "EJS Thwarts the School-to-Prison Pipeline"