An interesting article on diversityinc.com by Luke Visconti about why white people may not understand the ongoing struggles of Blacks. My favorite pull-outs from the piece: In my observation from personal experience, almost 100 percent of white people have almost no concept of the "struggle" that African Americans face today. They may think they do,Continue reading "DiversityInc.com: Why Whites Don’t Understand the ‘Struggle’"
Intent Doctrine: Its Relationship to Seattle and Louisville School Cases and the Need to Preserve Brown’s Legacy
UPDATE JUNE 28: The Supreme Court today handed down its decision on the Seattle and Louisville schools cases. Read our statement here. This term, the Supreme Court faces a question that it set itself on a collision course with three decades ago.[1] The Court will decide whether school districts in Seattle and Louisville can considerContinue reading "Intent Doctrine: Its Relationship to Seattle and Louisville School Cases and the Need to Preserve Brown’s Legacy"
Latinos, Military and Citizenship
Recently Eva Paterson asked about the relationship between the civil rights and the war in Iraq. I began to think about the complex relationship between Latinos, Military and Citizenship. Military recruiters target Latino neighborhoods and schools. This is essentially a poverty and race draft, and is definitely a civil rights issue. There are troubling reportsContinue reading "Latinos, Military and Citizenship"