A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of Black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course. AP Black crime victims too frequently slighted by justice system. USA Today The Trump administration says Native Americans might need … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 27
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 26
To be black in America is to never be able to have your presence be benign, and to always be in danger, of unease, humiliation or even arrest (or death by arrest) because of it. That’s what racism is, in a nutshell. -Joy Reid Why a statue of the 'Father of Gynecology' had to come … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 26
Black Youth Invited to Building Beloved Community Through The Young Men Conference
The Oakland Chapter of the Campaign for Black Male Achievement Fellowship Program is organizing the Building Beloved Community Through The Young Men Conference taking place on Saturday, April 28, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. I'm proud to be a member of the inaugural class of CBMA Fellows Oakland and involved in this conference to provide young … Continue reading Black Youth Invited to Building Beloved Community Through The Young Men Conference
American Constitution Society Calls on Federalist Society to Join in Preventing Constitutional Crisis
On behalf of its thousands of members nationwide, the American Constitution Society calls on the Federalist Society and its members in a public letter to join in a united effort to avert a constitutional crisis relating to Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. According to news reports, … Continue reading American Constitution Society Calls on Federalist Society to Join in Preventing Constitutional Crisis
EJS-produced video features “Jack McCoy” drawing the line on firing Rosenstein
https://www.facebook.com/StandUpAmerica/videos/478674225936067/ Today, TrumpIsNotAboveTheLaw.org, a collaborative effort of dozens of organizations from across the political and ideological spectrum, released a video featuring Sam Waterston, the Academy Award nominated star of The Killing Fields and NBC’s Law & Order. The brainchild of Eva Paterson, the video was produced and directed by Valerie Stadler, written by Linda Burstyn … Continue reading EJS-produced video features “Jack McCoy” drawing the line on firing Rosenstein
Special 25th Edition of This Week in White Supremacy
“White supremacy.” We all thought that was a thing of the past, but as Trump and Trumpism have taken root in our political and social cultures, we see evidence that many of our fellow Americans feel that white people are superior to people of color intellectually and morally. I am a fan of Twitter and … Continue reading Special 25th Edition of This Week in White Supremacy
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 24
What the Supreme Court doesn’t get about racism. New York Times A Sacramento hospital parted ways with a nurse after she wrote on Facebook that Stephon Clark — an unarmed black man who was shot dead by police — “deserved it.” @yourrightscamp White House: Stephon Clark shooting probe best left 'to local authorities'. The Hill … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 24
César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong
This Saturday, March 31, is César E. Chávez National Holiday and César Chávez Day in California, an official state holiday. 2018 also marks the 25th anniversary of César Chávez’s passing. The American labor leader and civil rights activist helped spark and lead a movement in the 1960s and 1970s to empower farmworkers in California and … Continue reading César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong