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Blackness, Leisure and an American Dreamnew

Everyone was sold on the American Dream. The trouble is, when scenes like McKinney play out, it's hard to make a case that black people who bought into the dream shouldn't get every penny of their money back.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  06-12-2015  |  Race & Class

Night Ridersnew

Federal prosecutors say a white Rankin County gang's spree of race-fueled violence resulted in the death of James Craig Anderson, a black man, in June 2011.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  01-11-2013  |  Race & Class

'Internalized Racism'new

D'Andra Orey, a political science professor who focuses on issues of race and politics, says the incidents surrounding a black college freshman's death represent what he calls internalized racism.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  04-06-2012  |  Race & Class

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