AltWeeklies Wire
Facts Matter; So Do Stereotypesnew
Disparities between whites and people of color in the United States, and Mississippi, are still wide, and they result from years of historic racism and inequality.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Crimes Against (Some) Americansnew
In the past 30 years, America's prison population has exploded. Since 1970, our prison population has risen 700 percent, and the U.S. now houses roughly 25 percent of all prisoners in the world, despite having only 5 percent of the world's population.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Question Itnew
One effective way to begin to understand our racial biases is to examine where they came from.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Let's Talk About Racenew
First and foremost, there can't be any discussion about race and racism unless you're willing to entertain the notion that it still exists—that we're not living in a "post-racial" society—and that racism continues to cause serious problems in America.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Breaking the Silencenew
When James Ford Seale finally went on trial for his role in the 1964 kidnapping and deaths of Henry Dee and Charles Moore in Meadville, our reporting staff was blown away by the jury-selection process.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Taking Jobs from Blacks? Not so Muchnew
When Chokwe Lumumba was a new member of the Jackson City Council, he went looking for an answer to the dubious adage that undocumented immigrants performing low-skill jobs in the U.S. take jobs away native-born African Americans. Lumumba, who sponsored an anti-racial-profiling ordinance, turned to Dr. Steven Pitts, a labor policy expert at the University of California Berkeley Center of for Labor Research and Education.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
What Is White Privilege?new
The problem with white privilege is that those who enjoy it usually don't know it, or want to know. It takes a deliberate effort to see through the dirty water of privilege, but it's worth it for deeper racial understanding and meaningful dialogue.
Jackson Free Press |
Tim Wise |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Tags: White Privilege
The Relevance of Black Historynew
VIP Jackson magazine recently asked me to write an article on the continued relevancy of Black History Month.
Jackson Free Press |
Byron D’Andra Orey |
03-08-2013 |
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
The Deal With a Racist Devilnew
We seem to be going backward, not forward, on race and other bigotry issues.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
11-01-2012 |
Race & Class
Flipping the 'Race Card'new
I almost spewed coffee all over my screen. I had just opened a "Haley Barbour" news alert and read that our esteemed former governor had accused Democrats of playing the "race card."
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
08-31-2012 |
Race & Class
Tags: Racism in Mississippi
Stolen Lives: Remembering the Tragedy of Slaverynew
A half moon disappeared as the sun rose out of the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 1, 1832. The humid coastal winds filled the sails and carried the ship through the waves as J.W. Martin captained the Schooner Wild Cat, a 40-plus ton sailboat, out of the port of Charleston, S.C.
Among the tons of cargo, the ship carried six slaves, bound for new owners in New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
06-01-2012 |
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
Teens' Hate Spree Punishednew
Jackson, Miss., was center stage for a landmark hate-crimes hearing last week.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller and R.L. Nave |
03-31-2012 |
Race & Class
NAACP Pushes Federal Investigation of Hanging in Mississippinew
Two workers found 26-year-old Frederick Jermaine Carter's body Dec. 3 hanging from a tree limb in predominantly white north Greenwood, Miss. Carter, who was African American, worked with his stepfather on a painting job in the area the previous day. He wandered off the site after his stepfather left to pick up more supplies.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
03-31-2011 |
Race & Class
