AltWeeklies Wire
Hammer: King's legacy needs tendingnew
For all of our progress, Indianapolis is still a deeply segregated city. And King's spirit is alive among us, imploring us to stay on task.
NUVO |
Steve Hammer |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
I Can't Stop Reading Philly.com Commentersnew
Calling black people animals, references to monkeys, phrases like "welcome to the jungle, baby" and "That’s how it go in da hood" are all standard comments beneath crime stories on Philly.com when the perp is black. And we haven’t even gotten to the anal rape fantasies that regularly litter sexual offender and police corruption stories. So why do I read them?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
10-19-2011 |
Commentary
Should Talk-Show Hosts Who Tackle Ethnic Issues be Accused of Racism?new
Over time, the mainstream press has tended to treat race as the Great Unmentionable -- a topic so likely to stir anti-intellectual passions that it's to be avoided at all cost -- and throughout his campaign, Obama has followed suit, doing his best to usher the electorate into a post-racial era. But that's easier said than done.
Meet the Klansman Who Helped to Found Orange Countynew
How Dr. Henry William Head's KKK membership was wiped from the Orange County history books is really a story of how local scholars highlight selected parts of our story.
Virtual Racism in 'Halo'new
Trash-talking gone too far is marring online video-game worlds.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
04-17-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: racism, video games
Reagan's Bigotry of Low Expectationsnew
Donna Ladd writes about Ronald Reagan's visit to the Neshoba County Fair in her hometown in 1980 and what that has meant for Mississippians and Americans.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
06-16-2004 |
Commentary
