Tag Archives: racism in America

“Shielding Children From Talk of Ferguson and Garner”

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Naomi

Rachel L. Swarns is a New York Times columnist. She is also, apparently, a black woman. I say “apparently,” because I had no reason to know this until yesterday, when in her column The Working Life, she shared with us … Continue reading →

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“Cases and controversies: Racial disparities in law enforcement practices”

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Naomi

From SCOTUS blog, more and deeper judicial exegeses on police excessive use of force and the apparent disparity on how different races are treated by the police. The sentence that will blow you away: What these cases show is that, … Continue reading →

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A great civil rights and college football story

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Naomi

If you don’t pour over the Sunday New York Times’ sports section, you might have missed this glorious story from Samuel Freeman, whose byline can most usually be located above the Times religion column. But Mr. Freeman has written a … Continue reading →

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