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Monday, March 21, 2011
Haiti's displaced: Caught between greedy landlords and an absentee government The Inter-American Commission said as much in the precautionary measures it issued to Haiti as a result of a petition CCR worked on with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and other Haitian and US human rights partners. But the people of Barbancourt II need help. Now.
Monday, March 21, 2011Haiti's displaced: Caught between greedy landlords and an absentee government The Inter-American Commission said as much in the precautionary measures it issued to Haiti as a result of a petition CCR worked on with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and other Haitian and US human rights partners. But the people of Barbancourt II need help. Now.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Will the new jobs bill help hardest hit areas? Given the Kirwan Institute's experience in tracking the impact of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other federal relief programs, we are concerned that the new jobs bill will not help those communities or states in greatest need.
Friday, February 26, 2010Will the new jobs bill help hardest hit areas? Given the Kirwan Institute's experience in tracking the impact of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other federal relief programs, we are concerned that the new jobs bill will not help those communities or states in greatest need.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Burn Hollywood Burn: Part Deux Why is it that American cinema seems completely incapable of displaying a mothering experience congruent with my own? Even the most “inspiring†of tales, perhaps a category to which both The Blind Side and Precious aspires, can at best display a protagonist who perseveres and achieves in spite of Black mothering, rather than because of it.
Friday, December 4, 2009Burn Hollywood Burn: Part Deux Why is it that American cinema seems completely incapable of displaying a mothering experience congruent with my own? Even the most “inspiring†of tales, perhaps a category to which both The Blind Side and Precious aspires, can at best display a protagonist who perseveres and achieves in spite of Black mothering, rather than because of it.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Oprah & Tyler Perry should be applauded I heard someone say “Oprah was incest obsessedâ€. Wow! Oprah & Tyler Perry are to be applauded for their courage in producing this movie—my own mother was the victim of childhood rape by her mother's boyfriend; he also molested her younger brother. Trust me, the scars last forever. It took my mom and her brother 50+ years to speak of what happened to them and when they did, they got clobbered by their so-called family.
Friday, December 4, 2009Oprah & Tyler Perry should be applauded I heard someone say “Oprah was incest obsessedâ€. Wow! Oprah & Tyler Perry are to be applauded for their courage in producing this movie—my own mother was the victim of childhood rape by her mother's boyfriend; he also molested her younger brother. Trust me, the scars last forever. It took my mom and her brother 50+ years to speak of what happened to them and when they did, they got clobbered by their so-called family.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Forgotten truths about the rawness of survival I've read some reviews which, in tone, seemed to take an experiential distance from the knowledge of violence. This usually turns up in coded sentences of amazement and disbelief that this could have occurred anywhere. I honestly wish I could sit down with those folk and challenge them to dig deeper and uncover their own hidden memories.
Friday, December 4, 2009Forgotten truths about the rawness of survival I've read some reviews which, in tone, seemed to take an experiential distance from the knowledge of violence. This usually turns up in coded sentences of amazement and disbelief that this could have occurred anywhere. I honestly wish I could sit down with those folk and challenge them to dig deeper and uncover their own hidden memories.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
A New Lesson from the Old “Tuskegee†Study As Congress debates how to provide health coverage for everyone and fear of the swine flu vaccine runs rampant, there is a different critical lesson to take from the infamous medical research project which targeted poor rural African American men and ran unabated for decades.
Thursday, December 3, 2009A New Lesson from the Old “Tuskegee†Study As Congress debates how to provide health coverage for everyone and fear of the swine flu vaccine runs rampant, there is a different critical lesson to take from the infamous medical research project which targeted poor rural African American men and ran unabated for decades.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
White Man's Burden Redux: The Movie! One problem with white saviour films is that they perpetuate the archaic paradigm of the white man's burden. They tell stories of white people going outside of their privilege to help people of colour who ultimately can't or won't help themselves.
Thursday, December 3, 2009White Man's Burden Redux: The Movie! One problem with white saviour films is that they perpetuate the archaic paradigm of the white man's burden. They tell stories of white people going outside of their privilege to help people of colour who ultimately can't or won't help themselves.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
The continuing struggle for justice in Bhopal A gas leak at a pesticide factory operated by Union Carbide Company (UCC) killed more than 20,000 people and exposed over 500,000 people to toxic gas and chemicals. On December 3, 1984 the people of Bhopal, India were subjected to one of the world's worst industrial disasters. As a result of this exposure, thousands of people were disabled. For years children have been born with birth defects.
Thursday, December 3, 2009The continuing struggle for justice in Bhopal A gas leak at a pesticide factory operated by Union Carbide Company (UCC) killed more than 20,000 people and exposed over 500,000 people to toxic gas and chemicals. On December 3, 1984 the people of Bhopal, India were subjected to one of the world's worst industrial disasters. As a result of this exposure, thousands of people were disabled. For years children have been born with birth defects.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Will the Senate forget to discuss health care AND race? As the battle over health care reform hits the Senate floor for debate, I'm wondering how long it's going to take for the issue of race to pop up.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009Will the Senate forget to discuss health care AND race? As the battle over health care reform hits the Senate floor for debate, I'm wondering how long it's going to take for the issue of race to pop up.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Understanding the unconscious side of racism The New York Times reported on December 1 that even educated blacks may suffer racial discrimination in the job market...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009Understanding the unconscious side of racism The New York Times reported on December 1 that even educated blacks may suffer racial discrimination in the job market...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Big deal gays getting married, why are some black folks upset? I struggle to comprehend why folks who share my slice of the demographic pie seem to take it personally when two men or two women want to marry and live as a couple. I mean, it's not like they're taking something away from any a straight couple.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009Big deal gays getting married, why are some black folks upset? I struggle to comprehend why folks who share my slice of the demographic pie seem to take it personally when two men or two women want to marry and live as a couple. I mean, it's not like they're taking something away from any a straight couple.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Bidding Not-So-Fond Farewell to Willie Horton You may have noticed some hoopla going on right now over the case of one Maurice Clemmons. Clemmons is suspected of having recently ambushed and killed four police officers in a Washington state coffeehouse. Turns out that Clemmons had been serving what was effectively a life sentence in Arkansas until nine years ago, when then-governor Mike Huckabee commuted his sentence.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009Bidding Not-So-Fond Farewell to Willie Horton You may have noticed some hoopla going on right now over the case of one Maurice Clemmons. Clemmons is suspected of having recently ambushed and killed four police officers in a Washington state coffeehouse. Turns out that Clemmons had been serving what was effectively a life sentence in Arkansas until nine years ago, when then-governor Mike Huckabee commuted his sentence.
