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InteractiveRodney King: Seventeen Years Later
by Jonathan Adams on March 3 2008, 9:53AM
The New York Times reminded me today that “on March 3, 1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.” Only…
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Waterboarding? Torturing People of Color Isn’t New
by Jonathan Adams on February 29 2008, 11:37AM
From Alternet When I read about the increasing acceptance of waterboarding as a form of torture, I vividly recall how in 1968 members of the Memphis Police Department believed I could tell them information about civil rights insurgents arriving to…
Topics: Global Affairs
GOP: How Racist is Too Racist?
by Jonathan Adams on February 26 2008, 10:46AM
Originally on Politico, Republican strategists are polling American voters to avoid “undisciplined messaging” that may appear racist or sexist. The Republican National Committee has commissioned polling and focus groups to determine the boundaries of attacking a minority or female candidate,…
Topics: Politics
Debating for Change: Race, Politics, and Jim Crow
by Jonathan Adams on February 19 2008, 12:00PM
A closer look at the actions behind the debaters’ rhetoric in The Great Debaters.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Jonathan Adams on February 19 2008, 9:36AM
Originally posted at Movement Vision Lab: Check out this rally where immigrants demand health care for all….
Topics: Health
ICED: I Can End Deportation Video Game
by Jonathan Adams on February 18 2008, 10:02AM
Breakthrough is taking the fight for immigrants rights viral! The video game called ICED uses a multiracial cast of young avatars with varying degrees of citizenship to teach the video game players about the hard decisions many immigrants face…
Topics: Immigration
After Super Duper Tuesday, the Race Debate Continues
by Jonathan Adams on February 6 2008, 12:37PM
As political pundits continue to discuss last night’s results, the stories about race and gender also persist. The Nation TheRoot.com Huffington Post Huffington Post New York Magazine…
Topics: Politics
Women of ‘The View’ Weigh In on CNN
by Jonathan Adams on January 23 2008, 2:15PM
Following the CNN story about Black women’s votes in South Carolina that outraged readers, Whoopi Goldberg and her co-hosts on “The View” took on this hot topic. Hear the women talk about race, “the elephant in the room.” http://www.abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4172297…
Topics: Politics
Now Gang Wars are in the Voting Booths?
by Jonathan Adams on January 22 2008, 1:45PM
Despite burying the race hatchet last week, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue to create headlines—after the Nevada caucus and before the South Carolina primary—speculating about how each candidate’s race will help them woo the Latino and Black votes. Again…
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Black/Brown Presidential Debate in Las Vegas
by Jonathan Adams on January 14 2008, 1:49PM
On Tuesday, January 15, MSNBC will broadcast a live debate among the Democratic candidates in Las Vegas, Nevada. Co-sponsored by the 100 Black Men of America, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, IMPACTO, the Nevada Democratic Party and the College…
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by Jonathan Adams on January 3 2008, 8:40AM
Are they really that important? Like many of us, Kenyon Farrow wants to know what his vote is really worth. So, if his election may be fraught with such tension, hope, ambivalence or disillusionment for Black people in America, why…
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New Orleans Police Attack Demolition Protest
by Jonathan Adams on December 18 2007, 10:04AM
Despite the attack on New Orleans culture made evident by the recent arrest of traditional jazz funeral procession band players, the city’s residents took to the streets in true New Orleans style to peacefully demonstrate against plans to demolish…
Topics: Katrina
Two LSU Indian Students Dead: Let’s Not Jump to Conflict
by Jonathan Adams on December 17 2007, 12:03PM
Last Friday, two Indian PhD students at Louisiana State University were killed. While many things are still unknown about the murders at this point, the combination of murky details and sticky race relations have created a peculiar climate in Baton…
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Restucture Loans Don’t Repossess Homes
by Jonathan Adams on December 10 2007, 10:04AM
Right now, Jesse Jackson is marching on Wall Street calling for bankers to take responsibility for the looming economic crisis brought on by subprime lending practices. Also called predator lending, Jackson argues that it was large bankers like Goldman Sachs…
Topics: Economy
FUREE Wins, Saves Historic Brooklyn Home
by Jonathan Adams on December 3 2007, 11:18AM
Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) announced at a press conference in Brooklyn yesterday that the city will not use eminent domain to destroy 227 Duffield Street, a house widely believed to have been part of the…
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LiveBlogging the Heartland Presidential Forum
by Jonathan Adams on December 1 2007, 11:36AM
The Center for Community Change had an historic event on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. Five Democratic presidential candidates met with a forum of community leaders from across the country to talk about the issues most important to people living…
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by Jonathan Adams on November 20 2007, 8:44AM
Despite Disney’s history of racist characters (Thanks Carmen), Maya Wiley points out that Disney’s most recent success, High School Musical, silences the racial and class tensions of their multiracial cast. At the Movement Vision Lab, Wiley writes: Examining race, talking…
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MVL: The Gulf Coast Needs a Revolution
by Jonathan Adams on November 20 2007, 8:08AM
At the Movement Vision Lab, Scott Douglas questions the prioritized protests of the War in Iraq by many in the United States as they simultaneously turn a blind eye to the Gulf Coast. He says the answer is race. He…
Topics: Katrina
Movement Vision Lab Examines Racial Justice
by Jonathan Adams on November 19 2007, 11:15AM
The Center for Community Change (CCC) recently launched its Movement Vision Lab, and we partnered with them to produce the Movement Vision Lab’s racial justice week. The pieces tackling big ideas for change, from writers such as Maya Wiley and…
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by Jonathan Adams on November 2 2007, 6:13AM
I have never been a fan of Halloween. Something about trick-or-treating and candy and costumes never appealed to me even as a young child. But after looking at the ridiculous Halloween party pictures where young white students dressed in…
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