One of the realities of racial prejudice is that it inflicts real pain on real people—often people who are hiding the pain: the woman who cares for your kids or cleans your house, or the man or woman who cooks the food you eat in a restaurant or who processes the food you eat in a processing plant nearby.
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Economic Bust, Schools, and Civil Rights Buildings crumble. Teacher pay hovers at the bottom rung of the pay scale ladder. The public school system in America has long needed an overhaul. With the economy tanking, most schools will face very real and sizable budget cuts. Recession spells disaster for the public school system in the [...]
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Posted in Education, Socioeconomic, Struggles on Mar 2nd, 2009
Black Prisoners Caucus Summit 2006 Monroe, Washington You are cordially invited to click on the link to hear Kimonti Carter speak at the Black Prisoners Caucus Summit 2006. Pretty powerful. Fourteen and fifteen year olds sentenced to prison for life because they committed a heinous crime. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not condoning nor [...]
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