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Poison rhetoric trickles down
In Donald Trump, America has a presidential candidate who’s called Mexican immigrants rapists who bring drugs and crime into the country. He talks about Islam only in the context of terrorism. And he once said that Muslim refugees or immigrants should be blocked from entering the US; now he says that they should undergo “extreme […]
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The case for more black teachers in Rochester and everywhere
Windsor Asamoah-Wade took to teaching immediately. He had a full schedule in the Rochester City School District and jumped at every opportunity to coach. He was visible in the neighborhood, too; his students often called out his name when they saw him walking his dog or riding his bike. But Asamoah-Wade wasn’t certain in those […]
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Violence against black men, against police, rocks country
In Rochester: A moment of silence will be held today for the police killed in Dallas. On Friday, Black Lives Matter will rally in response to police shootings of black people.
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The Dallas shootings and a divided nation
“This is just terrible,” said an editor friend from Vermont Friday morning at our alt-media association’s annual convention. “I’m really worried about what’s happening in this country.” A black man killed by police in Baton Rouge, another killed by police in St. Anthony, Minnesota, and then the carnage in Dallas during a peaceful Black Lives […]
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Documentary looks at lynching’s past and present
Trinity Emmanuel Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, March 23, will host a screening of “Shadows of the Lynching Tree,” Carvin Eison’s 2010 award-winning documentary. While shedding light on America’s lynching history, the film also asks if lynching has contemporary counterparts. May 15 will mark the 100th anniversary of the brutal death of Jesse Washington, the teenage […]
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UR assessing campus climate
University of Rochester President Joel Seligman has formed a commission on race and diversity “to address the broader questions of how we best can create an environment that is safe, supportive and welcoming for all in our community,” he said in a statement. The commission will by the end of January 2016 provide Seligman with […]
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Sheriff’s office investigating civilian employee’s alleged Facebook post
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is reviewing an inflammatory Facebook post allegedly made by one of its employees. The person in question is a civilian employee of the sheriff’s office, not a deputy. The post says “Yea.. And black lives matter.. Fuck that shit.. Bring back public hanging, lashings and stockades.. All done in the […]
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The boys on the bus: hate with a smiling face
In the seclusion of the fraternity house and en route to an off-campus party, blatant racism was acceptable behavior.
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The race issue – again
This country may have eradicated slavery, but racism and
racial tension are still very much with us.
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Racism, separateness, and the Ferguson decision
There is so much we don’t know about what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9 – so much that we’ll never know. And even if Officer Darren Wilson had been indicted and tried for the killing of Michael Brown, we might not have learned much that we don’t know right now. But Darren Wilson […]
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