Harriet Tubman’s Journey to the $20 Bill The Treasury Department is expected to announce that the African American woman who helped slaves escape to free states will replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the new note. Readmore[...]
Posts Tagged ‘racism’
April 20th, 2016 - 9:16 am § in Misc.
RACISM: Two sides
This upsets the black lives matter people. What they need to understand is that every medical study is required now to classify folks by race. If I want to find a drug to treat arthritis, I will be required to include “black” people because their “race” may determine h[...]
April 15th, 2016 - 8:46 am § in Misc.
AAUP CENSORSHIP: Racism at the UW
The last two weeks at the UW have been filled with discussion about racism on the UW campus. The distress expressed by minority students is well deserved and they are correct that the usual mantra of hiring more administrators and counselor or holding seminars to discuss the problems is [...]
April 14th, 2016 - 7:32 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Two small steps to address UW’s race problem
Black Lives Matter and the protest movement have come to the UW. We are going to have meetings! I do not think “talking about it” will bring much change. A huge part of the problem is Seattle itself. Whether is is called gentrification or black flight, this city has undertone a precipi[...]
April 9th, 2016 - 1:57 am § in Misc.
Black Service to the Confederacy
April 9 1865 .. end of the civil war[...]
March 30th, 2016 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
What is “Black?”
Who is Black? Striking Images of the World’s Dark-Skinned People Inaccurately Considered Non-Black Indigenous Australians and People of Oceania from the Atlanta Blackstar By now it’s evident that Africa is not the only place on earth that has indigenous Black people. Australia and the islands [...]
March 27th, 2016 - 8:36 am § in Misc.
The Perils of Eating While Black
Entrepreneur shocked after pimp accusation in Laval Tim Hortons Mactar Mbaye is shocked after being questioned by police at a Tim Hortons after someone called them to alert suspicious activity because he was speaking to a… GLOBALNEWS.CA|BY PAOLA SAMUEL[...]
March 21st, 2016 - 8:49 am § in Misc.
Racism is Over!
Racist ‘Runnin’ N*gger’ Targets Sold At South Dakota Gun Show Remember when Miami beach police were busted for using mug shots of black men for target practice? They’re not the only ones with a racially charged practice rou… www.huffingtonpost.com[...]
More than just football players
The NCAA must do more to help prepare current and former student athletes for life after sports. A start would be allowing kids to actually major in subjects they are interested in. In 2002, I received an athletic scholarship, for basketball, from the University of Washington. I attended the schoo[...]