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The Color Blind Myth IdentityPublic SafetyRace Relations

The Color Blind Myth

Smacked in the face with my White privilege

Autumn Lubin says there "was nothing privileged about my earliest years," but then she overheard a conversation between her Black colleagues about what they called "the talk." This wasn't about the birds and the bees; it was about how to keep their children safe when interacting with authority figures. "This was a conversation I had never even considered having with my son," Lubin writes. "All I had learned, all I had experienced, all I could discern, was from a place of Whiteness."

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Autumn Lubin
December 20, 2016
Clearing Larry Floyd CrimeMurderPolicePublic SafetyRace RelationsWrongful Convictions

Clearing Larry Floyd

He spent 20 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit

Larry Floyd claims that as a teenager he was coerced into a murder confession by his own father. After serving 10 years in Mississippi's infamous Parchman prison, Floyd made a daring escape in 1991, leading to a classic manhunt. The beating he sustained by more than 20 officers after his capture nearly killed Larry, and prompted an FBI investigation into the brutal conditions inside the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Larry miraculously survived and lives to tell his story.

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Gary Donatelli
November 1, 2016
1968 Book ReviewsCivil RightsPoliticsRace Relations

1968

Fictional novel explores race relations in Chicago following MLK's murder

The Reporters Inc. is pleased to present exclusive excerpts from author Bill Natale's new book, 1968. The fictional tale, based in part on a true story, explores race relations in Chicago at the time of Dr. Martin Luther King's murder. Though time has passed, Natale's descriptions of anger, pain and fear mirror some sentiments and situations boiling over on the streets in America today.

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admin
December 22, 2015
Color Me Confused PoliticsRace Relations

Color Me Confused

My White boss used the n-word, my Black co-worker didn't care

When her White boss called her Black co-worker the "head n*gg*r in charge," Kate Stein didn't know what to think. Why did her boss say something so blatantly racist? And when asked, why did her co-worker say it was OK?

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Kate Stein
December 1, 2014
Today’s Terrorism Greater Than 9/11 ImmigrationRace RelationsTerrorism

Today’s Terrorism Greater Than 9/11

U.S. continues to ignore the intersection of immigration and terrorism

"It's my contention that the threat of a terror attack being carried out inside the United States is greater today than at any time since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001." That's the contention of a retired Senior Special Agent of the former INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service). Michael W. Cutler explains why he fears the worst.

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Michael W. Cutler
September 2, 2014
Last Stand In Hong Kong ChinaDemocracyInternationalRace Relations

Last Stand In Hong Kong

Hong Kong democracy activist shares growing movement to expand social, political freedoms

Tens of thousands of government supporters marched in Hong Kong on August 17 in opposition of a pro-democracy movement that has threatened to bring Asia's biggest financial center to a standstill. A democracy activist in Hong Kong writes exclusively for The Reporters Inc. about the growing movement for expanded social and political freedom in the region.

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Kong Tsung-gan
August 15, 2014
Valuing Education EducationRace Relations

Valuing Education

How my grandma in Ghana helped me reclaim my American Dream

Vanessa Nyarko grew up with one of the most intelligent and fantastic people she knew: her grandmother Antieakua. Her grandmother lacked any formal education but Nyarko writes, "she wanted to make sure that I learned everything in the world to make up for her loss." But when Nyarko went to college it wasn't the dream she imagined it would be.

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Vanessa Nyarko
April 19, 2014
125 Self-Immolations ChinaInternationalRace RelationsTibet

125 Self-Immolations

Why suicide by fire protests continue in Tibet

123 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009. All but one of those self-immolations has occurred in the last two years. 102 of the self-immolators have died. But what exactly did these 123 citizens hope to achieve through self-immolation? What difference has it made? And what, if any, change has occurred as a result of the self-immolations?

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Tenzin Tharchen
January 12, 2014
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