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How To Tell People They Sound Racist. How To Tell People They Sound Racist July 21, 2008 You gotta use some strategery.

How To Tell People They Sound Racist

[download] Posted by jsmooth995 at July 21, 2008 8:50 AM great analogy about the pick pocket... A Look at the Myth of Reverse Racism. "Check my what?" On privilege and what we can do about it. Kyriarchy & Privilege 101. Microaggressions : Power, privilege and everyday life. For The Well-Intentioned. The Relativity of Privilege. For a while now, I’ve been wanting to write about privilege, especially after I received some great feedback from one of my posts on White Privilege.

The Relativity of Privilege

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How To Talk To Someone About Privilege Who Doesn't Know What That Is

He read it and immediately called his son at work and asked him, “What are you doing right now?” My friend replied, “Working, why?” Apogee System — to-my-dearling: tumbl-revolution: ... How To Deal With That Person Who Thinks Black History Month Shouldn't Exist. Martin Luther King assassinated by US government: MLK civil trial decision - National Nonpartisan. Martin Luther King’s family and his attorney, William F.

Martin Luther King assassinated by US government: MLK civil trial decision - National Nonpartisan

Pepper, won a civil trial that found US government agencies guilty in the wrongful death of Martin Luther King. The 1999 trial, King Family versus Jowers and Other Unknown Co-Conspirators, is the only trial ever conducted on the assassination of Dr. King. The King family’s attempts for a criminal trial were denied, as suspect James Ray’s recant of what he claimed was a false confession was denied.

For comparison, please consider the concentrated media coverage of O.J. The overwhelming evidence of government complicity introduced and agreed as comprehensively valid by the jury includes the 111th Military Intelligence Group were sent to Dr. Claims of 'post-racial' society and other denials of racism may reflect ignorance of history. New research suggests that commonly observed differences in how groups perceive racism may be explained by ignorance about -- and even denial of -- the extent of racism over the course of history.

Claims of 'post-racial' society and other denials of racism may reflect ignorance of history

The research, conducted by psychological scientists at the University of Kansas and Texas A&M University, indicates that African Americans had more accurate knowledge of historically documented racism compared to European Americans. This difference in historical knowledge partially accounted for group differences in perceptions of racism, both at a systemic and an incident-specific level. "Survey research consistently documents that, relative to White Americans, people from historically oppressed racial and ethnic minority groups tend to report less satisfaction with race relations, see social inequality as a greater problem, and see more racism in incidents, such as legislation targeting undocumented immigrants and 'stand your ground' laws," say the researchers.

Whiteness Studies and White Privilege. A group of artists has been asked to lighten the faces of children depicted in a giant public mural at a Prescott school.

Whiteness Studies and White Privilege

The project's leader says he was ordered to lighten the skin tone after complaints about the children's ethnicity. But the school's principal says the request was only to fix shading and had nothing to do with political pressure. The "Go on Green" mural, which covers two walls outside Miller Valley Elementary School, was designed to advertise a campaign for environmentally friendly transportation. It features portraits of four children, with a Hispanic boy as the dominant figure. R.E. Racism. Some definitions consider that any assumption that a person's behavior would be influenced by their racial categorization is inherently racist, regardless of whether the action is intentionally harmful or pejorative, because stereotyping necessarily subordinates individual identity to group identity.

Racism

Racism and racial discrimination are often used to describe discrimination on an ethnic or cultural basis, independent of whether these differences are described as racial. According to the United Nations convention, there is no distinction between the terms racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination, and superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous, and that there is no justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere.[10] Usage of the term and related terms Definitions Legal. Black people in early britain and europe. THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY H I S T O R Y N O T E S (click on photo for a larger image) BLACK PEOPLE IN THE BRITISH ISLES AND EARLY NORTHERN EUROPE By RUNOKO RASHIDI Any comprehensive account of the African presence in early Europe should include England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Scandinavia.

black people in early britain and europe

The history and legends of Scotland confirm the existence of "purely Black people. " We see one of them in the person of Kenneth the Niger. During the tenth century Kenneth the Niger ruled over three provinces in the Scottish Highlands. The historical and literary traditions of Wales reflect similar beliefs. There is also strong reason to suggest an African presence in ancient Ireland. A prominent Viking of the eleventh century was Thorhall, who was aboard the ship that carried the early Vikings to the shores of North America.

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