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PATTERNS OF POLICE SHOOTINGS: One year after Ferguson
It has been a year since white, male, then-police-officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed eighteen-year-old black male … Read More
RACE OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS: Should they be similar to the community?
Since a police force is designed to protect and serve a community, should the race of the police departments align … Read More
AN OPEN MEMO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: Police kill unarmed black male
A couple of months ago I wrote about the police killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black male … Read More
TALKING ABOUT RACE: Don’t avoid it.
Talking about race is not white America’s strong suit. I taught a course on racism and ethnic relations for the … Read More
UNARMED BLACK MAN KILLED BY POLICE…IS THIS TIME DIFFERENT?
*For a look at the patterns that have emerged in the police shootings of unarmed black … Read More
RACE AND GUNS: Racial profiling and carrying a weapon
White men go shopping with their guns and express their rights; black men get assaulted carrying a permitted … Read More
RACISM AND THE POLICE: The Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson
*For a look at the patterns that have emerged in the police shootings of unarmed black citizens since the shooting … Read More
MASS INCARCERATION: DATA, TRENDS, AND COMPARISON
Staggering rates of mass incarceration are impacting minority communities disproportionally and it is the consequence of … Read More
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE: BLURRY DISTINCTIONS AND CHANGING CATEGORIES
The social construction of race is made evident when we see how the boundaries and distinctions that supposedly distinguish … Read More
ON MLK DAY 2014, WHAT HAS CHANGED? NOT ENOUGH.
Unfortunately, for many Americas, the perception may be that the person and issues behind the holiday honoring the birth of … Read More
PATTERNS OF POLICE SHOOTINGS: One year after Ferguson
It has been a year since white, male, then-police-officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed eighteen-year-old black male … Read More
RACE OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS: Should they be similar to the community?
Since a police force is designed to protect and serve a community, should the race of the police departments align … Read More
AN OPEN MEMO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: Police kill unarmed black male
A couple of months ago I wrote about the police killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black male … Read More
TALKING ABOUT RACE: Don’t avoid it.
Talking about race is not white America’s strong suit. I taught a course on racism and ethnic relations for the … Read More
UNARMED BLACK MAN KILLED BY POLICE…IS THIS TIME DIFFERENT?
*For a look at the patterns that have emerged in the police shootings of unarmed black … Read More
RACE AND GUNS: Racial profiling and carrying a weapon
White men go shopping with their guns and express their rights; black men get assaulted carrying a permitted … Read More
RACISM AND THE POLICE: The Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson
*For a look at the patterns that have emerged in the police shootings of unarmed black citizens since the shooting … Read More
MASS INCARCERATION: DATA, TRENDS, AND COMPARISON
Staggering rates of mass incarceration are impacting minority communities disproportionally and it is the consequence of … Read More
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE: BLURRY DISTINCTIONS AND CHANGING CATEGORIES
The social construction of race is made evident when we see how the boundaries and distinctions that supposedly distinguish … Read More
ON MLK DAY 2014, WHAT HAS CHANGED? NOT ENOUGH.
Unfortunately, for many Americas, the perception may be that the person and issues behind the holiday honoring the birth of … Read More