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2Apr

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White Teachers Often Talk About Black Students In Racially Coded Ways

When a white Texas middle school teacher told his students in November 2022 that he was “ethnocentric” and thought his race was “superior,” he attempted to explain his position by arguing that he was hardly the only person who held such a view. “Let me finish …” the teacher is seen telling his students on a now-viral video as they began to push back against his remarks. “I think everybody thinks that; they’re just not honest about it.” Texas teacher tells his students he is racist. The teacher in question has since been fired. His termination is hardly surprising given that he was captured on video making blatantly racist remarks in a public school classroom. But as we discovered while performing a study at a predominantly Black school with mostly white teachers, many of them – whether co...

Black Girls Are 4.19 Times More Likely To Get Suspended Than White Girls – And Hiring More Teachers Of Color Is Only Part Of The Solution

2Apr

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EDUCATION, VIDEO REELS

Black Girls Are 4.19 Times More Likely To Get Suspended Than White Girls – And Hiring More Teachers Of Color Is Only Part Of The Solution

Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in particular, the ways in which inequity impacts the experiences of students of color. Below are highlights from an interview with The Conversation. Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity. Dr. Andrea Joseph-McCatty discusses her research on understanding and addressing racially disproportional school suspensions. You recently gave a talk about the disproportionate suspension of Black girls in the U.S. Why is equity so hard in our schools? Most recently my work has focused on understanding and addressing racially disproportional school suspensions and the ways in which those are also gender disproportionate. F...

White Americans See An Increase In Discrimination Against Other White People And Less Against Other Racial Groups – Poll Reveals

7Jul

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Journalism, SOCIAL JUSTICE

White Americans See An Increase In Discrimination Against Other White People And Less Against Other Racial Groups – Poll Reveals

Despite largely holding the political, economic and social levers of power, nearly a third of white Americans say they have seen “a lot more” discrimination against white people in the past five years – and more than half of them say they have not seen a rise in discrimination against Black and Latino Americans. A May 2022 University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll further found that a majority of white Americans do not believe that there has been a rise in discrimination against minority groups. In stark contrast, the poll found a large majority of Black Americans believe they have been on the receiving end of discrimination. That many white Americans, the dominant racial group in U.S. society, see more discrimination against other white people than those who have historically endured...

Right-Wing Groups Like Proud Boys Seek To Build A White Nation – Regardless Of Seditious Conspiracy Charges’ Outcome

4Apr

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Right-Wing Groups Like Proud Boys Seek To Build A White Nation – Regardless Of Seditious Conspiracy Charges’ Outcome

As the House Select Committee held its first public hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, far-right groups including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were a prominent topic of discussion. At the same time, both of those groups’ leaders are facing criminal charges of seditious conspiracy. They are alleged to have worked together “to oppose by force the authority of the Government of the United States.” Those charges can be difficult to prove in court. But regardless of the outcome of any prosecution that alleges these groups worked to overthrow the government, our research has shown that the more committed members of these and other extreme right-wing groups believe that the U.S. government, as currently constituted, is illegitimate and should be overthrown and replaced with one t...

Stopping White Supremacists From Killing People Of Color?

19May

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SOCIAL JUSTICE

Stopping White Supremacists From Killing People Of Color?

The nation is in shock over yet another mass shooting—this time targeting Black people. Ten African Americans, six women and four men, were massacred on May 14 at the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York. Three other people were injured, one Black and two White, as the suspected shooter fired more than 50 rounds at shoppers and staff while livestreaming his attack. An 18-year-old White man was taken into custody unharmed, reportedly wearing military fatigues and body armor, after law enforcement allegedly talked him down from killing himself. As have many mass shooters before him, the gunman published a manifesto that espoused a fear that people of color are “replacing” White people, adding that he hoped his violence would spark a “race war.” Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson frequen...

Tight White-Blonde Curls Of Julia Garner

17Apr

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CELEBRITY MAIN NEWS, TOP FOUR

Tight White-Blonde Curls Of Julia Garner

Sporting a cherubic face topped off by a lush mop of tight white-blonde curls, it's no wonder that Julia Garner would have a heavenly body to match. Teen drama came calling for Julia when she appeared in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), before she took her perky pair to horror in The Last Exorcism Part II (2013). Her mythical sexuality in I Believe in Unicorns (2014) made us one horny mofo, especially when she makes out with Stranger Things star Natalia Dyer, even if they were fully clothed. Julia finally made showed her dong awaited nude debut when she bared her buns skinny dipping with Juno Temple in One Percent More Humid (2017) which made things hot hot hot. Julia next wore black lingerie to lust after in an episode of Girls and this girl is someone to drool over with a body li...

Even If It Happened To Someone Who Is White – People Are More Likely To React To A Black Person’s Story Of Injustice

4Apr

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Journalism, SOCIAL JUSTICE

Even If It Happened To Someone Who Is White – People Are More Likely To React To A Black Person’s Story Of Injustice

People appear more willing to boycott a retailer in response to a video message about a consumer’s experience of injustice while shopping when the narrator is Black, even when the source of the actual information is from a white person, according to research I conducted with several colleagues that’s currently under peer review. We wanted to observe whether and how the race of the person telling a story of racial injustice affects the reaction of their audience. So we conducted three studies that manipulated details about the race of the storyteller and victim to isolate the role the storyteller’s race plays. In the first study, we recruited 370 white male participants using a crowdsourced academic research panel. We asked them to watch a video in which a professional male actor portrayi...

White House Launches Investigation As Bitcoin Cleanup Campaign Began

30Mar

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CRYPTOMARKET

White House Launches Investigation As Bitcoin Cleanup Campaign Began

Nexus Media News As the White House opens a request for information on whether digital assets “impede or advance efforts to tackle climate change,” a new campaign launched to “Change the Code Not The Climate.” Multiple climate groups and a billionaire are launching the effort to pressure those invested in Bitcoin to lessen the massive environmental impact of the cryptocurrency. Some argue that’s an impossible goal and would only further entrench the already-wealthy’s hold over the system, and would likely still be incredibly inefficient and not be much better than the previous system. Bitcoin mining already consumes as much power as Sweden, and in some cases is keeping open coal and methane gas power plants that would otherwise or have already been shuttered, solely to fuel the compute...

How ‘Karen’ Went From A Popular Baby Name To A Stand-In For White Entitlement

10Mar

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SOCIETY

How ‘Karen’ Went From A Popular Baby Name To A Stand-In For White Entitlement

When I read about Amy Cooper, the woman in Central Park who called the police on a black birder because he’d asked her to leash her out-of-control dog, I was horrified. But, as a sociolinguist who studies and writes about language and discrimination, I was also struck by the name given to Cooper in several headlines: “Central Park Karen.” On Twitter, the birder’s sister also referred to her as a “Karen.” There was no confusion about what this meant: It was a label for a white woman who had used her privilege to threaten and try to intimidate a black man by calling the police. But this was just one way “Karen” has been deployed in recent months. There was the woman dubbed a Karen who, after being told that a waiter would bring ketchup to her table, ended up helping herself at the server’...

In 19th-century America A Black Writer Used Humor To Combat White Supremacy

4Apr

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IN OTHER NEWS

In 19th-century America A Black Writer Used Humor To Combat White Supremacy

Any writer has to struggle with the dilemma of staying true to their vision or giving editors and readers what they want. A number of factors might influence the latter: the market, trends and sensibilities. But in the decades after the Civil War, Black writers looking to faithfully depict the horrors of slavery had to contend with readers whose worldviews were colored by racism, as well as an entire swath of the country eager to paper over the past. Charles Chesnutt was one of those writers. Forced to work with skeptical editors and within the confines of popular forms, Chesnutt nonetheless worked to shine a light on the legacy of slavery. His 1899 collection of stories, “The Conjure Woman,” took place on a Southern plantation and sold well. At first glance, the stories seemed to mimic...