Month: February 2014

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Joo-Hyun Kang: Ending the Stop-and-Frisk Regime

 

“In this full interview, Laura interviews Joo-Hyun Kang, Director of Communities United for Police Reform about an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York City.”

 
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The Origins of the Asian American Model Minority Myth

 

“Historian Ellen Wu’s The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority just might be the best examination of the roots of the model minority stereotype in print.

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No doubt the enthusiasm among many Asian Americans to accept model minority stereotyping was a reflection of the fact that the menu of choices where stereotypes were concerned appeared to be restricted to either “model minority” or “yellow peril.” And the stakes were high. The “yellow peril” stereotype had been used to justify wars in Korea and Vietnam, the mass internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, anti-communist persecution of Chinese Americans under the McCarran Act, and no small amount of racial exclusion and terrorism.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

“As long as U.S immigration policy has a preference for the highly educated, the U.S. will continue to bring in ‘model minorities’.

 

The term ‘model minority’ is based on a bias for educated people.

 

Latinos are also ‘model minorities’ in that they are compliant workers who harvest the crops and work in the slaughter houses, but they are not ‘sold’ by the media in those terms because on average they are not the highly educated workforce.”

 

@getgln

See on www.racefiles.com

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Nugent apologizes for using term ‘subhuman mongrel’

 

“(CNN) — Conservative activist and rocker Ted Nugent apologized Friday for using the term “subhuman mongrel” to describe President Barack Obama.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

It amazes me that politicians think they can run their campaign on hate. Republicans think their base of racists will follow them as long as they dehumanizing, disrespecting and devalue Black people.

See on politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

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Person Of The Day: Malcolm X

 

Malcolm X was assassinated on this day, dying in a hail of bullets right before addressing the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom. Several accounts of the stories have been told, with many pointing to the NOI being responsible for the leader’s death.

 
See on thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com

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Southern States Push Anti-Gay Jim Crow Laws

 

“Over the past few weeks, Republicans in various state legislatures have been advancing bills that target gay Americans for Jim Crow style discrimination. These laws represent an imminent and grave threat to not only the entire gay community but to the entire idea of a secular society.”
See on theprogressivecynic.com

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Why Are People Angry That Race Was Not Mentioned During Deliberations in Dunn’s Trial?

 

“Recently, two of the jurors in the case of Michael Dunn have interviewed with CNN. Both were asked if race was mentioned during deliberations.  Both answered “no.”  Then, panels discussing the interviews voiced their disagreement with the jury not discussing race during deliberations.  Some online sources have also criticized those jurors. Even Jordan Davis’ father said he could not see how it didn’t come up since Dunn’s girlfriend gave credible testimony that he used the words “thug music.””

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I do think bias played a part in Michael Dunn’s actions. I suppose race was not mentioned by the prosecution because a hate crime would require more specific hate speech.

 

This is the hate speech I heard him use:

  • “rap crap”
  • “son of a bitch”
  • “animals” – when referring to others in the prison.

 

I suppose the prosecution didn’t want to go down the hate crime road with only those three phrases.

See on blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com