Mar 6, 2015 | mic, Race and Racism, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: Daily Dot (March 6, 2015)
Michael Brown’s parents announced this week that they are planning on filing a civil wrongful death lawsuit over their son’s death “very shortly.” Coming on the heels of the ongoing lawsuit against New York City by Eric Garner’s family, it’s easy to inaccurately characterize this story as a symptom of our nation’s allegedly lawsuit-happy society (although even that perception has been persuasively challenged in recent years).... Read Original Article
Feb 24, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Immigration, Race and Racism
Published: Good Men Project (February 24, 2015)
Sean Penn forgot that behaviors which may seem appropriate in private are often inappropriate in public.
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For those of you who haven’t heard, two-time Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn is under fire for a racist joke he made during the Oscars on Sunday.... Read Original Article
Feb 4, 2015 | History, mic, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (February 4, 2015)
As we celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Rosa Parks’ birthday, it is useful to compare and contrast the civil rights movement in which she fought sixty years ago with the one developing in America today. While there is a world of difference between the challenges facing the Montgomery bus boycotters and those confronting the Twitter activists who turned #BlackLivesMatter into a national movement, there is far more that unites them on a fundamental level.... Read Original Article
Feb 2, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Jewish Experiences, mic, Race and Racism, Scandals
Published: Daily Dot (February 2, 2015)
Prospective Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is well-known for his opposition to same-sex marriage and other LGBT rights causes, so recently he decided to protect himself from accusations of bigotry by relying on a popular fallacy. “People can be my friends who have lifestyles that are not necessarily my lifestyle,” he insisted.... Read Original Article
Jan 30, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (January 30, 2015)
America’s obsession with celebrities has a tendency to reveal the complex depths of our social and cultural prejudices. In the case of Kim Kardashian, one observation becomes very clear: Americans need to stop seeing race as a black-and-white issue, and on the Internet, people clearly have no idea what to do with her.... Read Original Article
Jan 22, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Internet Culture, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues
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