Post Tagged with: "race"

Charles Barkley will host 'American Race' On TNT exploring American racial issues. (Credit: TNT)

CHARLES BARKLEY TACKLES RACISM IN TNT SERIES, “AMERICAN RACE”

By Luis Vazquez Charles Barkley has always been outspoken. The former NBA superstar has always understood the plight of African-Americans in the United States having grown up in Alabama in the deep South. But in producing his TNT series “American […]

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Brown v. Board of Education

This week in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most historic decisions, changing the social landscape of the nation. The justices ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation of public schools based solely on race […]

Op-Ed: School Chancellor Fariña Is Missing In Action on Race

Op-Ed: School Chancellor Fariña Is Missing In Action on Race

Fariña Race Conversation by Bernard Gassaway, Ed.D New York City’s Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, the leader of the largest public school system in United States with 1.1 million students, is not prepared to talk about race relations, even though nearly […]

by · September 25, 2016 · Education News, Op Ed
Conservatives, Race and Republicans: Does the Coalition Survive?

Conservatives, Race and Republicans: Does the Coalition Survive?

Conservatives, Race and Republicans Richard Brodsky in the Huffington Post Conservatives are not, by and large, racists. Racists, by and large, are conservative. Significant elements of the conservative coalition, from the South and elsewhere, were outspokenly hostile to racial minorities. […]

by · June 29, 2015 · Op Ed
BRONXTALK: Unrest in Baltimore, Obama in the Bronx

BRONXTALK: Unrest in Baltimore, Obama in the Bronx

Last night’s BronxTalk took a look at the root causes of the unrest in Baltimore, President Obama in the Bronx, police shootings, reforms to the criminal justice code, and standing up to violence in the Bronx during the heat of summer. In […]

by · May 5, 2015 · Local News, News