In the past 10 years across every major city, there have been an increase of cameras watching us. Go here to see a visual map for the real time traffic cameras in NYC, http://nyctmc.org/, or here for various spots in California, http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1tmc/1_cam.php?cam=4. Ok, so you don’t drive very much, how about McDonalds, Wal-Mart of K-Mart,…
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Reflections from Australia: An American First and then African American?
I just returned from my trip to Hong Kong and Australia. I attended the Australian Race Studies and Whiteness Conference, held in Mandurah Australia, Dec 5 – 6th. My presentation was well received, and I will be posting a scripted audio version in my slideshare account soon. Although the language that is spoken is english,…
Non Violence As Loving Action-Tales of Teaching Tolerance?
A teacher writes in Teaching Tolerance, about teaching her youth about empathy following a fatal shooting in Oakland, Jill’s original article is in italic, and my response is below it, in regular font. The L.A. Riots Echo Loudly In My Classroom Submitted by Jill E. Thomas on November 11, 2010 My students are too young to remember the 1992 Los…
When White Fear Leads To Black Death: Is This What Happened To Renisha McBride?
As you can see from the original post date, this article was written in November 2013. I still think about Renisha McBride, and now my mourning heart must widen and include so many other people of color who lost their life in similar ways over the year. I will never accept this as normal,…
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