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Buffalo NY Observes the 2nd Anniversary of the Mass Shooting at Tops Supermarket

May 17, 2024

By Karen Stokes This week marks two years since a self-described white supremacist killed 10 Black people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo. There will be a permanent memorial honoring the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Buffalo NY, Karen Stokes, Mass Shootings, Racism

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Our Past is Our Past, The Future Is What We Make It

October 21, 2023

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Two years ago, state lawmakers passed Wisconsin Act 30. The law requires districts to incorporate lessons on the Jewish Holocaust and other … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Racism

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

The Few, The Proud, The Segregated: The Racist History of America’s Military

October 7, 2023

By LaKeshia N. Myers “The army doesn’t have a quota for niggers” is what Pearle Mack was told when he went to his local post office to voluntarily enlist in the US army. The day before, … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaKeshia N. Myers, Racism

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Racism: A Non-Reinsertable Mutant Genie

September 30, 2023

BlackEconomics.org® Racial/Ethnic racism and the follow-on discrimination are central to the American and global dilemma.(1) Once in power, dominant groups seek to retain their dominance and … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: B Robinson, Black Economics, Racism

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I Can’t Breathe: Systemic Racism Is Killing Us

September 3, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 2014, Eric Garner struggled to utter the words “I can’t breathe”, as a New York police officer held him in a chokehold. Accused of selling … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Racism, Systemic Racism

Burlington Area School District (BASD) Mishandling Additional Reports of Racism In the Wake of Scathing DPI Ruling

May 8, 2021

The Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism (BCDR) Urges the District to Bring POC To the Table In Creating Their Corrective Action Plan (CAP), While Sharing Its Own Recommendations for the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Burlington Area School District, Institutional Racism, Racism, Systemic Racism, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Racism Against the AAPI Community Isn’t New, But It is Rising

March 26, 2021

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Racism toward the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is nothing new. History shows that discrimination against this group has always existed, but in the past … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin, Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Asian American and Pacific Islander Community, Jessica Boling, Racism

Should Americans Be Embarrassed By Our Racism?

November 21, 2020

After more than a decade of research, author Kathleen Brush, Ph.D. MBA confirms that the U.S. is the world’s least racist society By Media Relations, Inc How does the United States compare … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Kathleen Brush, Racism

The Mental Health Toll of Current Events

June 19, 2020

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Mental health. Those two words carry a lot of weight. For many years, there was a stigma associated with them and while the stigma still exists, it has diminished over … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Mental Health, Racism

Black in Nature

June 10, 2020

A #BlackBirdersWeek Conversation By Alexus Roberts and Shaz Zamore For many nature lovers, a good day in the field means successful observations: spotting their favorite organism, or witnessing a … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alexus Roberts, Black Birders Week, Racial Discrimination, Racism, Shaz Zamore, STEM

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