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Category Archives: African American
Earl Varner’s Mother
The tragic death of Trayvon Martin has triggered memories of a similar incident that occurred about twenty-five years ago. Mary Robinson, an African American social activist born in 1943, and I were working on a book about her home community … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Injustice, Racism, Roots of Injustice
Tagged African American, prison, racism, Trayvon Martin, violence
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Separate and Unequal
In 1981, the African American midwife described one of her most heartbreaking deliveries. As we talked we sat under a big pecan tree in the front yard of a remodeled farm house near Americus, Georgia, she explained that she had … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Health care, Injustice, Poverty, Racism, Roots of Injustice, Women's Issues
Tagged African American health care, midwife, racism
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Unions
I sat next to Mary’s Robinson, a retired African American, textile union organizer from Alabama. I tape recorded her story as she described union power in the past. “In 1979 we also went up to Washington D.C., to this big … Continue reading
“The New Jim Crow”
I first saw the title six months ago. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (1210). Could it be that the author was comparing our current prison system to the notorious system … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Inequality, Injustice, Latino, Prisons, Racism, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged criminals, incarceration, Michelle Alexander, prison, racism, social control, War on Drugs, welfare
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