The precariat is presented as a new social class in America Continue reading #Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal: African-American edition | #Black#Economy on Blog#42
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What’s Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Beef with #BernieSanders? | #Discord on Blog#42
Ta-Nehisi Coates writes a follow-up on his initial attack of Bernie Sanders, Continue reading What’s Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Beef with #BernieSanders? | #Discord on Blog#42
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, Martin Luther King, Socialism and #Reparations | #Blog#42
Ta-Nehisi Coates in his Atlantic piece, dated January 19th, 2016, asks, “Why Precisely Is Bernie Sanders Against Reparations? The Vermont senator’s political imagination is active against plutocracy, but why is it so limited against white supremacy?” Continue reading Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, Martin Luther King, Socialism and #Reparations | #Blog#42
Video: #HillaryClinton & #BernieSanders at #BlackAndBrown Forum – Annotated| #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
The official Democratic party debates may be over, but today’s Brown and Black Forum moderated by Fusion Magazine Continue reading Video: #HillaryClinton & #BernieSanders at #BlackAndBrown Forum – Annotated| #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42
My essay on Bernie Sanders’ approach to BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, Continue reading Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42
Bernie Sanders’ approaches to institutional racism, brutality & inequality parallel MLK’s | Blog#42
Bernie Sanders has given a flurry of speeches throughout the Deep South. One of them was to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Bernie Sanders was on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd on Sunday, Continue reading Bernie Sanders’ approaches to institutional racism, brutality & inequality parallel MLK’s | Blog#42
Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Affirmative Action | ABC News’ This Week
Justice Sotomayor appeared on ABC News’ This Week to speak on Affirmative Action. She rightly points out that the alternatives that have been suggested in the past don’t work.
I agree. Whether or not we end up providing free college education to all doesn’t change the fact that there is rampant race-based discrimination at every point, from college admissions through employment. Making an education available to all Americans doesn’t change what African Americans still endure.
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