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The Civil Rights Digital Library
This online collection at the University of Georgia provides resources for learning about the Civil RIghts movement of the 1960s and 70s.
archive  history  library  racism 
june 2008 by McChris
Honda Navigation System Warns of High Crime Areas
If this weren't being rolled out first in Japan, I would flag this system that alerts drivers to bad neighborhoods as automated racism. Still, I suspect that would be the case in the states.
GPS  crime  creepy  racism 
april 2008 by McChris
Attytood: Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary's "Archie Bunker" strategy for Pa.
This post argues that Hillary Clinton constructs Archie Bunker as the ideal Democrat for the twenty-first century, noting Geraldine Ferraro represented a New York neighborhood much like the one in "All in the Family."
politics  racism  popularmemory  TV  class  NYC 
march 2008 by McChris
Urban Legends Reference: Black Nascar Drivers
Here's a really vile top-ten list passed off as one of Letterman's. I wonder if it speaks to the attitudes of many NASCAR fans; it's not about bicycle racing, after all.
racism  sports  lies 
march 2008 by McChris
KHOU: Student voters march at Prairie View A&M
The local political machine located an early voting location no closer to the campus of Prairie View A&M University, so students at the historically black campus marched down a highway to vote.
awesome  racism  elections  texas 
february 2008 by McChris
Huffington Post: The Ascendancy of Barack Obama in Small Town America
Alec Baldwin points out a satirical column in his hometown paper in Long Island. The column, penned by "YoMama Bin Barack" plays to racist stereotypes of blacks to undermine his presidential run. It's rather stunning to see something this racist in a new
whiteness  racism  journalism  whoa 
february 2008 by McChris

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