On AlterNet: race

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "race"

The GOP's Played-Out Race Card

Melissa Harris-Perry, The Nation. May 24, 2012.

Conservative strategists have been toying with how to use race against President Obama in this year’s election. So far, they've done a poor job of it.

Tale of Two Cities: NYPD's Racist Arrests Create Class War in New York

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. May 13, 2012.

For the NYPD's stats to add up, they'd have to have stopped every young, black man living in the city once--and then some.

Killer Mike, Venerable Rapper/Activist, Talks New Album, Drug War, and Maybe Running for Office

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. May 8, 2012.

The OutKast affiliate and longtime Atlanta figurehead speaks on the eve of his new album, "R.A.P. Music," aka "Rebellious African Peoples' Music."

5 Wildly Destructive Myths About Crime and Race

Hatty Lee, Shani O. Hilton, Colorlines.com. May 3, 2012.

A lot of stereotypes about African-Americans and crime are plain wrong -- and very harmful.

The Horror of HBO's "Girls"

Eileen Jones, eXiled Online. May 3, 2012.

The mumblecore cancer has spread.

TV's Overwhelming Whiteness Changes How We Think

Jeremy Adam Smith, Salon. May 1, 2012.

How do our brains respond when people of color are invisible or stereotyped on TV? Here's what the latest neuroscience research tells us.

Woman in Jail for Shooting at Abusive Husband: Why Didn't Stand Your Ground Laws Apply to Her?

Maurice Garland, The Loop 21. April 26, 2012.

There are major inconsistencies in applications of "Stand Your Ground" laws.

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West: The Rich and the Rest of Us -- a Poverty Manifesto

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 24, 2012.

Poverty is no longer black and brown - it is multicultural and multiracial - and is engulfing millions of us.

Made In Our America: Letter to Trayvon Martin

Kevin Powell, AlterNet. April 23, 2012.

Reflections on a boy lost too young, and a culture that allowed it to happen.

Heads of State Considering Alternatives to the Drug War

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. April 12, 2012.

Obama's heading to Colombia for a summit with Latin American leaders--and for the first time, alternatives to drug prohibition are on the agenda.

How Our Absurd Drug War Hurts Everyone

David Sirota, Salon. April 12, 2012.

The war on drugs takes taxpayers' finite law-enforcement resources away from fighting real crimes on and off Wall Street, and instead concentrates it on punishing pot use.

The Plot to Demonize Black Youth -- And Their Mothers, Too

Kristin Rawls, AlterNet. April 6, 2012.

Are schools playing a key role in the criminalization of black children -- and their parents?

Learning While Black: A Message From a Mother to Her Son

Dyan Watson, Rethinking Schools. April 5, 2012.

Reflecting on her own history as a black child in slowly integrating schools, a mother shares her hopes for a better future for her son.

Right-Wing Media Are the Ones Playing the "Race Card" Over Trayvon Martin's Death

Solange Uwimana, Media Matters for America. April 4, 2012.

As questions remain as to the role race played in the death of Trayvon Martin, the right is using race-baiting tactics to silence any broader conversation about racism.

11 Interracial Romances that Changed America

Nicholas Powers, AlterNet. April 3, 2012.

A history of how the interracial relationship has altered in culture through literature and film.

Conservatives' Twisted, Racist Logic in the Trayvon Martin Case

Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet. April 2, 2012.

Just because more African Americans are incarcerated, it does not mean a given individual is more likely to commit a crime.

Racially-Motivated Killing the Media Missed? NY Police Called Out on Medical Alert Shoot Dead 68 Year Old Black Veteran

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. March 29, 2012.

Kenneth Chamberlain is looking for answer as to why his father was shot by police, who yelled racial slurs before breaking down his door and opening fire.

America: Tailor-Made to Destroy Black People

Kai Wright, Colorlines.com. March 28, 2012.

We cage people, then call them animals. We starve people, then jibe them for being malnourished. We write laws that allow people to gun down unarmed children.

Face It: Trayvon Martin is Dead Because Many White People Are Afraid of Black People

Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet. March 27, 2012.

The killing of Trayvon Martin demands that we black folks engage in some real talk about our special role in American society.

Drug War Nightmare: How We Created a Massive Racial Caste System in America

Michelle Alexander, TomDispatch.com. March 26, 2012.

The drug war has created a new Jim Crow system.

Disney's 5 Worst Moments of All Time

Steven Thomas, Comment Is Free. March 22, 2012.

The company's latest movie, John Carter, is a massive flop. What better time to revisit the lowest points in Disney history?

Trayvon Martin's Fate Is the Fear of Every Young Man of Color

Felipe Delerme, AlterNet. March 21, 2012.

How the 17-year-old's murder shined a light on the dangers of being Black in America.

1 in 3 Black Men Go To Prison? The 10 Most Disturbing Facts About Racial Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Sophia Kerby, The American Prospect. March 17, 2012.

In light of these disparities, it is imperative that criminal-justice reform evolves as the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

Why Are All the Rich Kids Sitting Together on Campus?

Sam Fulwood III, Center for American Progress. March 16, 2012.

Still think of college as the great equalizer? Think again. Today, income differences are dividing college campuses like never before.

Listen, Whitey! Talking With Author Pat Thomas About the Black Panthers

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. March 14, 2012.

The writer of a new book on Black Panther culture speaks on researching his project, Occupy, Huey Newton, and more