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Jim K

Racism in Memphis - Racial Unity - 4 views

  • Does racism still exist forty years after the Civil Rights movement?  Do African Americans continue to face racial discrimination in today’s society?  Does racism undermine our national unity?  The answer to these questions is overwhelmingly yes.  No matter how far America progresses, there will always be people who thwart America’s evolution into a post-racist society.  Nonetheless, in order to gain understanding of our progression, or lack of, we must first analyze racism on a local level.  In order to alleviate racist attitudes, we must first put forth an effort in our own homes and communities.  Local citizens should work together in order to instill a sense of community shared across racial lines.  The social and economic status of African Americans may vary from city to city, but in Memphis, Tennessee, racial discrimination is undeniably still an issue.
  •  Memphis, Tennessee has long been known as a city that symbolizes racism; Memphis will forever be burdened with being labeled as “the city where Dr. King was assassinated.”  Because Memphis was the sight of the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is the best place to test America’s progress. 
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    This is how Memphis is still effected by racial issues still today. We are forever to be categorized as the city were King died.
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    Although much of the information is believable and maybe even true, most of it is an opinion stating that Memphis is a racists community known as the place where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
Henry B

On This Day: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated - 17 views

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    Martin Luther King was in Memphis, when he was assassinated. The racial discrimination in the city killed Martin Luther King. The whites didn't like him and beat him and arrested him and tortured him. When he was at this motel, he was killed due to the racial discrimination in Memphis.
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    I thought this was interesting because it shows the racism in Memphis. This problem can get bigger and bigger if it is allowed. This crime was done because Martin Luther King was black. This is a big part in racial discrimination.
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    "and beat him and arrested him and tortured him" is a run-on sentence. The crime was not done just because he was black. The attack was done because he was supporting blacks. Also you need to list this under history.
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    I think this is to long ago and it won't really give lots of information about today society.
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    I argue with Hewes because it was formal and gave recent information ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
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    Although this article gives specific information about Memphis' history, the information is not recent nor important for today's situation.
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    I agree with Hewes, It was a long time ago. You need to find a website with recent info.
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    Memphis is a big city for civil rights in America, but I think you could find something that relates to today, and effects our society.
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    Are there any facts backing theses conspires, and what causes them to be so compelling?
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    This is not important because it is to old for our question.
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    While this does go over the racial discrimination I think this more one sided and is only about Dr. Martian Luther King.
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    How does this relate to us reducing racism in our community ? I like how you used facts to back up the problem. I don't think that this doesn't really relate to us reducing racism. I suggest that you find an article that does realet to our issue.
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    This is a good topic and I think that it will help in our group discussion, but I think that you need something more recent.
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    Why is this important today if it happened in 1968?I like the historical reference.I'm concerned with it's outdated info. I suggest you find something more current.
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    Although this happened many years ago, I think this article can help us in this proses of how we can reduce racism in our community.
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    This may be a little one-sided. The passage talks about the outrage and distress after King's death, but not the feelings of racist people in the country.
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    I do not think this is biased. However, I would question whether or not it is relevant to what we are studying. Your question was, "Where/how do we address the problem and change things?". The upcoming days of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination aren't relevant to that question.
Blake S

Using the "N Word" around Memphis - 5 views

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    The "N word has been used all around Memphis. I have had some experience. I have been down to a soup kitchen in downtown Memphis and I heard a white worker say the "N word." I feel like it is a real problem that spreads around Tennessee and the Nation.
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    I feel like this was part of an opinion but it was a good source.
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    You need a link besides sweet search. I think you got your link wrong.
SeanMarc T

Memphis is still segregated (Brentwood: best schools, income, to live) - City-Data Forum - 1 views

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    Memphis schools aren't meant to be segregated, but a large amount of students at public schools are black and at private schools are white.
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    This is very true but I don't thing it was on purpose that whites go to private and blacks go to public.
Jimmy T.

Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers - 1 views

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    This is a detailed explanation of the Memphis Sanitation Workers and Martin Luther King Jr., both important in the Civil Rights movement.
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    This page gives a very detailed overview of the Civil Rights movement in general, and also a lot of things people have already tried.
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    This info is old and outdated. MLK's march for the sanitation workers was in the mid-late 60's.
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    The tripod is not complete or done at all and there is no ladder of feedback
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    I do not understand why you did a website that was not updated.
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    This isn't really up to date. Please try to find modern stuff. :)
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    The question I had to answer was, "What have people already tried?" Therefore, it doesn't really matter how recent it is, as long as it's relevant and reliable.
Jerry P

What Are the Memphis Police Hiding? | American Civil Liberties Union - 3 views

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    In this article, it talks about how the police went to close down a freestyle rap session in downtown Memphis. When a concert attendee started to film the police, an officer took his phone, and threw him in a squad car. Everyone has the right to videotape police activity.
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    This article is important because the reason the police didn't want to be filmed probably had something to do with racial profiling.
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    It tells that they are hiding but also what are they hiding from.
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    This page is one-sided. It doesn't look at the perspective of the police. Maybe there were noise complaints, so the police had to put an end to it. That doesn't mean it isn't happening though.
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    I already posted this a long time ago
Devin M

Anti-racist forces in Tennessee say no to Klan, 'American Renaissance' » In t... - 27 views

  • Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest were leading figures in splitting up the U.S. during 1861-65 in that failed war to maintain the economic system of slavery. Davis was president of the Confederate States of America, 11 states that seceded from the Union
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    This article consists of the KKK marches in our general area. KKK tried to save Nathan Bedford Forrest and Jefferson Davis legacy by not allowing Memphis to rename the racist parks.
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    Please check if other people had posted it before you post.
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    This article is great because this shows the other side of the fight. Some African Americans have made some bad choices, but so have many whites as we have seen with the KKK, church bombing, and many others that exemplify the cruelty that both sides have done to push for there cause.
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    If the park is named after a racist, that does not mean that the park is racist.
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    I think that the only way people who are racist like the KKK are getting their power is because of the reaction they get. I mean does someone complain when none of the people they are talking to care what they say.
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    I agree with Jack. I think racist groups like the KKK get their power is because so many people talk about them and do news articles on them.
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    Most articles only talk about African Americans and stuff they did, but this article is one of those rare ones that talks about bad stuff white people do. I agree with Robert.
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    I like this because it is a little different like Jerry said, but I see that you highlighted this and I don't think it said everything you really wanted to say.
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    I also agree with Robert. I think that all of these people put a lot of lives in the way for a problem that could have easily been solved. It also shows how the blacks had to struggle for their rights and freedom. This article also looks at not just the black side of this problem (because that is the side that we always look at) but how that African Americans also made some bad choices and how some of them effected the problem as well.
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    This event shows how Memphis has a bad racist history and that it wasn't a good idea to name the parks the name of racists in the first place.
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    This is very questionable. I would like to see the originator of this park. Perhaps a KKK leader created it? This is a big problem and I'm glad they're fixing it.
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    This is a great article to help us get more information about our city's black history. This is a great article for our group to collaborate on and discuss.
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    How does this develop our learning? It's really just about a park named after someone. I like how this is up-to-date and uses facts and history.
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    This does not give us any further information about racial discrimination. It has nothing to do with helping it either.
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    This points to how the KKK is getting weaker despite the ongoing of the clan and how some of them are even in Memphis.
Jim K

Three more thugs arrested for racially motivated mob attacks in Warner Robbins, GA - 2 views

  • If the races had been reversed, this would be a major national news story. There is absolutely no doubt that national media would be in a frenzy right now. About thirty black teenagers, in Warner Robins, Georgia, celebrated a snow day by rioting and committing racially motivated hate crime mob attack. Five white adults were brutally attacked by the mob. One of the victims was a woman who had an infant baby with her. The thugs posted the this photo (right) on the internet to gloat about the attacks. The thugs screamed racial slurs during the assaults. The total number of arrests has increased to five. Since the perps are all juveniles, there will be very little repercussions for their actions. From Macon Telegraph… Three more teens were arrested Friday for their alleged involvement in an attack at Warner Robins High School last week when the school was closed for snow. D’Angelo Montell Roquemore, 17, of Warner Robins, has been charged with aggravated assault in the Jan. 29 brawl, according to a police news release. In addition, a 15-year-old boy from Warner Robins and a 14-year-old boy from Warner Robins were each charged with aggravated assault, the release states. Police did not release the boys’ names because they are juveniles. Two teens already were arrested in the incident, bringing the total number of arrests to five. Shymalik Raekwon Mitchell, 17, of Warner Robins, was arrested Wednesday an
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      Something not fair is how if this were the other way around, this would be very major. It seems like media today is still racist.... just now to white people
    • Sam B
       
      It's a good topic but this does not apply to racism in Memphis.
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    3 black thugs called a white awful racial slurs, and brutally beat him.
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    In the article I feel like it is one sided. We didn't here from the black point of view, what if the 5 white people threatened them? I feel like you need to add to the tags. For example, assault. Also, you highlighted almost all of it and Mr. Cummings said not to. Also, Georgia isn't in our community. We need to find the other side of the story, like what caused the black kids to kill them. What were the white people doing to provoke the blacks to kill them?
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    I agree with Sam it really doesn't apply to Memphis because every night on Action News 5 you always see that someone either kidnapped someone or murdered someone. It is also black people and white people. So it wouldn't really be a big deal if a white guy murdered someone randomly. This happens every day in Memphis either a murder, abuse, or kidnapping, its not a big deal white or black.
Samuel K

Memphis Accuses Wells Fargo of Discriminating Against Blacks - NYTimes.com - 21 views

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    This article is about Wells Fargo making black houses in neighborhood after neighborhood foreclose, to where they make the people have not home. They target one poor black house at a time and send out the bills that they can not pay.
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    Wells Fargo needs to send bills to every type of person at a time.
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    There is no ladder of feedback. Need to add the tag Martin Luther King Jr.
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    Can you go deeper into the topic, this way you can understand the topic better.
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    The black homeowners have definitely gotten the short end of the stick with how they are being treated by Wells Fargo.
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    I think that this in completely based on few to no facts. More black homeowners going into foreclosure doesn't mean there is racism involved. There are factors this doesn't account for, like getting fired. However, this doesn't mean that it isn't happening.
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    I agree that it sounds like Wells Fargo is definitely just trying to make blacks and Latinos lose their homes. That's just unfair.
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    What was the major problem? You were not clear about that. Also, why do they need to send bills to everyone at a time. I don't think they should send blacks or anyone bills for the foreclosure reason.
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    The article is a great example of racial discrimination and this could lead us to more companies that discriminate African-American citizens.
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    This is yes racism but also greed. They specificly target these people because they know that they can't pay these bill so they go straight for them. And they are making tons of money off of this. Just like at their stock.
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    This needs to be more clear, you need more facts. This could be a good article for our group though.
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    This is a good article to show how major companies can be racist. Although I feel as though this could have happened to a white person or another race.
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    I agree with Griffin I think that it would be better if you went into further deatails.
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    Maybe your description could be longer.
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    This may not be racial discrimination. Black neighborhoods are common in Memphis and those neighborhoods are most likely the poorer ones. The families may be in dept, thus their interest goes up.
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    I agree with Sam. Maybe it was just a coincidence that all the people being forclosed on just happened to be black that one time.
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    I don't think this article looks at every perspective. It doesn't look at the perspective of Wells Fargo. The foreclosures could have something to do with their jobs. Maybe their pay got cut, or they got fired. I'm not saying that it isn't happening, but I feel that it jumps to conclusions.
Hewes S

Is This Racist? | National Review Online - 3 views

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    Black girls being racist at The University of Memphis.
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    I think that this website is not up to date and you might want to check on that.
Robert D

Federal investigation finds discrimination in Shelby County juvenile justice ... - 23 views

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    This article is about how black teens and young Adults have been proved guilty due to there color of there skin. Brooks file a DOJ in 2007 for the alleges misstatement of juveniles based on race.
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    This is one of the many cases found in our culture where there have been racial decimation. I believe that this is not the only case that could be found. There are many more.
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    There is good detail on your summary, but there are no questions in you ladder of feedback.
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    I think there is potential in this article and that. Most of the article is true and has good meaning to it.
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    This article is great, because it gives us a clear description of what is going on in our community that is a violation of what we are trying to resolve.
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    I do agree with you Robert. Because of certain events where black people have been proven guilty, it seems like people always seem to blame the black people for everything. Two words for you: Racial Profiling.
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    You should clarify what DOJ means. I see this article going far as long as some more detail is added. Maybe some more background. Did you mean to add some more detail? I suggest to make it a little more clear and then you will be fine.
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    This is a somewhat bias article. It leans more toward the African-American side. One lady claimed that the race doesn't matter. Every situation is different, so there really isn't a real way to write down something and say it's true. I like how this is up-to-date and in our community. I suggest that you find a different article that has a two-sided opinion, or another article that back up the other side of this complication.
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    This article gives great detail about what the real issue was, but it kind of got off track a little bit about what it is supposed to be like. Other than that this article explains a great deal of racial discrimination in Shelby County jail and prison systems.
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    This article gives very in-depth detail into how whites are treated better than blacks, but why does it use a lot of information from a couple years ago like 2009. Overall, it is a good article that has plenty of meaning to it.
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    I feel like it is a good paragraph, the information was good and it was mostly up to date. This could lead us into bigger topics around not just our community, but around the nation.
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    Nice job finding this article. It informs well how we have a unjust system in our court and encourages us to try to give every race a fair trial.
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    I think this link is full of useful information. It tells a lot about how black people are persecuted in court.
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    I value that you choose this article because it is a great example of racism in Memphis, and I think that we can elaborate on this in our class discussion and it will cause more questions and make us think. Maybe you could clarify what the DOJ means.
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    Since a lot of the judicial system is African-American why don't they help the kids? This is important because it shows that racism in the judicial system is still unfair towards African-American kids.I don't get why the African-American judges socially profile people.
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    This sounds like a good start to our research, most of the info is up to date and has great detail.
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    This article is great in showing the racism in Memphis and is a great article our group can collaborate on.
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    I think this article might be biased or made up. These days, people are so untrusting of the government that they'll make up anything to make it look bad. With this, it is entirely possible that it is made up. However, it is still possible that this is all true.
Seth R

Bringing Back Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech - 23 views

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    This article is about Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and how it has affected America so far (like Obama) and how we need to pursue his dream.
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    I think that a speech at a famous landmark in Memphis would be the best way to get the word out. I'm piggybacking off of Martin Luther King Jr.
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    I think that this website could help in our group discussion, and I like how you used history and this can help us find out what people have done in the past to fix the problem.
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    I think that this will help our project because I might lead us to something different.
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    I feel like there is a little more information to be used in this paragraph, I feel like it was formal though. I suggest using a little more recent site.
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    I personally think that this is full of information that is good, but is more of an opinion.
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    A good link showing how our country has decided to embrace change in our presidential decisions on who to lead the country. Soon we will probably have many different races and even genders of people as leaders of the country.
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    I think you also need some more background in this. There just isn't enough information in what you said to be sure of the real problem. Where is the problem? All you are saying is we need to pursue Obama's dream. No problem is stated.
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    Are you saying that we need to bring back Martin's idea? Yes. I am. I like how you had the idea of using something that has already happened and worked to spread the word about racism. This is a reliable link because it is from a University, but this seems to have very many opinions in it.
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    It is great what Martin Luther King has done to unify us. I wouldn't have some of my friends today if it weren't for him. I try to live by: Judge a man by his actions; not the color of his skin. I think it would be great to make a celebration for him. I think the article was good, I just think you could find a deeper one.
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    Is this link valuable? Sure it compares Lincoln to king and king to Obama, but that is not affecting our community.
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    I like how it asks questions and then answers them in detail. I also like how it compares old racism to new racism.
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    This article is great talking about how the "I have a Dream" speech has brote this country together.
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    Why is this important now? This is important because of its history and heritage. What drove MLK to give this speech. We should consider following MLK's ways of leadership and awareness.
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    I don't think that this is biased. However, I don't think it's very valuable either; it's an interview with someone who wrote a book that connects Abraham Lincoln to Obama to Martin Luther King Jr.
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    This page is quite one-sided. The side supporting Martin Luther King's speech. The answers to these questions are said by one man rather than a group or groups of people. Imagine what a somewhat racist person would say to some of these questions.
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    I think we need to focus more on what his dream could have done to racial discrimination more that just look at it and say, " Man that is a great dream."
Hewes S

Articles about Racial Discrimination - Los Angeles Times - 1 views

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    Fixing voting rights.
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    I think that this article can help in our group discussion. Also this article is reverent and reliable, but I think that you might want to make it in our community.
Seth R

Racism Against Native Americans - 2 views

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    This article is mainly about racism toward Native Americans. It's short, but contains a lot of information. I wouldn't say it's only in our community. It is a nation-wide conflict.
Blake S

Tim Mcgraw's thoughts on song "accidental racist." - 5 views

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2013/04/tim-mcgraw-thinks-brad-paisley-and-ll-cool-js-accidental-racist-is-a-good-thing.html In my opinion this song is not a good song for the radio or to people in ...

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Seth R

Concern About Racism and Social Networking Grows - 1 views

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    This is about racism increasing in social media. This isn't directly in our community, but I consider social media everybody's community.
Henry B

Happy Birthday, Richard Wright, Groundbreaking Author of "Black Boy" and "Native Son" - 3 views

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    This is an indication of the first African-American to keep a living as an author. This author wrote the books "Native Son" and "Black Boy."
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    I don't understand why people point this out. When people point out an African-American accomplishing some feat, that means people are kind of surprised about it. African-Americans should be treated the way whites are treated.
Seth R

Asians And 'Model Minority Myth' | yourpublicmedia.org - 3 views

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    I realize that this isn't up-to-date, but I personally knew Asians who committed suicide because of racism issues. We need to focus on different races like Asians, Latinos, and Arabs. This article is about Asians and how their suicide rates our high because of a racism problem.
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    As we see that racism isn't just to black people.
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    This is a good article and it is also very reliable and has good information.
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