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Ben S

Mexican-American boy's national anthem sparks racist comments - CNN.com - 25 views

www.cnn.com/...ican-american-boy-sings-anthem

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  • Ben S on 19 Feb 14
     
    This article is about a 11 year old "Mexican" boy who sings the national anthem and most of the Americans were complaining why they let a Mexican sing their countries anthem.
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  • Ben S on 19 Feb 14
     
    This will help us elaborate on racial discrimination.
  • Jack F on 25 Feb 14
     
    I do not know what is all of the craziness about a Mexican boy singing the national anthem.
  • Caleb B on 25 Feb 14
     
    I dont see how it is wrong for an Mexican kid to sing and american anthem.
  • Henry B on 25 Feb 14
     
    I like how you are bringing up something new on Mexicans instead of just Asians. I am confused if this is all to the story. There are lots of people that may not be American that do these kinds of things. What is the big deal about it? Clarify that.
  • Jimmy T. on 25 Feb 14
     
    I don't know why this is such a big deal. A Mexican boy sang the national anthem, so what? This article proves that racism isn't limited to African-Americans.
  • Sam B on 25 Feb 14
     
    This points out how stereotypes can sometimes even be hypocrites. I am glad he refused to be discouraged by these people remembering the critic doesn't count.
  • Blake S on 25 Feb 14
     
    I don't really think that this in our community but that is one opinion and it is sort of one sided.
  • Samuel K on 25 Feb 14
     
    I think that this article is good because it shows how people are racist to others and not just black people.
  • Robert D on 26 Feb 14
     
    This is a problem, but it seems that that this was solved and the people who did it are now coming to there sences. I think this was a one time deal.
  • SeanMarc T on 26 Feb 14
     
    I don't see why people are complaining about a Mexican boy singing the national anthem we African-Americans sing it as well and people don't complain. That's discriminating only to Mexicans.
  • SeanMarc T on 26 Feb 14
     
    When I said we I meant when.
  • Griffin R on 26 Feb 14
     
    This is a great topic about racial discrimination, but it needs to be in our area .
  • Hewes S on 27 Feb 14
     
    This shows that stereotypes aren't always what you think they are.
  • Jerry P on 27 Feb 14
     
    This is a good article that shows us all the stereotypes there are. The boy was an American citizen so he should be able to sing the national anthem like other American citizens.
Devin M

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

www.workers.org/...o-to-klan-american-renaissance

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  • 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
  • Devin M on 19 Feb 14
     
    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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  • Jim K on 19 Feb 14
     
    Please check if other people had posted it before you post.
  • Robert D on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Griffin R on 20 Feb 14
     
    If the park is named after a racist, that does not mean that the park is racist.
  • Jack F on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jimmy T. on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jerry P on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Henry B on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Samuel K on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • SeanMarc T on 21 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • William S on 21 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Ben S on 21 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Seth R on 21 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Hewes S on 21 Feb 14
     
    This does not give us any further information about racial discrimination. It has nothing to do with helping it either.
  • Sam B on 24 Feb 14
     
    This points to how the KKK is getting weaker despite the ongoing of the clan and how some of them are even in Memphis.
Seth R

Racism Against Native Americans - 2 views

www.dosomething.org/...acism-against-native-americans

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  • Seth R on 25 Feb 14
     
    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.
Robert D

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

www.commercialappeal.com/...on-finds-discrimination-shelby

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  • Robert D on 10 Feb 14
     
    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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  • Robert D on 10 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jack F on 12 Feb 14
     
    There is good detail on your summary, but there are no questions in you ladder of feedback.
  • Hewes S on 19 Feb 14
     
    I think there is potential in this article and that. Most of the article is true and has good meaning to it.
  • Robert D on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jim K on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Henry B on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Seth R on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Graham W on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jerry P on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Blake S on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Sam B on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jack F on 19 Feb 14
     
    I think this link is full of useful information. It tells a lot about how black people are persecuted in court.
  • Samuel K on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Devin M on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Griffin R on 19 Feb 14
     
    This sounds like a good start to our research, most of the info is up to date and has great detail.
  • Ben S on 19 Feb 14
     
    This article is great in showing the racism in Memphis and is a great article our group can collaborate on.
  • Jimmy T. on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
Henry B

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

www.findingdulcinea.com/...richard-wright.html

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  • Henry B on 19 Feb 14
     
    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."
  • Henry B on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
Jim K

Racism in Memphis - Racial Unity - 4 views

sites.google.com/...racism-in-memphis

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  • 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. 
  • Jim K on 10 Feb 14
     
    This is how Memphis is still effected by racial issues still today. We are forever to be categorized as the city were King died.
  • Sam B on 19 Feb 14
     
    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.
Jerry P

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

www.aclu.org/...what-are-memphis-police-hiding

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  • Jerry P on 12 Feb 14
     
    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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  • Jerry P on 12 Feb 14
     
    This article is important because the reason the police didn't want to be filmed probably had something to do with racial profiling.
  • Graham W on 25 Feb 14
     
    It tells that they are hiding but also what are they hiding from.
  • Jimmy T. on 25 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jim K on 25 Feb 14
     
    I already posted this a long time ago
Seth R

Concern About Racism and Social Networking Grows - 1 views

blogs.wsj.com/...sm-and-social-networking-grows

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  • Seth R on 25 Feb 14
     
    This is about racism increasing in social media. This isn't directly in our community, but I consider social media everybody's community.
Devin M

Racist attacks against Ole Miss student - Mid-South News, Weather, Traffic and Sports |... - 4 views

www.myfoxmemphis.com/...tacks-against-ole-miss-student

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  • Mary Woods says it started on Aug. 24 with racial slurs written on her son Jamal's dorm room door at Ole Miss.Jamal is a freshman at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
  • Devin M on 19 Feb 14
     
    Ole Miss student attacked by racist peers. Racial slurs keyed onto his truck. Words like the nword and more demeaning words of African-Americans. Student afraid to sleep in dorm. He will be attending a different next semester.
Graham W

Tate County School District seeks dismissal of racial discrimination suit » T... - 22 views

www.commercialappeal.com/...ol-district-seeks-dismissal-of

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  • Graham W on 12 Feb 14
     
    A 63 year old black custodian. Was accused of stealing the white teachers phone, and was accused by the white teacher. Soon they found out that the white teacher actually had never lost the phone out of her possession.
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  • Samuel K on 12 Feb 14
     
    I think that you should add you latter of feedback to your summary.
  • Jim K on 19 Feb 14
     
    When was this?
  • Sam B on 20 Feb 14
     
    This is a very though case. Until we see some more facts, it cannot be clearly determined if this was an act of racial discrimination.
  • Robert D on 20 Feb 14
     
    This is am one growing problem with discrimination of blacks. This is key because people still blame African Americans, weather this was true or the teacher did it. There is an unfair trails with blacks.
  • Jack F on 20 Feb 14
     
    Yes, I mean he could have been lying but there is definitely a lot of racial discrimination that the lady had only blamed the 63 year old black custodian worker.
  • Jimmy T. on 20 Feb 14
     
    I think that this case definitely has some racial discrimination involved. However, I don't think if you looked at the security tapes you could pin the custodian. He has to go into every room to clean it.
  • Jerry P on 20 Feb 14
     
    This is definitely racial discrimination. A white teacher claims to "lose" her phone so she blames a black worker. Also, the only people questioned were black. There is definitely racial discrimination at that school.
  • Henry B on 20 Feb 14
     
    I like how you knew what the real problem was and you were very clear about it too. Was that the comment or the description though?
  • William S on 21 Feb 14
     
    This is a good example of racial sterotypes. I thought this problem was only with police, but I guess it has spead to every one. Are there any other records of this like this happening?
  • SeanMarc T on 21 Feb 14
     
    This can show how people are quick to judge someone just by their color. This also can lead us to employees being wrongly accused of something they didn't do just because of their skin color.
  • Ben S on 21 Feb 14
     
    This article talkes about the racial discrimination in our community. Although, it didn't have enough information/evidence. Because of this we need further evidence but I think this will help us in our process of racial discrimination in our community.
  • Seth R on 21 Feb 14
     
    I agree with Sam. There really isn't enough facts or proof to really call it racial discrimination. I'm sure the teacher though that he stole it because he has access to any room when he wants to go in.
  • Hewes S on 21 Feb 14
     
    Is this really going to take us into further detail about our project and if how can we pursue?
Samuel K

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

www.nytimes.com/...31wells.html

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  • Samuel K on 12 Feb 14
     
    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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  • Samuel K on 12 Feb 14
     
    Wells Fargo needs to send bills to every type of person at a time.
  • Jack F on 12 Feb 14
     
    There is no ladder of feedback. Need to add the tag Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Griffin R on 19 Feb 14
     
    Can you go deeper into the topic, this way you can understand the topic better.
  • Jack F on 20 Feb 14
     
    The black homeowners have definitely gotten the short end of the stick with how they are being treated by Wells Fargo.
  • Jimmy T. on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jerry P on 20 Feb 14
     
    I agree that it sounds like Wells Fargo is definitely just trying to make blacks and Latinos lose their homes. That's just unfair.
  • Henry B on 20 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • SeanMarc T on 21 Feb 14
     
    The article is a great example of racial discrimination and this could lead us to more companies that discriminate African-American citizens.
  • William S on 21 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Ben S on 21 Feb 14
     
    This needs to be more clear, you need more facts. This could be a good article for our group though.
  • Seth R on 21 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Hewes S on 21 Feb 14
     
    I agree with Griffin I think that it would be better if you went into further deatails.
  • Jim K on 21 Feb 14
     
    Maybe your description could be longer.
  • Sam B on 24 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jim K on 25 Feb 14
     
    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.
  • Jimmy T. on 25 Feb 14
     
    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.
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