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Hewes S

Sweet Search - 3 views

  • A tireless activist and scholar, W.E.B. D
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    A W.E.B. Du Bois wrote "The Souls of Black Folk". He was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NCAACP). He remained fighting for the black people for the rest of his life.
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    You might want to check when this article was published and how realistic it is.
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.
Devin M

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

  • 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.
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    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.
Ben S

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

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    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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    This will help us elaborate on racial discrimination.
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    I do not know what is all of the craziness about a Mexican boy singing the national anthem.
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    I dont see how it is wrong for an Mexican kid to sing and american anthem.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    I don't really think that this in our community but that is one opinion and it is sort of one sided.
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    I think that this article is good because it shows how people are racist to others and not just black people.
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    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.
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    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.
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    When I said we I meant when.
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    This is a great topic about racial discrimination, but it needs to be in our area .
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    This shows that stereotypes aren't always what you think they are.
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    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.
Seth R

The Most Racist Films Of All Time - Business Insider - 25 views

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    This is about racist films that we haven''t realized were racist. The film makers hide things like making an animal white that saves the world. This is how kids and even some adults have been learning racism.
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    I believe this is a lot of examples of racism but is a little off topic.
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    I agree with Jack and it is a really good site
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    I enjoy how there are specific examples of racism and it tells us how some racism is taught. It isn't exactly in our community, yet it's in no body's community. I suggest you find another way that racism is taught because this seems a little silly.
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    I like how you are also bringing up the things we never thought about before. Did you realize these were racist before this you saw this link?
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    This points out how through our media and theater showings can greatly influence how people think.
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    This is a great site and brings us good information.
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    This topic is not from our part of the country.
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    I think this is a strong possibility of how people become racist.
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    I like that you thought about movies, but I think that you might could find something that is more in our area.
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    Though this is true in some of these movies I don't think people were trying to be racist, but that was the impression that this gave. This is a different link and I think we need more diverse links like this one.
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    I think some of these movies aren't purposelessly made to be racist others are so for the ones that are accidental need to watch out for stereotypes in their movies.
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    This is a great article to show how there are so many rasist films out there. I do think that you coud add some more tags though, such as racist films. But other than that great job.
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    I agree with Robert. Some films do not mean to be racist it just comes out that way.
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    This is a good article, but it is hard to understand. Some movies don't mean to be racist. They just are. You have to think deep to understand why each one is racist.
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.
Henry B

KKK Imagery, Offshore Drilling May Have Tilted Tennessee Primaries - 1 views

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    Racism in Tennessee is shown on this topic. There are possibilities for problem with the KKK in Tennessee.
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    Some sub-topics to this can be, attacks because of racism, KKK Trouble, Tennessee's Threats
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.
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

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.
Ben S

Bernard King says he faced racism with Tennessee Volunteers - 3 views

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    Bernard King says how he was racially discriminated. The police came and hit him and he wasn't treated right. His friends didn't realize he was in trouble and he wished they did. His team could have helped him.
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    I think King was thought of badly because he was good at basketball and the white fans and players of other teams didn't like that he was black.
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    This is not recent and a little one sided. The events are only told by King's perspective and no other reason he discriminated.
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    This article talks about racism in Tennessee towards a Tennessee Volunteer basketball player.
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    This is will be a great article for us to collaborate on for us to reduce the problems of racial discrimination in our community.
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.
Jim K

U of M fraternity racist - 7 views

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    If you look closely, you won't see anybody but black people. They refuse to allow anybody but their own race in the Frat house. They need to have a mixed culture, so segregation wont start up again.
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.
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.
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
Graham W

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

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    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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    I think that you should add you latter of feedback to your summary.
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    When was this?
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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?
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    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?
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Is this really going to take us into further detail about our project and if how can we pursue?
Caleb B

Not In Our State: TN Anti Racist Network - Call To Action - 1 views

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    In Nashville people are supposed to stand, speak, act. Tennessee has a Anti-Racist Network. The Tennessee Anti-Racist Network urges Tennesseans who disagree with their elected officials speaking at a racist convention.
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    This talks about laws in Tennessee about Racism
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.
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