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The story of Boston's all-black, short-lived, very successful tactical police unit - Ma... - 0 views

www.boston.com/...story.html 1-10 Boston
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  • Rich Chute on 27 May 15
     
    Interesting article about Boston's "Soul Patrol" of the early 1970s.  There is also a connection to the prosecutor in the Freddie Gray case.
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It's 2015. Why do 40 Mass. high schools still have Native American mascots? - News - Bo... - 0 views

www.boston.com/...story.html 2-7_8 NA today
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  • Rich Chute on 21 May 15
     
    Some new info. here.  Good overall article.
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Where the White People Live - The Atlantic - 0 views

www.theatlantic.com/...390153 1-10 Boston race
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  • Katherine Taylor on 12 May 15
     
    Boston's place among cities with racialized concentrations of affluence...not super impressive
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Wage Theft - Brave New Films - 0 views

www.bravenewfilms.org/wagetheft current events labor
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  • Adam Blumer on 01 May 15
     
    Interesting  connections to labor rights (an perhaps immigration)
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Next time someone says racism isn't real, show them this 3-minute video - Vox - 0 views

www.vox.com/...systemic-racism-video
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  • Adam Blumer on 01 May 15
     
    fascinating summary of how race is defined
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▶ Racism Is Real * BRAVE NEW FILMS - YouTube - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch racism
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  • Adam Blumer on 01 May 15
     
    subtle institutional examples in video form....
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Lesson Plans | Latino Americans | PBS - 1 views

www.pbs.org/...lesson-plans 2-6 Latino justice
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  • Kate Harrigan on 08 May 14
     
    From PBS, an interesting series of lessons including one about stereotypes and statistics (from 2012)
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http://nfwm.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/06/us-farmworkers-eng.pdf - 0 views

nfwm.org/...us-farmworkers-eng.pdf 2-6 Latino justice
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  • Katherine Taylor on 04 Apr 15
     
    A fact sheet about farm workers today
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These 2 sets of pictures are everything you need to know about race, crime, and media b... - 0 views

www.vox.com/...media-bias-black-mughsots current events
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  • Adam Blumer on 02 Apr 15
     
    Racial bias in media coverage of crime
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Digital History - 0 views

www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm
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  • Kate Harrigan on 31 Mar 15
     
    some good stats on Mexican Americans
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An Historic Overview of Latino Immigration and the Demographic Transformation of the Un... - 1 views

www.nps.gov/...immigration.htm
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  • Kate Harrigan on 31 Mar 15
     
    good historical background on Mexican immigration
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http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/content/immigrants_curriculum/11_pdfs/unit3_lesson2.pdf - 0 views

www1.cuny.edu/...unit3_lesson2.pdf
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  • Kate Harrigan on 30 Mar 15
     
    very cool series of photographs of migrant farm workers
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http://www.humanities.uci.edu/history/ucihp/resources/11th%20grade%20for%20website/11.1... - 0 views

www.humanities.uci.edu/...20Chicano%20Civil%20Rights.pdf Chicano; DBQ
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  • Kate Harrigan on 27 Mar 15
     
    Chicano DBQ
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