GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
"Margaret Brown's penetrating The Order of Myths... explores a potentially enraging subject - rigidly upheld racial segregation in the country's oldest Mardi Gras celebration, in Mobile, Alabama - but her touch is so unforced and her gaze so open...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
A common tale during the days of racial segregation in the South was that a black man having a secret affair with a white woman always ran the risk that the woman might cry rape if the two were caught in the middle of a sexual act. That usually meant death or sexual mutilation. It also proved that a Southern white woman, with her cakes against the wall, might manipulate a stereotype to avoid being...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
New research suggests that one reason behind racial disparities in preterm birth may have a lot to do with where the mother lives. Written by Northeastern University professor Theresa Osypuk, the study found that regional hypersegregation (residential racial segregation across four or more dimensions) may contribute to the higher rate of preterm births among black women.
Newswise (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
New research suggests that one reason behind racial disparities in preterm birth may have a lot to do with where the mother lives. Written by Northeastern University professor Theresa Osypuk, the study found that regional hypersegregation (residential racial segregation across four or more dimensions) may contribute to the higher rate of preterm births among black women.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Today was an intense look at apartheid racial segregation in South Africa. We began the day with a lecture at the Apartheid Museum about the South African educational system and how it was influenced by apartheid. We then spent a short time touring the museum although we could have spent all day there After lunch we headed to the Hector Petersen Memorial. This requires a brief explanatio
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
No one knows when it all began, but the whispered rule in communities is that blacks get buried in black cemeteries and whites in white cemeteries.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The American Medical Association on Thursday issued an apology for more than 100 years of "racial inequality" toward black physicians and for the acceptance of racial segregation in the medical profession, the Wall Street Journal reports (Burton, Wall Street Journal, 7/11).
Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
The American Medical Association apologized for more than a century of "racial inequality" toward black physicians and for accepting racial segregation in the medical profession.
NPR (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
More than 360 inmates live in what was once a gymnasium. The prison no longer has room for them — or for sports and rehabilitative programs. With inmates packed so close all day, every day, racial segregation provides one of the few sources of order.
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Civil rights pioneer and former Supreme Court Jusice Thurgood Marshall would have been 100 today. Marshall argued the NAACP position Brown v. Board of Education to the Supreme Court. The landmark case ended racial segregation. The neighborhood Linda Brown Thompson lived in was inegrated, but not the local school. . . well. like I say, we lived in an integrated neighborhood and I had all of these playmates...
David Emery Online (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
A very worthwhile read on the state of racial segregation on UK public radio today. The concept of 1xtra and things like the Mobo Awards has always sat uncomfortably with me (their very being is basically based on racist thinking), and it’s good to see I’m not alone in that. Also, it’s also well worth checking out www.thequietus.com in more depth – it’s fast becoming my favourite music blog as it...
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
John Avlon, Real Clear Politics - Abraham Lincoln would be amazed by this race - but not for the reason you might think. In an under-remarked historic irony, the political party that long defended slavery and racial segregation has become the first to nominate an African-American for president. And the GOP, the Party of Lincoln, which fought [...]
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 13, 2008. "One of the last bastions of racial segregation will be breached next month, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Trailing most U.S. states, California will start fully integrating its prison cells beginning July 1. The change has both inmates and prison guards nervous about racial violence in the largest state prison system. They depict race relations...
The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
I did not know this: A House Divided . The Pentagon was built with extra bathrooms to accommodate racial segregation. And this : There are 284 restrooms along the 17.5 miles of corridors in the Pentagon. That works out to one restroom every 325 feet. Comments | Posted in General
New Urban Legends (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Was the Pentagon built with extra bathrooms to accommodate racial segregation laws?
