May 22, 2013

Travyon’s Parents and Lawyer Respond to New Zimmerman Bond

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*New controversy has emerged in the murder case of Trayvon Martin. After George Zimmerman’s original bond had been revoked, Judge Kenneth Lester, Jr. re-granted bail to Trayvon’s killer for $1 million. Martin’s family was shocked by the decision. Their family attorney, Benjamin Crump responded to the situation saying: “Understand that this isn’t a sprint to [...]




Rinku Sen: There May Be Bias, But Wal-Mart Can’t Be Blamed, Says Supreme Court

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*(From Color Lines)The Supreme Court issued its decision in the Dukes v. Wal-Mart sex discrimination case yesterday, a frustrating ruling that doesn’t challenge the existence of bias, but that exempts the company from accountability. The case highlights the difficulty of addressing discrimination at a time when intentional bias is both illegal and socially unacceptable, and [...]




The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Crying Wolf and Perpetuating a Lie

*For every white person who says racism died the day they helped elect America’s first Black president, I say don’t flatter yourselves. I direct my statement to white Americans because I would be hard pressed to find a person of color who would argue that racism is dead. Yet there are plenty of white people [...]