Race-work, Race-love

May 16

“A second racial incident in less than a month is roiling the UC Irvine campus. #highered #racism” — Second racial incident at UC Irvine roils campus

May 13

Debate on report on immigration leads to scrutiny of Harvard dissertation | Inside Higher Ed #latinoedu #latism

Player tweets 'disappoint' Columbia - ESPN -

Defensive lineman Chad Washington was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of aggravated harassment in the second degree stemming from an incident that occurred on campus early Sunday morning. Washington is accused of getting into a physical confrontation with an Asian student and using several anti-Asian slurs.

May 04

“A UC Irvine fraternity has volunteered to suspend itself after it was blasted for a member-produced video that featured a student in blackface.” — UC Irvine fraternity suspends itself for releasing blackface video

May 03

Real Housewife’s @TamraBarney on-air #racist slur #Latism -

and, please. your excuse should not be “my bf is Latino so i can use racist slurs”.

#CalState #Sorority Dresses Up As #Latina gang members

Apr 23

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Apr 21

“But the fact of slavery refuses to fade, along with the deeply embedded personal attitudes and public policy assumptions that supported it for so long. Indeed, the racism that made slavery feasible is far from dead in the last decade of twentieth century America; and the civil rights gains, so hard won, are being steadily eroded…What we designate as “racial progress” is not a solution to that problem. It is a regeneration of the problem in a particularly perverse form.” —  Derrick Bell.

Apr 12

With #Police in #Schools, More #Children in Court #blackedu #latinoedu -

Youth advocates and judges say more children are being sent into the criminal justice system for acts like scuffles and truancy that are better handled in the principal’s office.

Apr 11

Two arrests in beating of #WSU professor -

CC: @drdavidjleonard

Associate professor David Leonard is Warner’s supervisor at the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies in Wilson Hall. Leonard believes alcohol and party culture is a national issue, but this incident is an extreme manifestation bringing to light more issues on campus.