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- “We call on colleagues working in various social justice movements and campaigns to read the full-text of our statement “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision,” and to join us in our call for government support of all our households.”
- “But disputes over minority voting rights — along with accusations of election fraud — continue to rouse Prairie View, home to one of the nation’s leading historically black colleges, and other Texas locales.”
- “People believe these stereotypical images represent reality because they see them over and over. They don’t see anything else so they don’t learn anything else. To most people, these are the only “real” Indians there are.”
- “He’s a living symbol of how America looks at a biracial kid,” Leo Butler, director of diversity at NFA, said. “To people, he’s black, period.”
- “[...]gentrification, which increases housing prices and tension, sometimes has racial overtones and can seem like a dirty word. Now Portland is encouraging black and white residents to talk about it, but even here in Sincere City, the conversation has be
- “Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill differ from Clinton by two important measures: They’ve managed to win elections without developing polarizing personas, and they’ve shied away from emphas
- “So what’s the proper way to address American Indian coworkers? It depends on whom you ask, but one thing they all would agree on: to be the most accurate, identify the tribe first.”
- “The comments quickly turned into a call to throw black men off buildings”
- “May 29th was the First Nations National Day of Action, called for by the Assembly of First Nations to show our discontent with federal treatment of Aboriginal Peoples.”
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