Tag: American History

What White Privilege Really Means

 

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Legal professionals and students stage a die-in to protest police brutality and the decisions by grand juries in New York and Missouri not to indict police officers involved in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in Los Angeles, Dec. 16, 2014.

It’s not about what whites get. It’s about what blacks don’t.

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VIDEO: Whiteness Project: Inside the White Caucasian Box – Trailer

The Whiteness Project is an interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as “white” experience their ethnicity. Note this a web-based project, not a traditional documentary. The air date reflects the premiere of the project online. Find out more at http://whitenessproject.org. #WhitenessProject
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A Couple Who See Race Clearly

Christopher and Laura Castoro met when she asked him to tutor her in German. They didn’t realize they were of different race till their first date, and when they decided to marry, “We knew it was going to be us against the world,” she said.

“Christopher and Laura Castoro celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on June 8. In 2000, he retired as the director of transportation for a chemical and technology company. She is an author (also writing under her maiden name, Laura Parker) who writes, among other things, romance novels, including “Love on the Line,” “Rose of the Mists,” “A Rose in Splendor” and “The Secret Rose.” The couple lives in Fort Worth. They have three adult children and nine grandchildren. A condensed and edited version of our conversation follows…”

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