Tag Archives: Racial Profiling

Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte :
Ferguson: Living through the replay

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

We seem repeatedly surprised by the anger generated by educational inequity, vanished jobs, income disparities, lost affordable housing, and racial and ethnic profiling. By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte | The Rag Blog | August 26, 2014 Like many other Americans, … Continue reading →

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FILM / Jonah Raskin : Reviewing ‘Fruitvale’ and Remembering the Panthers

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Reviewing Coogler’s Fruitvale Stationand reflecting on the Black Panthers Fruitvale Station shows how far we’ve traveled since the days of the Panthers, and how little we’ve traveled. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | August 12, 2013 The only … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Trayvon Martin and the Super-Predator Myth

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Joshua Trujillo / AP Images / SeattlePI.com The super-predator myth: Trayvon died for our sins The evidence of a violently divided America can be understood in the failure of the criminal justice system, where rationality and objectivity are … Continue reading →

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Arizona’s Crackers : ‘Illegal is Not a Race’

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Reform America.Arizona’s Crackers:Jim Crow is alive and well Maintaining a whip hand, southern politicians once calculated, was the best way to defend white power. The same calculation drives contemporary Arizona politics. By Char Miller / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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SPORT / New Era in Arizona : Here Come ‘Los Suns’

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from IndyPosted.Here come the Suns!Taking a stand on Cinco de MayoBy Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / May 4, 2010 A battle has been joined for the very soul of Arizona. On one side, there are the Minutemen, … Continue reading →

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Casey Hayden in Arizona : Boycott ‘Fortress America’

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Alfonso Vasquez of Phoenix lights candles during a prayer vigil at the Arizona State Capitol on April 24, protesting Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Photo by Matt Pavelek / The Arizona Republic / AP.Boycott Arizona:Church leaders call SB 1070 ‘racist … Continue reading →

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Racial Profiling : What’s Up With the Mormons?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Early Onset of Night.Mormons for racial profiling?Unsustainable contradictions in immigration law By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 What’s up with the Mormons? Orem, Utah legislator Stephen Eric Sandstrom last week pledged to follow … Continue reading →

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SPORT / No One is Illegal : Boycott the Diamondbacks

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick: his family gave $1,023,527 to the Republicans. Photo by Brian Smale. Original graphic from Fortune. Satirical enhancement by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Echoes of Apartheid:Boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks By Dave Zirin / April 24, … Continue reading →

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Arizona to ID ‘Immigrants’? : Cranking up the Fear

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from creativenonfiction.com.Demonizing Immigrants:Arizona cranking up the fear By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2010 When people get scared, they become much more willing to give up their rights for a perceived safer world, and it … Continue reading →

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