By Bruce R. Thomas (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (NACCD) released its report 40 years ago—on March 1, 1968. The NACCD was popularly known as the Kerner Commission, after its chair, Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois. The Vice-Chair was New York City Mayor John Lindsay. Kerner was a Democrat, Lindsay a … [Read more...] about “The Kerner Commission: Remembering, Forgetting and Truth-Telling” by Bruce R. Thomas (July-August 2008 P&R Issue)
“The Worst Massacre of Blacks by Whites in U.S. History – And the Lessons It Teaches Today” by Charles Lane (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
By Charles Lane (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) On April 13, 1873, the United States experienced the worst one-day slaughter of blacks by whites in its history. In tiny Colfax, La., white paramilitaries attacked lightly armed African-American freedmen who had assembled in a local courthouse to defend their elected officeholders. By the time the Colfax … [Read more...] about “The Worst Massacre of Blacks by Whites in U.S. History – And the Lessons It Teaches Today” by Charles Lane (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
“Racial-Ethnic Destinies” by S. M. Miller (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
By S.M. Miller (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Polls, such as this one on “Deep Divisions, Shared Destiny,” report the low (5%) margin of error of their study. Like many other polls, they neglect to point out that this error margin applies to the study as a whole. The margin of error for each of the three racial-ethnic groups, the sub-samples, may be larger … [Read more...] about “Racial-Ethnic Destinies” by S. M. Miller (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
“The Survey Blues” by Howard Winant (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
By S.M. Miller (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This New America Media Poll appears to be state-of-the-art stuff, although I haven’t been able to examine the underlying data. That’s on one level. Yet, looked at in another way, in terms of what these results mean about racial/ethnic identity in the U.S., about interracial conflict, belief in “the American dream,” … [Read more...] about “The Survey Blues” by Howard Winant (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
“‘Minority’ is a Problem Concept” by john a. powell (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
By john a powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The New America Media poll on racial and ethnic attitudes between Blacks, Hispanics and Asian Americans is both very important and subject to many of the limitations that we have experienced in the past when striving to talk openly about the attitudes and positions of different racial and ethnic groups in the … [Read more...] about “‘Minority’ is a Problem Concept” by john a. powell (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
