By Marisa J. Demeo (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In the months leading up to the WCAR, the media in the United States covered stories regarding two issues that would be considered controversial topics at the conference -- reparations to remedy the wrongs caused by slavery and whether certain countries would be successful in characterizing Zionism as a form of … [Read more...] about “Latinos, the WCAR and 9/11” by Marisa J. Demeo (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
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“Symposium: After Durban” (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) A selection of commentaries on the August-September 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa. January/February 2002 issue of Poverty & Race The August-September 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial … [Read more...] about “Symposium: After Durban” (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
“Unillusioned” by S.M. Miller (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By S.M. Miller (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) How one evaluates the last four decades largely depends on one’s expectations. My outlook in the ‘60’s was that an untroubled, clear, upward progression to real, full integration of African Americans would not occur. “Cost-free liberalism” was the somewhat caustic term that I applied to the liberal confidence that … [Read more...] about “Unillusioned” by S.M. Miller (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Viable Integration Must Reject the Ideology of ‘Assimilationism'” by John O. Calmore (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
By John O. Calmore (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) While I think integration is possible, I nevertheless agree with Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown that “what it takes even to break the integration ice in our country is largely unpalatable to most of our citizens.” They make an important point in observing that “our professed attitudes, symbols, and … [Read more...] about “Viable Integration Must Reject the Ideology of ‘Assimilationism'” by John O. Calmore (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
“Scapegoating” by Maxine Waters (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Maxine Waters (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) ...This [California anti-affirmative action] initiative is a product of a climate that has nothing to do with affirmative action per se. Unemployment is still high in California. Many manufacturing jobs have fled to Third World countries in search of cheap labor. We've been buffeted by fires and floods and … [Read more...] about “Scapegoating” by Maxine Waters (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
