By Linda Burnham (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Those of us who participated in the United Nations World Conference Against Racism did so in the hopes that we could help create new conditions, new understandings and new strategies for the struggle against racism; that we could help move the international community another step forward in its fitful efforts to … [Read more...] about “Reflections on Durban and 9/11” by Linda Burnham (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
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“Post Durban: Where Will We Stand” by James Counts Early (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
By James Counts Early (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Many deliberate disparaging interpretations about what happened leading up to and in Durban at the United Nation's - convened World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances have been widely propagated through the media. Surely, one intent is that dismal … [Read more...] about “Post Durban: Where Will We Stand” by James Counts Early (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
“Latinos, the WCAR and 9/11” by Marisa J. Demeo (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
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)
“Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye: Durban and Beyond” by Wade Henderson (January-February P&R Issue)
By Wade Henderson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) It’s been only a few months since the tragedy of September 11, but it’s already cliché to suggest to those of us who live in this country how deeply the events of that day have affected our lives and seared our psyches. We know firsthand that the magnitude of loss is a grievous blow, both in lost lives and lost … [Read more...] about “Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye: Durban and Beyond” by Wade Henderson (January-February P&R Issue)
