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Voting Rights Act renewal

sparkle_shortz wrote in debunkingwhite Jun 25, 2006 16:29

Been meaning to post this here... particularly considering our discussion the other day about disenfranchisement in the 2000 and 2004 elections.

House Delays Renewal of Voting Rights Act

By LAURIE KELLMAN
The Associated Press/as published in The Washington PostWednesday, June 21, 2006; 12:56 PM ( Read more... )

civil rights, united states politics, immigration-related

Housing discrimination in the US

sparkle_shortz wrote in debunkingwhite Jun 19, 2006 23:22

Stolen from and written by illlaw.It has come to my attention that there are many who blame African-Americans for their current plight in America and are unaware of the role that official policies and unofficial practices have created the hole that they have found themselves in for the better part of the life of this country ( Read more... )

civil rights, united states politics, african-american, historical topics, infrastructural racism

This may be old hat

luminousmotion wrote in debunkingwhite Jun 17, 2006 19:03

Might be old news, but found the article interesting ( Read more... )

civil rights, united states politics, african-american, b/black