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Tag Archives: racism
The Color of Blight: Michigan’s Troubled History of Urban Renewal Complicates Detroit’s Comeback
By David Bergh Associate Editor, Volume 23 Online Publications Editor, Volume 24 The governmental power of eminent domain has deep roots in the Anglo-American legal tradition. Early English law held that the power to expropriate land was inherent in the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Blight, City Planning, condemnation, Detroit, eminent domain, Hathcock, housing, Kelo, Michigan, Michigan Constitution, Michigan History, Poletown, racism, urban renewal
Can They Do That? (Part 3): Reversing Modern-Day Redlining
By John Spangler Associate Editor, Volume 23 Production Editor, Volume 24 Detroit remains the most segregated metropolitan areas in the United States.[1] This is in part thanks to historical practices such as “redlining” where majority African-American neighborhoods were deemed “too … Continue reading
Resist, Revolt, Rinse, Repeat
By Cleo Hernandez Associate Editor, Volume 23 A public square, angry words, angry people, police in riot gear, torches bright against a night sky, flags, homemade signs and banners, summer heat. Some would say that this is what democracy looks … Continue reading
The Right to Bear Arms? Muslim Americans and Second Amendment Rights: Part 2
This piece is the second of a two-part series on Muslim Americans and Second Amendment rights. Read the first post here. By Serena Rabie Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Executive Editor, Vol. 22 In a previous piece I discussed the aftermath of the Pulse … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged American Civil Liberties Union, Arab Americans, civil rights, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL), Dearborn, Department of Homeland Security, due process, Gulet Mohamed, gun control, gun violence, Latif v. Holder, Mohamed v. Holder, Muslim Americans, muslims, no-fly list, NRA, racial discrimination, racism, right to bear arms, Second Amendment, Senator Cornyn, Senator Feinstein, watch list
The Right to Bear Arms? Muslim Americans and Second Amendment Rights: Part 1
This piece is the first of a two-part series on Muslim Americans and Second Amendment rights. Read the second post here. By Serena Rabie Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Executive Editor, Vol. 22 The recent shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida has reinvigorated two … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL), double standard, equal protection, gun control, gun ownership, immigration, islam, islamophobia, Muslim Americans, muslims, purchasing firearms, racism, right to bear arms, Second Amendment, Trump condemnation of Muslims
UW’s Unequal Treatment of Student-to-Student Violence: The Case of Jarred Ha
By Jennifer Chun Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Contributing Editor, Vol. 22 NOTE: Revised January 31, 2017. On January 25, 2015, a University of Washington (UW) junior named Jarred Ha[1] was involved in a violent incident with Maddison Story, a female UW student … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged affirmative action, Asian American, biased discipline, disciplinary hearings, Graham Harper, Jarred Ha, King County, Maddison Story, media, media stereotypes, over-the-limit BAC, prejudice, racial discrimination, racism, Seattle Times, student-to-student violence, university administration, university discipline, University of Washington, UW, violence
Task Force on Chicago PD Reforms Highlights Race Problems
By Dan Cho Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Contributing Editor, Vol. 22 Last December, after the release of a dash cam video showing Jason Van Dyke, a white Chicago police officer, shooting Laquan MacDonald, an unarmed black teenager and in the midst … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged African-Americans, Chicago, Chicago PD, Chicago PD task force, Cincinnati, Cincinnati police, Dean Angelo Sr., Fraternal Order of Police, Fred Hampton, implicit bias, Jon Burge, Laquan MacDonald, law enforcement, police, police reform, police violence, policing, racial discrimination, racism, Rahm Emanuel, Task force report, Timothy Taylor, use of force
Constitutional Disparagement? : Legal Challenges to Racist Imagery
By Tom Topping Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Contributing Editor, Vol. 22 In 2015 an activist group named People Not Mascots became one of the latest organizations to file a complaint with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeking to have a … Continue reading
Trumping Trump
By Jason Raylesberg Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Contributing Editor, Vol. 22 It is a very real and terrifying possibility that Donald Trump will be our next president. Accepting that prospect means accepting that the hatred, divisiveness, and racism he has given voice … Continue reading
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Tagged American Future Fund, Brandenburg v. Ohio, challenging Trump and his views, Club for Growth Action, counternarrative, divisiveness, Donald Trump, first amendment, incitement to violence standard, inciting violence, ISIS, John Kerry, KKK, Our Principles PAC, populist rhetoric, racial discrimination, racism, religious discrimination, Republican Party, riots, Trump, Trump condemnation of Muslims, Trump defectors, Trump stereotypes of Mexican community, Trump supporters, Trump warns of riots, Trumping Trump, U.S. international reputation, violence
