racism

Jer's Vision: Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative

jdias — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:54:12 -0600

The mission of Jer's Vision: Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative (the Jeremy Dias Foundation) is to support youth who are addressing issues of discrimination in their schools and communities. Discrimination is still a major problem in Canada, and youth are part of the solution. The potential of youth is all too often overlooked, and we want to change that.

Strange Fruit: The Jena 6 Story

molisa_1 — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:17:14 -0600

After hearing and reading about the Jena 6 situation and the injustice that was being done to Mychal Bell one of the defendant in the case, I was moved to try to get the story out to my school, Washington University in St. Louis and the Greater St. Louis area. I decided to organize a forum entitled: "Strange Fruit: The Jena 6 Story" and invited the father of Mychal Bell, Marcus Jones and radio personnel, Tony Brown that broke the story and named the group "Jena 6." I received both gentlemen contact information from my brother, Ronald Herd II.

Under Thought

blacknwhite — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:29:07 -0500

My project is in development right now. The group currently involves me and a few other friends. I don't have enough information to describe us just yet because such a description is still in the form of being created. However, we represent equality in a town not so equal. More to come all too soon.

TROUBLE

Smoothc16 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:03:35 -0500

Hi my name is Malcolm Mays and I'm a young filmmaker who's being presented the oppurtuniy to create his first full length feature film. The subject matter of my film is about my personal dealings with the violent racial tensions between Black and Latino youth in the Los Angeles school systems and its surrounding communities. This tension has now became a serious problem in the life of the youth of not only LA but all over America's poverty stricken neighborhoods.

Teens Talk About Racism

TTAR — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:59:11 -0500

Teens Talk About Racism is exactly that as its name says, north New Jersey teenagers talking about racism at this once yearly conference. The conference, started by Theodora Lacey, Clinton Lacey, Rori Kanter, Nancy Reardon and Maryann Woods-Murphy, seeks to encourage discussions and activities that challenge teenagers to examine themselves and their attitudes and to explore their potential to be the force of change in the anti-racism movement within their communities and the world at large.

SWIRL (Students With InterRacial Lineage)

softballplaya07 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:40:35 -0500

A group I created in the spring of 2005 and has been meeting for two years bi-weekly; brings a sense of belonging, family, and comfort, somewhat like a "safe haven" to openly talk about racial issues; discuss experiences and feelings with members of the group to learn and build off of each other; guest speakers involved in the community attend meetings; provides support and appreciation for the diversity and cultural richness of my high school and the surrounding community, needless to say everywhere; community volunteer projects at local elementary schools, building a sense of closeness betwe

Books About Discrimination

mhiruma — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:25:09 -0500

These amazing and powerful books will hopefully inspire you to do something about discrimination.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976), by Mildred Taylor is the story of a girl growing up in Mississippi facing racial discrimination during the Great Depression era.

Black Like Me (1976), by John Howard Griffin is the story of a white man who changes the color of his skin in order to experience the life of a black American first-hand.

Prominent African American Figures

mhiruma — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:29:51 -0600

5 Important African American Icons

Read about 5 prominent Black Americans in honor of Black History Month.

Discuss your implicit biases

laureng — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:10:38 -0500

First read this page

Then take this test [click here]

(Test is from a Harvard Study, it will take about 15 minutes, but it is worth it)

Discrimination: Did you know...?

laureng — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:20:33 -0500

Somewhere in America hate crimes are being committed as you read this. A hate crime is defined as a violent crimes, hate speech or vandalism, motivated by feelings of enmity against an identifiable social group. Here are just a few statistics about hate crimes and other forms of discrimination around the United States.

Fact 1

Every hour a hate crime is committed.

Fact 2

Everyday at least eight blacks, three whites, three homosexuals, three Jews, and one Latino become the victim of a hate crime.