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Taking down US Flag; Racism Rooted in Inequality; Georgia Moving Special Needs Kids to Jim Crow Schools
Friday, July 31, 2015 10:28
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Taking Down the Flag (No, Not Just That One. The Other One, Too). Over the course of American history, the flag has been far, far too tolerant of genocide, slavery and war.
Yes, Racism Is Rooted in Economic Inequality. The connections between economic stratification and ascriptive hierarchy, between social structure and subjective affect — these issues are not new and, believe it or not, they weren’t even born in the antebellum American South.
Georgia Is Moving Children With Disabilities Into Schools Used During Jim Crow. A Department of Justice investigation found that Georgia is giving thousands of kids with behavioral issues subpar educations and putting them in the same rundown buildings that served Black children decades ago.
