by lindaoppenheim | May 24, 2019 | Article
The New York Post may not like it, but it sounds like NYC School Chancellor Richard Carranza’s training is making all the right points. “The training is not focused on white supremacy and white privilege,” Carranza said after a City Council budget hearing on...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 8, 2019 | Article
With New York City schools system one of the most segregated in the country, some black parents are choosing an alternative to integration. Eliza Shapiro writes “Afrocentric schools aim to empower black children in ways that traditional schools in America...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 4, 2018 | Events
There will be a tour this Sunday, October 7 at 11:00 am in Harlem through nearly 400 years of Muslim history in New York City! From turn-of-the-century Bengali sailors to celebrations of a Senegalese saint, There are incredible stories here of multiracial struggle,...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 22, 2017 | Events, Podcast
YOUTH PUSHING BACK AGAINST SEGREGATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NYC AND BEYOND An EmbraceRace Community Conversation and Q&A REGISTER TO JOIN this free, online, community conversation happening on Tuesday, September 26th at 5:30 pm PT/ 8:30 pm ET. Why We Gather. Six...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 24, 2015 | Article, Documents
“Two Media Matters reports analyzing nightly news coverage show New York City outlets have named African-Americans as suspects in murder, theft, and assault stories at a rate at least 14 percent higher than reflected in actual NYPD arrest rates averaged over the...