by lindaoppenheim | Aug 15, 2016 | Article, Uncategorized
In her August 15, 2016 post in Fortune’s raceAhead, McGirt analyzes the weekend violence in Milwaukee emphazing black-white gaps in infant mortality and school achievement and residential segregation.
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 5, 2016 | Documents, Exhibit, News, Video
Patrick Sims, Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate at University of Wisconsin Madison, responded to a racial incident with a frank and powerful video. Warning: He reads the note that includes offensive language. It was slipped under the door of a student who tried...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 26, 2016 | Opinion
“Why are racists still a thing?” This is the question I saw early this morning on Facebook. It startled me because I think about racism every day, read about racism every day, hear about racism every day. The existence of racism and racists is not a surprise to me nor...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 22, 2016 | Article
“In post-racial 21st-century America, no one actually wants to admit to being racist. They’ll do racist things, say racist words, think racist thoughts, support racist business, vote for racist politicians and even willingly benefit from racist policies and...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 7, 2016 | Opinion
Gregory T. Chambers writes in the Delaware News Journal that “In order to work to rid a system of bias and inequality, honest discussion must not exclude the fact that the racist and bias attitudes, the foundation for physical enslavement still exist. We must...