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...Mich. She was 92. When Rosa Parks refused to move, a whole movement began. Park’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Ala. bus sparked the influential 1960s civil rights movement. Her arrest in 1955 provoked the 381-day bus boycott in Montgomery, led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Following the boycott, the United States government instituted the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act, which banned racial discrimination in public spaces. Parks has long been remembered in history as one of the pioneers in the civil rights movement. Although Parks...
...policy of not scheduling games against teams with Native American “nicknames, imagery, or mascots.” “We are targeting all non-Native American schools that have Native American mascots,” said University of Illinois Professor Stephen J. Kaufman about the boycott proposal. Kaufman, who is also the leader of the coalition, explained that the goal of the effort is to “end the racial stereotyping that is inherent in using Native Americans as sports mascots.” While the letter has yet to elicit participation from other universities...
...snap shut, and heads turn toward the corner, where a quiet discussion among a group of Sunnis is getting contentious. The subject preoccupies Sunnis across Iraq: whether to vote in this week's referendum on a new constitution. "The best way for us to show our opposition is to boycott," says Majid al-Bayati, 63, a retired lawyer, as some congregants mutter approval. "It's a complete waste of time." Upon hearing this, construction worker Samir Abdel-Haadi, 33, pushes back. "That is the kind of thinking that got us where we are today," he says, referring to the elections...
That’s why I’m calling today for a boycott of all things all-male a cappella. These groups won’t stop existing without action on each of our parts, so it’s up to us to finally stop the unspeakable hegemony of the sexist. The next time someone asks you if you’re going to the Jam on Saturday night, just say “no.” Use your House courtyard to build a bonfire of your all-male a cappella CDs, and encourage your friends...
Hear this call to arms, fellow Harvard students, and take up the fight against discrimination. Because there is no possible way that any all-male group with any kind of power and appeal can be anything but sexist and, well, just generally awful. Avoid their concerts and boycott their parties. Stage a sit-in at University Hall calling for their expulsion from the Harvard community. So long as we let ourselves think that these organizations have enough redeeming qualities to justify their existence, we can count ourselves responsible for social power on this campus remaining firmly in the hands...