Word: racism
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...numerous occasions in recent years done a poor job of accurately covering and representing minority communities, these incidents—which in some respects can happen with any area of coverage—have led to direct problems with minority groups who use such instances to level charges of racism more broadly than is justified...
...times those of us who work in this become discouraged by the forces that are maintaining poverty and racism; lots of times people turn away because they feel there’s nothing we can do, it’s something that’s always going to be because it’s human nature,” says Heidi Behforouz, who has worked with Farmer on PIH’s only domestic project, in inner-city Boston. “I think Paul expects more of human nature...
...They actually didn’t teach history for the first couple of years because they had no textbooks that weren’t imbued with the most amazing racism,” she says...
...California man. "Political correctness has morphed into comedy!" Seeing something more akin to tragedy, another Californian called the image a "ridiculous selection" and explained that her ethnically diverse high school students "found the picture to be racist, promoting a fear of Asians." A Massachusetts man also charged us with racism: "It appears that you care only about the welfare of whites...
...long tradition of “direct action”. During the heady days of 1969, the (in)famous “Computer Riots” occurred at Concordia’s Hall Building. Some students felt that not enough was being done to address complaints of racism against blacks in a particular professor’s grading. Instead of simply occupying the campus, the protesters chose to ‘take it to the man’ by throwing computers out of the seventh and ninth floor windows. A fire also broke out. This rage against the machines cost...