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...There is much to learn from ARCI’s anti-discrimination campaign, not simply from the poster, but also from its powerful and somewhat eerie slogan: “Il razzismo e un boomerang, prima o poi ti ritorna—Racism is a boomerang, sooner or later it comes back...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman | Title: Racism is a Boomerang | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...respond to young people, especially with the election of Barack Obama, who believe racism is not as significant as it was for older generations? Martin Zacharia, CHICAGO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Spike Lee | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

...economically mixed, with blocks of shabby council housing spread among more desirable Victorian terraces. While the students at the Aziziye madrassa say they enjoy the ICE classes, it's clear that, as for other young urban British Muslims, their most immediate concerns are the threats of crime, drugs and racism. Radicalism, says Sumeyye, 12, shaking her head resolutely, "That is not Islam." For those tempted to disagree, the government hopes the new citizenship lessons will help change their minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battling Extremism with Education | 6/17/2009 | See Source »

...Racism or Pride? Sharon Verghis' essay on racism in Australia resonated with me [May 25]. I returned from Europe almost two years ago to an Australia that frankly shocked me. Sadly, the "oi oi oi" bellowed boorishly at some gatherings reflects the oversimplified concept of country that is carried by the chanters. Further, this pseudo patriotism is being employed as an exclusionary device. Doesn't love of country mean that one does everything possible to build it into a happy, harmonious, inclusive place to live - a place where exclusion via overt, aggressive displays of identity are not welcome? Marilyn Hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...member of the board of directors of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, she was part of a committee that recommended that the fund oppose the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York State on the grounds that "capital punishment is associated with evident racism in our society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Sonia Sotomayor Really Stands on Race | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

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