On 8/28/09, Philip Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/27/09, Rinku Sen, ColorLines.com <[email protected]> wrote: >> August 27, 2009 ColorLines Direct. News and commentary from ColorLines >> magazine and RaceWire blog. >> >> Protest, Tweet, Raid Savings >> What students of color are doing to stay in college during the recession. >> http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=590 >> >> RaceWire: >> >> Racism's Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated: Rinku Sen at Netroots >> Nation >> '09 [VIDEO] >> Speaking on the "Myth of Post-Racial America" at Netroots, Rinku argues >> we >> in the movement need to realize that the average person thinks of racism >> as >> always 'individual, intentional, and explicit' which precludes >> acknowledgement of and action against systemic racism. >> http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/08/rinku_sen_at_netroots_nation_0.html >> >> In Healthcare Debate, Dispelling the Myth of Real Change >> President Obama is working hard to dispel popular myths about healthcare >> reform. Chief among them is the crackpot idea that universal health care >> actually means health care for everyone. >> http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/08/in_healthcare_debate_dispellin.html >> >> Caption Contest: What Makes President Obama Laugh? >> Thanks to last week's winner. RaceWire is holding another caption >> contest. >> If you submit the epic caption and win, we'll send you a copy of Tram >> Nguyen's Language Is a Place of Struggle: Great Quotes by People of >> Color. >> http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/08/caption_contest_what_makes_oba.html >> >> APIs Wanna Know: How Much Longer Can We Wait for Immigration Reform? >> With the launch of the National Asian American Week of Action, a diverse >> cross-section of AAPI community leaders came together from across the >> nation >> to call for immigration reform. >> http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/08/apis_wanna_know_how_much_longe.html >> >> Sexposed: Olympic Double Standards for Black Women >> When a white man excels beyond expectation it's a natural phenomenon but >> when a black woman does the same she must be a man? >> http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/08/sexposed_olympic_double_standa.html >> >> 30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery >> [VIDEO] >> >> Community organizer Shaw San Liu of San Francisco's Chinese Progressive >> Association explains what the inequitable economy means for her community >> -- >> before, during and after the officially recognized recovery. >> http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/08/30_unemployment_prerecession_i.html >> >> >> ColorLines Direct is the weekly news update of the Applied Research >> Center >> (ARC) sent to subscribers, supporters and participants in ARC's >> activities. >> >> >
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