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March 2014

Racism in the Criminal Justice System

African Americans comprise only 12.6% of the population yet they are 37.1% of the prison inmates.  This infographic illustrates why their is such a big difference– because at every turn in the criminal justice system, African-Americans are treated harsher than white people. This website post is the best we’ve ever …

White Victim Charade on Parade

A reader brought a provocative post on white supremacist media campaigns to our attention–“White Victim on Parade” by Mike King, an Assistant Professor at SUNY-Oneonta. The seriousness of the misinformation being circulated is demonstrated by the assertion that “60% of working–class white Americans feel that racial discrimination against whites is …