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Hate-Crimes
Newsbytes -
Multicultural issues in the news
An E-Mail From A Daughter To Her Parents - Be
careful of what you ask for
A black man talks to a white
man
Predictions for this Fall's NFL
Season
Teaching Tolerance to Children 7
to 10
Call Me Negro, Black or
Afrian-American?
The Real Story
Behind the Ray Lewis Story
A Tossed Salad
Crayola Denigrates Native
Americans
Don't Laugh at
Me
Hate Crimes
The Kettle
N-word for the White
Guy
YouTube
Racism
Newsbytes
Books
Videos (Circle
of Recovery, Color
of Fear, Walking
Each Other Home & Stolen
Ground)
Related Issues: Talking With
Kids About Tough Issues
Periodicals
Resources
A black man talks to a white man:
When I was born I was black,
When I grew up I was black,
When I'm sick I'm black,
When I go in the sun I'm black,
When I'm cold, I'm black,
When I'm scared, I'm black,
When I'm sick, I'm black,
When I die I'll still be black.
But you: When you're born you're pink,
When you grow up you're white,
When you're sick, you're green,
When you go in the sun you turn red,
When you're cold you turn blue,
When you're scared, you're yellow,
When you're bruised, you're purple,
and when you die you turn grey.
And you have the nerve to call me colored.
Be a link to erase racism.
An E-Mail From A Daughter To Her Parents - Be
careful of what you ask for
You'll be happy to hear that I have finally left my black boyfriend. I know you both didn't approve of him because of his race and the fact that he is ten years older than me. I found, as you suggested, a nice white Canadian boy the same age, as I.
Attached is a recent photo of the two of us. He's looking forward to meeting you both.
Your Loving Daughter
Predictions for this Fall's NFL Football
Season
AFC East - New England Micks over Buffalo - Bohunks
AFC South - Indianapolis Klan over Jacksonville Peckerwoods
AFC North - Pittsburgh Pussies over the Cleveland Coons
AFC West - San Diego Beaners over Denver Sissies
NFC East - Dallas Sand Niggers over New York Spicks
NFC South - Tampa Bay Yids over New Orleans Gippos
NFC North - Green Bay Herring-chockers over the Minnesota
Squareheads
NFC West - Seattle Chinks over the Arizona Pale Faces
Did you find any of these team names offensive? If so, were you
immediately offended by the very first paragraph of this story?
Particularly the thrid sentence where I mentioned the Washington
Redskins and the Kansas City Chiefs? Well, hundreds of thousands of
people are offended by those names. If your high school or college
uses such racist names, speak out against it? If you do,
maybe the pro-football owners and particularly those in Kansas City
and Washington, DC aand pro-baseball owners in Atlanta (Braves)
will start to honor, respect and really understand that Native
Americans aren't mascots, they're people. Think about it! (Get a Free
Bumper
Sticker.) (For a prediction of the out-come for each
division this year, click here.)
Teaching Tolerance to Children 7
to 10
Though I have been involved in men's work since 1976 and did my first 'Un-learning Racism' workshop in 1979, it wasn't until seeing debute of the film, 'The Color of Fear", that I really got it. And I was in the film, but it didn't really hit me how deeply the racism from growing up and living in a basically all-white area with a nice liberal stance, had kept me from really seeing my part in keeping the system going. And how I have used the "Priviledge" of being white to keep me from feeling the pain and loneliness that isolation from our diverse culture has left me with. See this video or better yet, buy it and see it with friends! (If we have any show dates, they'll appear in "Calendar".)
Shortly after filming, I got the idea to replace my 'I Believe You Anita' bumper sticker with 'I Believe You Rodney'. As I was placing my order at the printers, fear rushed through my body. I got to thinking about the potential danger I might put myself or my car in by driving around that 'identified'. I really connected at that point with the priviledge I have being white and driving almost anywhere in safety and how by putting that bumper sticker on might be in a small way similar to being black and being watched driving through most communities and maybe being singled out in some.
I ended up getting those bumper stickers printed for any
white-liberals out there who believe that the color of a persons skin
doesn't matter in this culture, that we're all treated the same and
we all have the same opportunity. Would you be willing to test your
assumptions by putting an 'I Believe You Rodney' bumper sticker on
your car for the next couple of months? (See "Merchandise" to begin
the test.) We've looked for a long time at the "melting pot" theory
that suggests we all become the same. I like the "tossed salad"
concept better, myself. Think about it.
Crayola Denigrates Native Americans
I was very disturbed to see that the new 64 pack of Crayola’s I just purchased contains a color called "Indian Red". I’ve returned it to you and have thrown out the rest since I don’t want to expose children to what I believe to be a racist image.
Does it represent "Indians" from the Southwest, or the East or Eskimo. Actually, Indian’s are from India. Native American’s in this country are not nor do they call themselves "Indian". That, like the word "savage", were imposed terms given them by our government. Much like the government’s use of Hispanic, though the word "Indian" carries a lot more damaging history with it.
It may not be intentional, but surely your people with all their creativity can come up with a more suitable name for the color.
I am not Native American. And I am offended. I would be most interested in knowing where you stand on this situation and will report the progress on our website. Yours in continued growth.
Editor's Note: Our initial reply from their PR people was to
defend it's use saying it was the name of a color in India. However,
since that time they have announced that the name will be dropped
from their line. It doesn't always take more than one person to get
corporations thinking. Change can happen.
A black man talks to a white man:
When I was born I was black,
When I grew up I was black,
When I'm sick I'm black,
When I go in the sun I'm black,
When I die I'll be black.
But you: When you're born you're pink,
When you grow up you're white,
When you're sick, you're green,
When you go in the sun you turn red,
When you're cold you turn blue,
and when you die you turn purple.
And you have the nerve to call me colored.
Be a link to erase racism.
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Nothing will change until we demolish the we-they mentality. We are human and therefore all human concerns are ours. Sam Hamill
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