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I Can’t Breathe: Systemic Racism Is Killing Us

September 3, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 2014, Eric Garner struggled to utter the words “I can’t breathe”, as a New York police officer held him in a chokehold. Accused of selling loose cigarettes, the NYPD officer wrestled Garner to the ground, with his arm firmly around his neck. At least 11 times, the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Racism, Systemic Racism

Burlington Area School District (BASD) Mishandling Additional Reports of Racism In the Wake of Scathing DPI Ruling

May 8, 2021

The Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism (BCDR) Urges the District to Bring POC To the Table In Creating Their Corrective Action Plan (CAP), While Sharing Its Own Recommendations for the District’s CAP to Redress their “Racially Hostile Environment” Just weeks after the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) issued its ruling against the Burlington Area School […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Burlington Area School District, Institutional Racism, Racism, Systemic Racism, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Racism Against the AAPI Community Isn’t New, But It is Rising

March 27, 2021

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Racism toward the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is nothing new. History shows that discrimination against this group has always existed, but in the past year, it has gotten worse. The violence against the AAPI community reached a peak last week in Atlanta, Georgia when a gunman went on a shooting […]

Popular Interests In This Article: AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin, Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Asian American and Pacific Islander Community, Jessica Boling, Racism

Should Americans Be Embarrassed By Our Racism?

November 22, 2020

After more than a decade of research, author Kathleen Brush, Ph.D. MBA confirms that the U.S. is the world’s least racist society By Media Relations, Inc How does the United States compare with other countries when it comes to discrimination? Are we steeped in racism or have we progressed more than other countries? Author Kathleen […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Kathleen Brush, Racism

The Mental Health Toll of Current Events

June 20, 2020

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Mental health. Those two words carry a lot of weight. For many years, there was a stigma associated with them and while the stigma still exists, it has diminished over time. In the past few months, the topic of mental health became a common one as many people have experienced new levels […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, COVID-19, Mental Health, Racism

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

RACISM KILLS: The Real Mental Health Problem

May 9, 2020

By Kweku Ramel Akyirefi Smith, PhD The Black community did not need the novel coronavirus to shed light on how our community is continually, disproportionately and negatively affected by historical emotional and medical trauma. African descendants of slavery in the United States have been shown for centuries that we must work twice as hard to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dr. Kweku Ramel Akyirefi Smith, Racism

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

When Racism is the Root

February 29, 2020

By LaKeshia Myers Its stain is as old as America itself. It is imbued in the fabric of our society. While some thought it to be dead—it is a cancer that refuses to die. It hangs on for dear life through the use of treasonous flags, institutional discrimination, and by the mere fact that it […]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaKeshia Myers, Racism

Chris Abele Declares Racism as a Public Health Crisis

May 25, 2019

By Nyesha Stone To fix the issues going on in Milwaukee we first have to admit that they exist and that’s what County Executive Chris Abele did. Recently, Abele declared racism as a public health crisis along with Supervisor Marcelia Nicholson, Supervisor Supreme Moore Omokunde and the Office on African American Affairs (OAAA). Together, they […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chris Abele, Nyesha Stone, Public Health, Racism

Milwaukee County Leaders Proclaim Racism is a Public Health Crisis

April 13, 2019

By Urban Media News During National Public Health Week, County Executive Abele and County Board Vice Chairwoman Nicholson proclaim that racism is a public health crisis in Milwaukee County. Following the lead of the Wisconsin Public Health Association, this important recognition is the first step that will help us deepen our ability to achieve racial […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chris Abele, Office on African American Affairs, Public Health, Racism, Urban Media News

Disparate Treatment for Blacks in Liberal San Francisco – #JusticeOrElse

July 24, 2015

Disparate Treatment for Blacks in Liberal San Francisco - #JusticeOrElse

By Charlene Muhammad July 24, 2015       Charlene Muhammad is Special to the NNPA from The Final Call.     A recent study of ethnic disparities in San Francisco’s justice system shattered the notion that the racism and economic injustice against Blacks by police, courts, and the officials in St. Louis, Missouri is […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Economic Racism, Ethnic Disparities, JULY 24 2015, Justice System, JusticeOrElse, Million Man March, Racism, San Francisco, Video, VOL. 25 NO. 28

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