Help In These Times raise $5,000 in two weeks! Donate now!
Member Profile

CHPZ

Latest Comments view all 2

    • 18 Feb 06
    • 3:47 pm

    I saw Michael Dyson last night at Reed College. He also mentioned the poll about current Black Leaders. He was a great speaker.

    Posted to Black Leadership Wanted
    • 23 Feb 06
    • 7:41 pm

    WInterchestnut, I believe that your view is too optimistic. Citing the relative acceptance of inter-racial dating does nothing to prove that race inequalities are non-existant. First of all I find that often inter-racial couples are stared down in public settings. My cousin dated a black man and was publicly ridiculed on busses and on the street while traveling with him. But even if there is a much higher rate of inter-racial dating than there was in the forties, this does not point to the major problem: there is a serious economic and social divide between the races of America. Adult black …

    Posted to Black Leadership Wanted
Help this website survive! Donate to In These Times now!