Category: Government
July 30, 2021
For me the key push back against Critical Race Theory (CRT) has to do with (1) whether white folks alive today should feel any guilt for what their ancestors may or may not have done and (2) whether CRT should...
July 30, 2021
K-12-Disparity Facts and Stats Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial Equity) Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2018 Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2016 US Race, Economy, and...
July 30, 2021
Census: Households by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder Census: Race and Economic Opportunity The Federal Reserve: Survey of Consumer Finance (SCF) The Federal Reserve: Disparities in Wealth by Race and Ethnicity in the 2019 Survey of...
September 26, 2020
This Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court Justice by President Trump has nothing to do with the election except maybe encourage people on both sides to get out to vote. But if she is confirmed before November 3rd,...
August 10, 2020
Police policy should be to retreat until more help arrives and/or family members of severely disturbed and uncooperative persons can be contacted and arrive. This should be the rule rather than the exception recognizing that circumstances may warrant an exception....
July 31, 2020
John Lewis was a preacher, Civil Rights Activist, and US Congressman from the State of Georgia. Representative Lewis died on July 17, 2020. Below is the information concerning him. The New Times article he wrote to be printed on the...
July 31, 2020
President Obama and his Administration established the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (AFFHR). The goal is to affirmatively further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act, which is Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. President...
July 27, 2020
Nation of Israel’s Constitution: Nation of Israel has a Proclamation of Independence establishing the state of Israel is of the type of the US Declaration of Independence. However, it does not have a formal written constitution of the...
July 3, 2020
*************************************************************** Update: On June 17, 2021 under President Biden Administration the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was made law establishing June 19th as a legal federal public annual holiday. Legal name of holiday is Juneteenth National Independence Day. The Act...
June 19, 2020
Update: Juneteenth was made a legal US annual public holiday in June 2021. See reference section for more info. For historical context let us first observe the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution. A reference at...
June 1, 2020
Elements of the 2014 Gregory Hill incident in Florida is certainly problematic to me. According to a CNN article a jury in Florida awarded a family $4.00 for the 2014 death of Gregory Hill due to a shooting by a...
May 28, 2020
The cases of Arbery and Floyd reminds me of the principle of stereotyping as one of and most likely the root cause of problematic interaction between law enforcement and the minority community and the larger issue of racism. I certainly...
