The Lost Opportunities in the Gates Debate
The everyday fact of racial profiling seems to be erased from the conversation around the the Gates Affair. The the most recent hub-bub is about is about what Barak Obama said about the Cambridge policeman who arrested Gates. “Stupidly” may not have been the best word to describe the arrest of one of America’s foremost [...]
Posted at 1:55 am on July 30, 2009 | 1 comment | Filed Under: African American, America, American, Barack Obama, Black American, Black News, Black People, Diversity, Ethnicity, Hispanic, Race Realtions, Racism, crime, racial representation | Tagged: Henry Louis Gates | read on
Racial Profiling at it’s Best
Yesterday one of the brightest academic superstars in America, Henry Louis Gates was arrested for breaking in to his own home. Gates was returning from a trip to China when he found that his door had jammed. While he was trying to get into his home a neighbor called the police with her suspicions that [...]
Posted at 7:18 pm on July 22, 2009 | 4 comments | Filed Under: African American, America, Black American, Black News, Black People, Diversity, Ethnicity, Race Realtions, Racism, racial representation | Tagged: Henry Louis Gates, Racial Profiling | read on
