The poor are an important part of the American economic food chain. While they are threatened, scrutinized and hated upon, they are still needed. They are the spenders and consumers helping produce the world’s largest economy.
Racism and Prejudice articles on Democracy Chronicles
Racism is a belief that all members of each race possess abilities specific to that race, so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race. Also check out our section on World Democracy or our more general articles on History.
Protesters to Trump: Women and Children First!
600 women were arrested for civil disobedience at the Senate Hart Office Building. They symbolically wrapped themselves in thermal blankets to represent the shelters the refugee children have to live in.
On Finding Teachable Moments From the Trump Era
My greatest fear is that we have not resolved the very issues that led to Trump’s election. We have spent the greater part of the last two years yelling into a cyber hole and creating more divisions.
A New Way to Fight Discrimination: Living Libraries
A growing citizen movement known as Living Libraries is designed to smash stereotypes and prejudice through dialogue
The New York Times Stereotypes Southerners, Again
The South isn’t as backwards as one assumes. There are millennials with a passion for social justice, black women who are working corporate jobs, and white blue collars in rural Alabama working in factories.
The long roots of voter suppression in the United States
Slaves had no civil rights, couldn’t vote, and would not in fact be represented by those elected on this basis
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is playing a dangerous game
The juxtaposition of Kay Ivey promoting the validity of Confederate statues with the first monument dedicated to the era Alabama wants to forget, that of lynching mobs and racial terror is odd and uniquely Alabamian.
Trump Mulling Full Pardon for Boxing Legend Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson was convicted by an all-white jury of “immorality” in connection with one of his relationships
The Black Panther villain can teach us about revolutionary history
Character reflects the anger, frustrations, hopes, yearnings and aspirations of young and old African-Americans today
Cate Blanchett Slams Aung San Suu Kyi Over Rohingya Crisis
Australian actress Cate Blanchett says she is bewildered by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s silence