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Why Some People Don't Know They're Racist
Rinku Sen, president and executive director of the Applied Research Center and publisher of Colorlines, writes an incisive piece that tackles racism and bigotry at their most visceral levels in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The nation’s legal frameworks are based on punishing explicit racism, not “implicit…
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How to Heal After Boston and Other Terrors
Amid the investigation and news cycle following the Boston Marathon bombings, Colorlines contributor Rinku Sen offers advice on how Americans can mend after such violence. When I heard about Boston, I wanted to push it away. I’m so exhausted from the cycle of sorrow, panic, defense and more sorrow that every incident of mass violence…
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Dear President Obama: Stop Deporting People
Colorlines‘ Rinku Sen says that President Obama, who could be “the most deportingest president in history,” needs a push when it comes to immigration reform. A very short post for this holiday. As you’re spending time with the kids of your family and friends this weekend, see if they’ll write and send a letter to…
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People-of-Color Majority Alters Politics
Presidents do great things when social movements make it impossible to do anything else, Rinku Sen writes at Colorlines. Much of the discussion this election cycle has been about changing demographics. Black voters turned out overwhelmingly for Obama. Millennial voters, who represent the start of the next demographic phase, did too. Republicans are blaming each…
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