Racism in the United States

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What direction for the case of Abner Louima?: Haiti Progres, This Week in Haiti, 4–10 February 1998. The beating and torture of Louima at the hands of four New York policemen last Aug. 9. Will the case of Abner Louima become a landmark in the history of the struggle against police brutality? Or will it be depoliticized and reduced to a venal bid for a high cash settlement?
Racism and Orthodox Judaism: Fax sent to Utrice Leid, Host of Talkback, WBAI-Pacifica, by Dave Silver, 8 March 1998. Lies and distortions parading as Liberal Theology as told by an Orthodox Jew and pretended progressive activist.
Justice for James Byrd! Outrage over Texas lynching: By Gloria Rubac, Workers World, 25 June 1998. The gruesome lynching of Byrd has generated mass outrage against the racism in the United States. Byrd was kidnapped by three white men with ties to racist groups such as the Aryan Nation. In this rural East Texas lumber-mill town, screaming racist slurs, they chained him by his feet to their pickup truck. Parts of his body were found all along the road outside town.
Dragging Death Mocked in NYC Parade: Associated Press, [16 September 1998]. A New York City neighborhood whose Labor Day parades over the years included floats poking fun at Jews, gays and Asians has come under fire this time for a display lampooning the dragging death of a black man, James Byrd, in Texas.
Latest Shootings Show Reach of Racist Network: By Farhan Haq, IPS, 12 August 1999. When Buford Furrow Jr, charged with the shooting at a Jewish community centre in California, surrendered to the FBI Wednesday, he told agents that he wanted to send a message to America by killing Jews.
When Anti-Racism Strikes Out: Understanding the Difference Between Individual and Systemic Bias: By Tim Wise, 17 February 2000. Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker’s racist, xenophobic, sexist and homophobic slurs. The handling of the incident illustrates society’s general inability to address institutionalized racism, as opposed to healing individuals through sensitivity training.
White Supremacy in Dixie: By Dr. Manning Marable, Along the Color Line, February 2000. White feelings of victimization by affirmative action, characterized as reverse discrimination.
Latinos See Bias in Elgin’s Fight Against Blight: By Michael A. Fletcher, Washington Post. Monday 29 May 2000. Latinos here see bias in the tougher enforcement of houssing regulations. Racial groups differ sharply over the amount of discrimination they believe is faced by Latinos.
Tubman Mural Defaced at Md. School: Associated Press, Saturday 21 July 2000. Swastikas and racial epithets were spray-painted onto a mural of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. On the side of the Magnolia Middle School, is one of five works of Tubman commissioned from artist Mike Alewitz for public buildings around the state.
Airline scrutiny at issue: By Thomasi McDonald, The Observer, 16 December 2000. Airline horror story resulting from racial profiling: flying while Arab.