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The justices are re-examining decades of precedent allowing affirmative action policies. This time, however, there is every likelihood that the court will overrule some or all of those precedents.
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A new federal program created by the Biden administration to reverse years of economic discrimination against U.S. farmers of color has ground to a halt.
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In theory, America is the land of opportunity: anyone can do anything, and we are not a country of strong class lines. That's the theory. The recent…
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Abraham Lincoln made his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but the Civil War and slavery dragged on for two more years. It was not until June 19, 1865,…
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Civil rights legislation passed in the mid-60s, but attitudes took longer to change. And the institutions of racism linger to this day. Those include the…
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Donnell Alexander only gets 90 minutes to speak at the Eugene Library Thursday Night (June 2). And that's a shame, because he has a lot to say about a lot…
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Decisions made back when Oregon became a state had a long-lasting impact. Like the relative paucity of African-Americans in the state. "Exclusion laws"…
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Novelist Jim Grimsley was a public school student when public schools integrated in North Carolina. The black students he met were the first black people…
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Telling and hearing experiences that acknowledge real cases of bias in our communities, both contemporary and historical, can feel at once empowering and…
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We try and try to be as fair as possible to our fellow humans, but darn it, our primitive brains continue to hold onto some biases. Law professor Erik…
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A presidential candidate calls for excluding people of one religion from entering the country. College students insist on greater attention to minority…
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It's been a tough couple of years for race relations in America. So there's really no better time to bring the subject up and spend several days talking…
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Race relations and police interactions can be hard enough for mature people to understand. How do we explain it to younger people? Co-authors Jason…
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"Driving while hispanic" is not an official term, but it's one that surfaces from time to time in our region, indicating issues even here with law…