Archive for June, 2003

Strom Thurmond Dead at 100

Friday, June 27th, 2003

By J. Y. Smith
Special to The Washington Post
Friday, June 27, 2003; Page A01
Strom Thurmond, a South Carolina Republican who forged one of the most remarkable careers in American public life while becoming the longest-serving U.S. senator in history and the oldest person to serve in Congress, died last night in his home town of Edgefield, […]

Posted in Racism | 8 Comments »

Privilege is No Excuse for Exclusion

Monday, June 23rd, 2003

This is what passes for a *problem* for the kinds of rich, privileged white people who are the most pissed off about the Supreme Court upholding affirmative action at University of Michigan.
Black and Latino students in Michigan — which contains some of the most segregated schools in the country — worry about having a […]

Posted in Race and Public Policy | 21 Comments »

Creative Commons License