COLORLINES: DON’T CALL THEM POST-RACIAL: YOUTH SAY RACE STILL MATTERS

 

June 9, 2011 Colorlines.com Direct | Published by the Applied Research Center Don’t Call Them “Post-Racial.” Millennials Tell Researchers Race Matters Colorlines’ Dom Apollon led focus groups with dozens of multiracial young people and found that in-depth conversations generate far more nuanced ideas about race than mainstream polling suggests. The Ultimate 21st Century People of Color Sci-Fi List Octavia Butler’s a little too obvious. Adriel Luis offers 10 other artists for beach reads, movies on hot nights and your overall summer sci-fi fix. Anti-Choice Zealots See Poor Black Women as Collateral Damage Despite federal intervention, Indiana GOPers stand by their Planned Parenthood attack. Guess who’s paying the price? Akiba Solomon reports. Also: Solomon Argues for the Real Value of Rihanna’s Controversial “Man Down” Video Gov. Deval Patrick Is Latest to Buck Obama Deportation Program The backlash builds as governors try to opt out of the administration’s controversial Secure Communities initiative. Alabama Governor Signs One of the Nation’s Harshest Anti-Immigrant Laws Advocates warn that the state is taking a major step backwards in its long history with civil rights struggles. Advocates Applaud Connecticut Mandate for Workers’ Paid Sick Days The state’s historic vote adds momentum to campaigns for paid sick days across the country. How the Next U.S. Economy Is Already Failing The future that today’s students and young workers hope to build remains trapped by the inequities of the past. It’s Time for Some Long-Awaited Love for Bowl Cuts There’s no shame here, says a new blog, Asian Bowl Cuts. Just love. And cute little kids.     COLUMNS Dispatches Movement Notes Global Justice Gender Matters HOT TOPICS Oprah HIV/AIDS at 30 ACTION CELEBRATE LOVE Colorlines.com on Facebook and Twitter Colorlines.com is published by the Applied Research Center   Colorlines Investigates: Fixing Schools in a Broken Economy Isn’t Simple Math Julianne Hing spent the school year visiting families and educators in Los Angeles. She found them navigating a reality that bears little resemblance to today’s heated debate over reform.

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