COLORLINES: HOLDER’S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVE ECHOES COMPACT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

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September 03, 2009 ColorLines Direct. News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog.   Holder’s Civil Rights Move Echoes Compact for Racial JusticeAttorney General Eric Holder is making the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division actually do its job. What a radical idea.    Sept/Oct 2009 Issue Online Now!  College Dreams Deferred  With the recession, undocumented students tackle even more barriers to higher education.  Homeless and Struggling in New Orleans  On the fourth anniversary of Katrina, people are still dying. A Love/Hate Relationship with District 9 ColorLines executive editor, Daisy Hernández, went to see District 9 and found herself not knowing whether to love it or hate it. The film has been attacked for racist stereotypes, but it’s still worth watching. Why is it so compelling?Inequality Has Rigged Our Economy – Time To Change The Rules: Seth Wessler at CommonDreams The Applied Research Center’s Seth Wessler has an editorial on CommonDreams.org detailing how our history of past and present institutional racism laid the rails for an economic disaster that hit communities of color the hardest. “White flight” from social media sites Even though BlackPlanet.com is the fourth largest social networking site on the internet and Twitter shows a disproportionate number of black users, the mindset that most people on the internet are white and male still exists. Good Gangs Police have been declaring war on gangs for decades, officials have deployed social workers, teachers and “gang specialists” in the fight; think tanks have churned out reams of research on the sociology of gang violence… and yet gangs continue to thrive. 30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery [VIDEO] Community organizer Shaw San Liu of San Francisco’s Chinese Progressive Association explains what the inequitable economy means for her community — before, during and after the officially recognized recovery. ColorLines Direct is the weekly news update of the Applied Research Center (ARC) sent to subscribers, supporters and participants in ARC’s activities. ARC publishes ColorLines Magazine, Racewire.org and most recently hosted The Compact for Racial Justice Phone Forums.

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