Dalton Conley’s Honky is something quite different from the other books because of the effect of a personal narrative; it gives us the knowledge of race and class from another personal perspective, and describes how it is to grow up as a white minority in the midst of a poor black and Latino neighborhood. Read More »
Inequality
Honky
By asmaw - Posted on December 16th, 2008
Tagged: childishness
• growing up as a white minority
• Inequality
• learning from your experiences
• personal reflections of an author about his childhood
• projects
• Race
• racial equality
• the book titled Honky
Quality of Education Received Varies
By Godsanointed1024 - Posted on November 26th, 2008
Tagged: community
• culture
• early education
• Inequality
• perception
• quality education
• social status
• social structures
• Shared responsibility
Variation exists in the quality of education in American schools because of those that are rich and powerful who formulate and influence social structures that use race, social class, economy, culture environment, opportunities, funding and support only to benefit the advantaged upper class children, who are predominately white and the disadvantaged lower class children, whose majority are minorit Read More »
Give me a REAL reason why gay marriage shouldn't be legal.
By Violinstef - Posted on June 23rd, 2008
Tagged: Christianity
• civil unions
• Gay Marriage
• gay rights
• Inequality
• Judaism
• Law
• Religion
• same-sex marriage
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
Because I haven't heard a good one yet. Usually, I just hear the same old arguments like, "Marriage is between a man and a woman!" I am apt to respond, "Says who?" Almost invariably, the answer I get is: "God!" Read More »
True Equality
By Leafy - Posted on March 6th, 2008
Tagged: Affirmative Action
• discrimination
• equal rights
• Equality
• Inequality
• racial equality
• social equality
• Broad prosperity
I know that this is a subject that has been done too many times to count and is starting to get a little cliche on political blogs. That said I think I can add some fresh ideas. There is only one race of people on this planet, HUMAN!!!!! Read More »
It's Time To Talk: Conversations About Race
By ediblewoman - Posted on February 23rd, 2008
Tagged: Equality
• Inequality
• racial equality
• Racism
• reverse racism
• understanding
• white privilege
• Shared responsibility
• Better future
On male privilege
By donttreadonme - Posted on January 3rd, 2008
I've seen a small submission on this site about male privilege, a topic I will address here. It would of course be ridiculous to deny that male privilege has existed throughout history, but the existence of it today is questionable. The principle of male privilege is that, because men have dominated in the past, the privileges from this inequality have been passed down to today's men and boys. Read More »
