Fort Hood and Anti-Muslim Sentiment
As of this writing, the public still doesn’t have all the details on the heartbreaking violence at Fort Hood. Police say Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the suspect in the shooting spree, which killed 13 people and injured 30.
Teaching Lessons of Tolerance Around the Civil Rights Memorial
In 1987 Morris Dees was speaking to a classroom of children about the bravery of Beulah Mae Donald, a Mobile, Ala. woman who bankrupted the Klan after they murdered her son Michael Donald. When he referred to the martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement, he was surprised the students didn’t know the names.
The young people didn’t know Medgar Evers. They didn’t know Emmet Till either.
For Multicultural Educators, Can One Size Fit All?
I just returned from the National Association of Multiculturalism in Education (NAME) conference in Denver. This year's conference theme, "A Mile High Commitment to Change: Reaching New Heights in Equity and Social Justice throughout the Global Community," sparked my curiosity.
Maine, Marriage and Me
I’ve gotten used to it now — peers voting down my right to get married, whether through state-level Defense of Marriage Acts, California’s Prop 8, or yesterday’s vote in Maine.
Creating Unity at Lawndale
As you know, many schools in Los Angeles have dealt with racial tensions, race riots, and violence on campus stemming from issues of race and misunderstanding.
