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An Economic Civil War: Age-old racial wounds are exposed in effort to relax COVID-19 protections

An Economic Civil War: Age-old racial wounds are exposed in effort to relax COVID-19 protections

Posted by | May 19, 2020 |

With unemployment approaching Great Depression levels, the nation is waving the white flag on controlling the coronavirus. It appears not to shock the senses at the White House or at many governors’ mansions around the country that the 76,000 deaths from COVID-19 in three months could fill the Superdome with coffins. Instead, these leaders are pushing to “open up America” as much as they can for commerce. Following the lead of the Trump administration, governors tell us we cannot let the cost of the lockdown become worse than the disease. But scientists are already raising their death estimates by...

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Reggie Jackson: Message Received, All Lives Don’t Matter!

Reggie Jackson: Message Received, All Lives Don’t Matter!

Posted by | May 7, 2020 |

The recent response to the alarming number of deaths in the black community in pockets around the country has been tepid, in my opinion. Many have written and responded that we need to do better, but what has really changed? Even as we are seeing in Milwaukee County an leveling out of COVID-19 deaths in recent weeks, blacks still account for an exorbitant number of cases and deaths as compared to their share of the population. As we look at where the largest clusters and concentrations of cases and deaths are, an alarming trend has shown its face. In...

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Law and Disorder: Non-Violent Civil Rights Campaigns “Then” vs. Armed Protestors “Now”

Law and Disorder: Non-Violent Civil Rights Campaigns “Then” vs. Armed Protestors “Now”

Posted by | May 4, 2020 |

“I think this is the most ridiculous thing that has ever happened. The nigras are just as free as we are, they have the same opportunity to work and build their part of the town up the same as we have. I just don’t understand it and don’t approve of it. I’m gonna stand up for my rights.” “Well I think if they remain peaceful it would be a lot better than perhaps the violence.” “I don’t think it’s the time right now, I think they have equal rights though.” “I don’t like it, I think it’s tryin to...

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Kevin Abing: Milwaukee mobilized every resource possible in 1918 to combat the Spanish Flu epidemic

Kevin Abing: Milwaukee mobilized every resource possible in 1918 to combat the Spanish Flu epidemic

Posted by | Mar 25, 2020 |

Milwaukee’s current struggles to stem the growth of COVID-19 Coronavirus eerily parallels efforts to combat another pandemic over a century ago. In 1918, the Spanish Flu killed more than 50 million people — some estimate nearly 100 million — worldwide. It was the worst public health disaster in American history, but its place in our collective memory has been overshadowed by World War I, with its senseless carnage, crusading energy, despicable villains and brave heroes. No one who lived then could have imagined a crisis of such epic scale could be repeated, but one of history’s hard lessons is...

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Local community mourns Molson Coors shooting victims at “Milwaukee Strong: A Vigil to Unite and Heal”

Local community mourns Molson Coors shooting victims at “Milwaukee Strong: A Vigil to Unite and Heal”

Posted by | Mar 4, 2020 |

Members of the Milwaukee community, faith leaders, and elected officials gathered together in the courtyard of City Hall on the evening of March 1, in mourning over the tragic loss of six employees at the Molson Coors Brewery. Several hundred people attended the “Milwaukee Strong: A Vigil to Unite and Heal” event, to reflect on the local tragedy, show their community support, and offer condolences to all those who had suffered from one of the worst mass shootings in Wisconsin history. “We come together. Not a people of color, not as black or brown or yellow or white. We...

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Stereotypes and Punishment: How racism plunged the largest community of romance writers into turmoil

Stereotypes and Punishment: How racism plunged the largest community of romance writers into turmoil

Posted by | Mar 1, 2020 |

By Christine Larson, Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder Over the past month, Romance Writers of America, one of the country’s largest writing associations, with over 9,000 members, has erupted in a race-related scandal. The controversy began when diversity activist and romance writer Courtney Milan, in a pointed tweet, criticized racial stereotypes that appeared in a book by a fellow member. Writers took sides. A punishment was handed down. Backlash ensued. Now the very existence of the 40-year-old organization is in doubt. But you’d never know it from the cheeky media coverage, which hasn’t been able to...

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