On Dr. King’s Legacy and American Jewish Segregation: A Moment of Honesty

Just thought I'd share a blog post from one of my favorite blogs JVOICES written by Walter Issac

Jews of color
racism

U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews heard racist strategy from Clinton camp

Rep. Andrews a superdelegate from New Jersey said this week he is worried that unifying the party behind Barack Obama may be difficult because the Clinton camp "has engaged in some very divisive tactics and rhetoric it should not have."

U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, who supported Hillary Clinton throughout the primary season, disclosed he received a phone call shortly before the April 22 Pennsylvania primary from a top member of Clinton's organization and that the caller explicitly discussed a strategy of winning over Jewish voters by exploiting tensions between Jews and African-Americans.

"There have been signals coming out of the Clinton campaign that have racial overtones that indeed disturb me," Andrews said at his campaign headquarters in Cherry Hill Tuesday night after he lost his bid for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination.

"Frankly, I had a private conversation with a high-ranking person in the campaign ... that used a racial line of argument that I found very disconcerting. It was extremely disconcerting given the rank of this person. It was very disturbing."

Racism

Remembering: James Byrd Jr.

We must never forget the horrible tragedy that occurred 10 years ago today in Jasper, Texas:

When three white men used a chain to tie James Byrd Jr.'s ankles to a truck's rear bumper, him for 3.08 miles.

James Byrd, Jr. was a Black man murdered in 1998 by Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer and John King in Jasper, Texas, just for being black

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James Bryd Jr. Racism

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

If you have not had the opportunity to see this I would highly encourage you to listen to it now.
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

“Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present” is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation, abuse and neglect of African Americans. The book reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and the roots of the African American health deficit. It begins with the earliest encounters of blacks and the medical establishment during slavery, looks at how eugenics and social Darwinism was used to justify medical experiments conducted by the government and the military - and offers new details about the infamous Tuskegee Experiments that began in the 1930’s.

“Medical Apartheid” also examines less well-known abuses and looks at unethical practices and mistreatment of blacks that are still taking place in the medical establishment today.

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