I received an email from a friend of mine of a letter that she emailed to Kathleen Parker. It was in response to that ridiculous column that she wrote about the murder of Christopher Lane, race relations and PBO. The article was posted in the Houston Chronicle, our local conservative rag of a paper. We both serve on the first African-American alumni board at our alma … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Open Thread: A Letter to Kathleen Parker
Race Relations
Wednesday Afternoon Thread: Do You See What I See? Kids and Race
What do you see? A white child and a black child look at the exact same picture of two students on the playground but what they see is often very different and what they say speaks volumes about the racial divide in America. The pictures, designed to be ambiguous, are at the heart of a groundbreaking new study on children and race commissioned by CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Afternoon Thread: Do You See What I See? Kids and Race