Racism at Red Lobster: Here’s a Tip

Yet another instance of racism has emerged at a well- known restaurant chain.  But this time, it occurred at a Red Lobster in Franklin, Tennessee.  Allegedly, a customer left a racist message on a receipt for Tori Jenkins, a waitress who has been working for the company since December 2012.  In the tip section, the […]

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Charcoal Donuts: Racism in Thailand

Dunkin’ Donuts is receiving scrutiny after an ad surfaced on a train in Thailand of a model in blackface, her lips painted bright pink, advertising their “charcoal donut.”  This, of course, is argued by some as reminiscent of the blackface minstrelsy of the 19th and 20th centuries but, for others, it is nothing more than […]

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The Encyclopedia of Race & Racism

Edited by John Hartwell Moore and published in 2008 by The Gale Group, this resource is a remarkable find and worth the investment.  It is intended to be a “one- stop reference” for both high school and college students interested in learning more about race and racism and covers a wide range of the social […]

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Take Yourself Seriously

“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the  sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” ~ St. Augustine “We only become what we are by […]

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Race Fact #21: Humanity’s origin is not animals

Humans, specifically those of African descent, do not derive from apes. It’s a tradition of race not a scientific fact. “In 1699, the web of legend and unverified fact was disentangled by Edward Tyson, whose comparative study of a young ‘orang- outang’ was a masterwork of critical scientific investigation.  Throughout his dissection of the chimpanzee, […]

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