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I Am Troy Davis

We recently received a letter from one of our readers that we wanted to share with a wider audience.  The email letter is posted below. Dear Blog Editor, I believe capital punishment is one of the critical social justice issues of our country, and is, in many ways, the sharp …

Schooled in Whiteness

Recently I had an opportunity to sit in on a class at Santa Rosa Junior College where the speaker was Steve Martinot and the topic was “How Race Was Created and Became Part of Our Institutions.” One of my big takeaways from this talk was the concept that “the construction …