by David Morse | Uncategorized
It’s summer, so you may have been away from the TV and may have seen Proctor and Gamble’s new ad. It’s titled “The Talk, part of a larger advertising campaign titled “My Black is Beautiful.” The ad, uploaded to YouTube last week, shows black mothers throughout...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Politico is reporting on a bill crafted by two Republican Senators that would reduce legal immigration by half: A senior White House official described the moves as part of a broader reorganization of the immigration system. The official said the White House...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Call it a coincidence if you want, or see it as confirmation of bias against black people at structural levels within society. A new study highlights this gap, particularly with respect to social services. The result of the study’s findings: states with higher...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
A new study puts a face on systemic racism by examining police interactions one at a time. Using body-cam footage of traffic stops by Oakland police, Stanford University researchers demonstrated that police used more respectful language toward white people than...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
On Saturday, several dozen torch-wielding protesters gathered in Charlottesville’s Lee Park chanting “You will not replace us,” “Russia is our friend” and “Blood and soil.” It was a short protest, quickly dispersed. It was a response to the Charlottesville City...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
According to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the death rates for black americans dropped substantially – 25 percent between 1999 and 2015, which narrowed the gap in the death rate between white and black Americans from 33...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Research gathering for the 2020 Census will soon begin – yeah, already – and Census Bureau researchers are already looking at new ways to determine who’s Hispanic or Latino in the U.S. The issue they face in gathering this data is the way Latinos and...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
By now everyone should be familiar with the saga of David Dao, the Chinese doctor who was forcibly removed from a United flight due to overbooking (when it was not overbooked, it was learned later). Setting aside the egregious and baffling “policy” that...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
There’s a story in the Washington Post today about how Trump supporters trust him to do the right thing on health care, no matter what the evidence shows them. Near the end of the story is a telling anecdote that shows how easy it is for whites to blame...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
It happened again. It has happened again. In Kent, Washington, a Sikh American was shot on his own driveway by a man who yelled “go back to your country.” This crime echoes the recent murder of two men who had come from India to live and work in Kansas. Here’s the...
