Our continuing terror: the murder of Ahmaud Arbery
For Blacks, the killing of Ahmaud Arbery it is another humiliation, a continuing terror.
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Gov. Walz, Lt. Gov. Flanagan establish discrimination helpline
Amid rising reports of discrimination from the Asian American community, Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan today launched a discrimination helpline.
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Early data shows African Americans are contracting, dying of COVID-19 at an alarming rate
Black people are being infected and dying of COVID-19 at higher rates. Hereās what Milwaukee is doing about it ā and why governments need to start releasing data on the race of COVID-19 patients.
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Black woman-owned company Honey Pot soars after backlash from Target ad
Honey Pot, a Black woman-owned company showcased in a Target commercial has come under fire.
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U of M Gopher football sports some ugly racial history – Part 2
This story looks back at a time when racism was even more flagrant, leading to the death of an Iowa State Black student-athlete Jack Trice.
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Mammy and how racist stereotypes impact Black women
Niceness can be a form of manipulation, creating a racial dynamic where people of color are required to maintain White comfort to survive.
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Not as much as we would like has changed since the murder of MLK
The U.S. is a very different place than it was in 1968. Or is it?
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Cultural conditioning still relegating Blacks to also-rans
Yes, cultural conditioning is alive and well in the NFL. Itās called the Rooney Rule.
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Crime, race and opportunity in the first week of 2020
The very first week of the year in the Twin Cities brought much to talk about and reflect on.
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400 years later race still marks the spot
The year 2019 was like most years for those who are considered Black living in the United States; life was a series of avoiding pitfalls, while watching oneās budget, being cautious around cops and being careful not to say the wrong thing while at work.
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The cold hard truth: college football canāt escape it
College football all this fall has been celebrating 150 years but the romanticized, celebratory recollections hide the racial myths about Blacks.
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Worst, yet again: racial disparities remain a Black mark for Twin Cities
Once again, In every measurable area, Blacks fared worse than Whites in the Twin Cities metro area.
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Trust level plunges after Kroll embraces Trump
A deeper look at the reaction of Minneapolis Police Lt. Bob Kroll’s embrace of President Trump.
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Volume on xenophobia and racism on blast
Pres. Trumpās statement illustrates how perceptions of birthright, citizenship, ownership, and racial entitlement have upped the volume of xenophobia and racism.
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Studies expose destructive housing inequities
Here in Minnesota, the data suggest housing costs are continuing to rise unabated, which again disproportionately affect communities of color.
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Trumpās attempt to erase Harriet Tubman
The attempted erasure of Tubman represents yet another move in the Trump playbook to disconnect racial reality from White fantasy.
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Highland Park Middle School teacher placed on leave after using ‘racist’ language to describe Black students
A Highland Park High School teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced on social media showing the teacher using āracist and foulā language at the school.
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From ā40 acres and a muleā to the 2020 election, a brief history of reparation promises
Reparations has emerged as a hot topic among Democratic candidates hoping to replace Trump in 2020. But until now, the issue has only rarely received national attention.
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WORD ON THE STREET: Are Black Americans due reparations?
With reparations being such a hot-button topic, the MSR was inspired to hit the streets to find out what our communities think.
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Shameful legacies, ongoing neglect
In most American cities throughout the 20th century, people of color, African Americans in particular, were relegated to separate and structurally unequal communities often by means of the practices briefly referenced above.
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