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2741) The Klansman
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When a young white woman is raped and a black man is accused, a small Alabama town ignites in racial tension. Caught in the middle of the conflict are the sheriff and a Southern aristocrat who attempt to keep the peace while protecting their traditional way of life. Features O.J. Simpson in his film debut.
2745) Interception city
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"Interception City is a provocative, morally-complex crime thriller set in a decaying community deep in the Florida Everglades. Murder, police corruption, racial tension, illicit sex, family betrayals, bored teen brides, heartless killers from Miami, Internet swingers, assorted nut-cases and a fun-filled but violent high school reunion are all elements in Interception City."--
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Książka stanowi zbiór wywiadów i felietonów, które ukazują prawdziwe oblicze Stanów Zjednoczonych. Poruszono w niej kwestię dwulicowej polityki prowadzonej przez rząd USA, który najpierw wspierał dyktatorów Iraku, Libii czy Arabii Saudyjskiej oraz walczącą o niepodległość ludność kurdyjską, a kiedy stali się zbędni jako sojusznicy, nadał im wizerunek niebezpiecznych terrorystów. Ponadto w książce opisano współczesne problemy...
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From D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation in 1915 to the recent Get Out, audiences and critics alike have responded to racism in motion pictures for more than a century. Whether subtle or blatant, racially biased images and narratives erase minorities, perpetuate stereotypes, and keep alive practices of discrimination and marginalization. Even in the 21st century, the American film industry is not "color blind," evidenced by films such as Babel (2006),...
2753) Lost in the stars
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Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shanty towns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom. But Kumalo's unwavering faith is put to the test when he finds Absalom in jail facing a capital murder charge. Courage, dignity and sacrifice fall prey to the whirlwind of racist hypocrisy and hollow justice in Absalom's trial. Absalom's reunion and reconciliation with this father, his jailhouse marriage to his...
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"Relying on compelling interviews from the Meacham Park neighborhood--a marginalized Black enclave located in a predominately white affluent St. Louis suburb, this book brings to life the everyday interactions of disadvantaged suburban Blacks as they faced annexation, aggressive policing, two nationally profiled shootings, and intervention from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)"--Provided by publisher.
2757) La otra chica negra
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Provocador e inteligente, La otra chica negra es un debut electrizante sobre la tensión que se crea cuando dos jóvenes negras se encuentran cara a cara en el mundo editorial neoyorkino, predominantemente blanco. La joven asistente editorial Nella Rogers está cansada de ser la única empleada negra en Wagner Books. Harta del aislamiento y las pequeñas ofensas, no puede evitar entusiasmarse cuando una nueva compañera negra, nacida y criada en Harlem,...
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"At 7:00 a.m. on December 9, 1937, St. Paul firefighters battling an arsonist's fire in the abandoned Aberdeen Hotel discovered the badly burned body of a woman. The victim was soon identified as 31-year-old Ruth Munson, a waitress at the Union Depot--a "small-town girl" who had moved to the big city in search of a new life. Using original police records, Ruth's own diary and letters, newspaper accounts, public documents, and other primary sources,...
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Does the education of Black children matter? Not so much. The K-12 education system exists in a fog that serves the needs of the adults at the expense of the children who they are supposed to serve especially our children of color. Learn about the multiplicity of maladies and underlying racism that afflicts this corrupt system. Most of us know that the system is failed but we are unaware of the specifics of how the system engages in an actual...
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In the US, political developments in the 21st century have shown that deep racial divides remain. The persistence of inequality indicates the stubborn resilience of the institutions that maintain white supremacy. Givens calls for 'radical empathy' : moving beyond an understanding of others' lives and pain to understand the origins of our biases, including internalized oppression. She offers practical steps to call out racism and bring about radical...
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