5 FACTS ABOUT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION!!

5 Facts about Racial Discrimination   Fact 1 In 2005 there were 26,740 charges of race discrimination Fact 2 The concept of race has no biological basis. It is a socio-political construction . Fact 3 A 2002 special report revealed that black students in Seattle schools — regardless of family income — are more than twice as likely to be suspended or expelled than other students. Fact 4 American schools are becoming increasingly segregated, despite the nation's growing diversity. Fact 5 It wasn’t until 2000 that U.S. Census respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate their racial identities even though about 6.8 million Americans identify with two or more races. SOURCES • (Race; The Power of Illusion, 2003, PBS) http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:EacZR-IA2_oJ:www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-07.htm+the+concept+of+race+has+no+biological+basis&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7 Investigative Journalism-Historical info on campaign to end urban poverty In late nineteenth century New York City, Jacob A. Riis, a Danish immigrant and police reporter in New York, launched a personal campaign to expose the misery of the underprivileged who resided in New York City's dangerous tenements of the lower East Side. In doing so, his writings and his photography provided a spark for future generations of investigative journalists. Excerpt from Riis's book "How the other half lives" 1890; http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/chap3.html#para5 More from this book; http://www.bartleby.com/208/ From his book "Battle with the Slum"; http://www.bartleby.com/175/ What does it mean to be American? Jacob Riis's work, is a reminder of what this country is made of; IMMIGRANTS, from every part of the world. A quote from Debbie Allen, who recently said on a television show "I am a citizen of the WORLD!" Ultimately we are all from one place, Planet Earth! What we do affects them and what they do affects us, and what we all do affects our Mother Earth. Let's celebrate the differences, and acknowledge the sameness! Come together as one. Riis's idea inspired Jack London to write a similar exposé on London's East End, most notably Whitechapel, called People of the Abyss.