Jessica Valoris

Bringing Human Rights Home

The RaceWire Beat - 12.13.06

Bringing Human Rights Home
December 10 marks International Human Rights Day and events like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo show that it’s time to bring a tradition that respects human rights back home.

Are You Racist? Think Twice Before You Answer
While most Americans don’t consider themselves biased, an overwhelming majority still see racism as a serious problem in the United States, a new CNN poll finds.

Arabs on the Mic
Inventive artists with roots in Syria, Palestine, and Iraq ignite the Arab American hip hop movement.

Apocalypto: The Cinematic Logic of Genocide
The Maya have suffered a modern apocalypse more brutal than anything in Gibson’s sadistic imagination, more brutal than even he would dare bring to the screen.

Fear ‘As Bad As After 9/11’
Now Arab Muslims — even those never questioned by the FBI, hassled by the boss or heckled by the jerk in a passing car — feel more vulnerable than ever.

The RaceWire Beat is a digest of the day’s top news stories on race and politics collected by the staff at ColorLines magazine.

Posted at 12:49 PM, Dec 13, 2006 in News | Permalink | View Comments