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Racial Divide
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
July 26, 2007
RICHMOND, Va. – The crowded, chaotic sidewalk on Main Street, across from the federal courthouse, was an unlikely location for a lesson on the virtues of the fifth amendment.
But standing behind a throng that wanted a pound of Michael Vick's flesh – people that had just screamed for the Atlanta Falcons quarterback to "burn in hell" and held signs advocating his murder, torture and neutering – was Thomas Smith in work boots and a white t-shirt.
High above his head he held a simple sign with just a single word: "Constitution."
Ku Klux Klan staging comeback in US amid immigration debate
by Jocelyne Zablit
Wed Feb 14, 11:09 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The white supremacist Ku Klux Klan, long associated with lynchings and burning crosses, is staging a comeback in the US by exploiting the volatile issue of immigration, experts and rights groups say.
According to a report released this month by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Klan has experienced a "surprising and troubling resurgence" in the last year, mainly because of the debate raging over the 11 million, mostly Hispanic, illegal immigrants now living in the United States.
Young students' documentary leaving audiences stunned
Kiri Davis is a young filmmaker whose high school documentary has left audiences at film festivals across the country stunned -- and has re-ignited a powerful debate over race.
Commentary: Racism in Texas more than skin deep
POSTED: 11:59 a.m. EST, December 22, 2006
By Helen Larsh
Special to CNN
Silsbee, TEXAS (CNN) -- I was a member of the audience at a recent CNN forum on racism held in Beaumont, Texas. ("Out in the Open: Racism in America," December 19). I believe that the show's focus on racism in southeast Texas was much too narrow.
It really wasn't entirely clear to me whether the show had its own agenda, or if it just missed the nuances of how racism and prejudice exist in this part of the country.
Where Is the Roberts Court on Race?
The Supremes get ready to wade into the national debate.
By Debra Rosenberg — Newsweek
Updated: 9:47 p.m. CT Dec 1, 2006
Dec. 1, 2006 - Crystal Meredith had a simple wish: she wanted her son, Joshua, to attend an elementary school near their home in Louisville, Ky. But when Meredith went to enroll him in kindergarten in 2002, she bumped up against the schools’ voluntary integration policy.
