Civil Rights Archive
aanderson
August 27, 2019
Academic, Bullying, Civil Rights, Culture, Diversity, Education, Hate Crimes, Human rights, Mental Health, Positive Psychology, Psychology, Race, Social Justice
Prejudice occurs in many forms and can have a significant effect on the well-being of those who experience it—including various aspects of physical and mental health. When this occurs, the ripple effect can reach far beyond those who are directly …
Last week, I arrived at the Nursing Home job that I still maintain on weekends to a disturbing discovery. A nurse pointed out to me that sometime during the previous shift, someone had scrawled the eleventh letter of the alphabet …
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, finding that the trial court used the wrong standard when deciding that race did not predominate in the drawing of 11 of Virginia’s state …
Image via STUDENT VOICES By Emily Jenab, M.A. Another black man has been shot and, subsequently, another case of character assassination post-death has begun. Alfred Okwera Olango, 38, was killed as he pulled out “a three inch long vape” and …
This opinion piece speaks to the structures, organisations and people that contribute to maintaining the child protection social work status quo in New Zealand.
In 2009, my fiancé and I had dinner at my parent’s house. We had each had a glass of wine with dinner and had switched to tea with dessert so by the time we left 2 hours later, everyone was …
By Kayla Patrick We have a pressing discipline problem that begins in classrooms and for far too many children ends in prison. As I watched the video of the recent assault on a South Carolina student in her classroom, I …
