STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A local historical association is helping those in the Poconos understand the significance of African American history in a church that dates back to the mid-1800s. 28/22 News Reporter Sydney Kostus was live at the Little Bethel Church Tuesday morning to share how you can help spread its historical footprint. Nestled […]
Local residents and elected officials are seeking to block large housing projects, warning that increased density could change the character of their towns.
Most would agree that racism is not a laughing matter. But prejudice is insidious. Like pesty mosquitos at a Memorial Day picnic, it buzzes around us in seemingly innocent humor that takes liberties with racial or ethnic caricatures. We all hear punch lines that made races and nationalities stingy, avaricious, or in need of help fastening a light bulb.
However, those familiar jokes are based on what society no longer considers funny. You help end racism by simply saying, “I don’t get it.”
Racism may also appear as a well-intentioned compliment.
It is one thing to say, “Beyoncé is a beautiful Black woman:” quite another to say, “Beyoncé is beautiful for a Black woman.” Prejudice has color on both sides of the coin. It’s also offensive to say, “He’s a great basketball player for a white man.” Such expressions betray a belief that persons of a particular race are afflicted by congenital tendencies.
John Leland, The New York Times Published: 28 Feb 2021 04:50 PM BdST Updated: 28 Feb 2021 04:50 PM BdST
In 2008, Dennis Richmond Jr watched “Roots” with his father, and it changed his life. It was a Sunday, the Richmonds’ day for leafing through family photographs in their apartment in Yonkers, New York, looking at relatives going back about a century. “Roots,” Alex Haley’s semifictional account of his family’s journey from West Africa, posed a challenge: How far back could Richmond trace his own ancestors? ); }
After watching the miniseries’ first DVD, he ran upstairs to ask his mother about the names of her relatives. That evening, Richmond, then a studious 13-year-old, turned on the family computer and found a 1930 US Census entry for his maternal great-grandmother. The listing included the name of her father, Brutus Bowens, born in 1889 in South Carolina.