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Long Island is one of the most segregated metropolitan areas in America, and segregation in our schools is getting worse, according to the Long Island-based ERASE Racism.
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By Sufyan Hameed
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3/15/19
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U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing in Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder in 2013, opined that the nation had made such strides in overcoming racism since the passage of landmark civil rights legislation in the 1960s . . .
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3/1/19
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As a senior at Mepham High School in Bellmore, I’m excited that ERASE Racism has launched a Long Island-wide public discussion called “How Do We Build a Just Long Island?”
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By Gabriela Daza
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2/8/19
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In Spike Lee’s masterful “BlackkKlansman,” based on the memoir by Ron Stallworth, Colorado Springs’ first African-American police officer and undercover detective, we see racism in its most ugly form . . .
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12/14/18
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Elaine Gross, president of the Syosset-based nonprofit ERASE Racism, calls it “racialized school segregation.” Long Island comprises 125 school districts — some as small as one square mile — and 42 percent are all-white or nearly all-white, according to a 2017 ERASE Racism report. Meanwhile, 24 percent are majority African-American/Hispanic districts.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/13/18
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“The more I hear, the more I realize I have a lot of personal work to do on myself,” Rockville Centre resident Bill Kurrus said after the second session of the Anti-Racism Project on Oct. 17. “It’s raised my consciousness.”
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By Ben Strack
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10/25/18
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“Do I see every day signs of overt racism?” said Rena Riback, who is leading the charge on the Anti Racism Project in Rockville Centre. “No, but you have to look beyond that.”
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By Ben Strack
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8/16/18
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“It’s been a fascinating career — I feel very lucky to have lived it,” said Cliff Richner, co-owner of Richner Communications and the longtime publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, who retired last month after 36 years in a family-run company that has left an indelible mark on local community news on the South Shore.
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/26/18
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A Long Beach man was charged with menacing as a hate crime for verbally attacking a fellow Long Island Rail Road passenger last month, whom he threatened to physically assault, Queens District …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/24/18
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As Vice President Mike Pence’s post-national anthem exit from last Sunday’s NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts made abundantly clear . . .
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10/13/17
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