116 years before the first slaves arrived in the US Colonies
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 12/26/2021 - 11:43pmToday, December 26, is a noteworthy day, because it is the 500th Anniversary of the first black slave revolt in the Americas.
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Of Racism and Immigrants
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 12/14/2019 - 11:11pmThe Dominican Republic is building a wall, and they are doing it for a very familiar reason.
What does democracy look like?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 11:20pmBack in January the United States received a bit of humbling news.
A movement building against the Dominican Republic's racist policy
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 11:28pmBlack activists and immigration groups have banded together in a coalition called #Rights4AllInDR to protest the Dominican Republic's policy to make people of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic stateless.
Dominican Republic to be 'Socially Cleaned' in two days
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 5:36pm
In two days about a quarter of a million people will be made stateless. They will have no homes, no passports, and no civil rights. There are several reasons for this, but the primary reason is racism.
