Chauncey K. Robinson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Chauncey K. Robinson
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Opinion
#TakeAKnee: The NFL and the fight against white supremacy
September 26, 2017What Trump’s really up to is stopping any discussion of the pervasive power of racism in this country.
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Culture
“First They Killed My Father”: Cambodian genocide through innocent eyes
September 20, 2017New film is a haunting tale of the mass killings in Cambodia carried out by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, and has lasting lessons for humanity.
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Opinion
Black empowerment is not the same as white supremacy, Donald Trump
August 24, 2017The Klan-sympathizing president wants you to think white supremacists and Black Lives Matter are two sides of the same coin. Now that's some fake news.
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Culture
“Gook”: The not-so-black-and-white race dynamics of LA riots
August 17, 2017By centering on Black and Asian Americans, Chon gives audiences a powerful slice-of-life perspective into racial relationships not often explored.
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Culture
“Whose Streets?”: Black activists at the center of new film
August 11, 2017The narrative of what happened in Ferguson after Michael Brown's murder has often been a fragmented one. A new documentary puts Black activists front and center.
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Opinion
Boycotting the NFL: Colin Kaepernick and the right to resist
August 10, 2017“They're treating Kaepernick like a runaway slave, making him an example so other players get the message: Do not get too uppity, or we will blackball you.”
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Opinion
Trump administration seeks to split people of color on affirmative action
August 4, 2017Trump and Sessions are trying to pit Asian Americans against other minorities as a cover for their attempt to do away with affirmative action.
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Labor
The real heroes of Comic-Con: San Diego security guards fight for a union
July 25, 2017Not all heroes wear capes, and occasionally true heroes put on capes to bring attention to the heroic every day battles they are fighting.
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