November 1, 2011
As a young movement, Occupy Wall Street is a decentralized demonstration of civil disobedience in which the social, racial and cultural diversity that embody its backdrop – New York City – is only beginning to manifest visibly in its base. So far, Occupy Wall Street has in large part estranged non-White communities from calls for collective action.
Read moreJune 30, 2011
It’s true; the revolution will not be tweeted, according to Malcolm’s Gladwell’s October 2010 article “Small Change” in the New Yorker. But modern movements, especially those borne from online gatherings, will never imitate or circumvent organic, grassroots movements like the civil rights movements. However digital media, viral videos and social media serve a unique function and hold the potential to inspire virtual movements that are capable of materializing into meaningful change.
Read moreMarch 16, 2011
“This plan will eliminate the darkey as a political factor in this State in less than 5 years, so that in no single county . . . will there be the least concern felt for the complete supremacy of the white race in the affairs of government.” Delegate Carter Glass’s comments to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902 were an explicit reference to Virginia lawmakers’ scheme to systematically eradicate Blacks from the state’s electorate.
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