Mayor Ras J. Baraka moderates panel discussion Why Black & Brown Unity Matters! An Intergenerational DialogueWhen united, Black and Latino people can stand together and better fight the institutional racism and white supremacy that’s held them back, civil rights advocates say. But divided, the two groups may only be playing into their oppressors’ hands.
Later, Muhammad said, “We’re talking about a problem that has not resulted in any serious violence. That’s what we want to prevent.”at the School of Global Studies. The public high school opened in 2020 in the city’s North Ward, with a student population that’s roughly two-thirds Latino and one-third African-American.
He and the other students talked about having felt marginalized at the school and expressed less interest in building Black and brown unity but wanted students and staff held accountable for biased behavior or the tolerance of it. Haynes was involved in an altercation with a Latina student at Global Studies last fall that occurred, according to her mother, only days after she sought the transfer. Her mother, Newark Board of Education President Dawn Haynes, attended Wednesday’s gathering but did not participate.
A third panel was comprised of two civil rights professionals, the ACLU’s Johnson and Maria Lopez Nunez of the Ironbound Community Corporation. Lopez stressed the importance of a unified front when fighting for environmental justice in her group’s heavily industrialized part of Newark.
When united, Black and Latino people can stand together and better fight the institutional racism and white supremacy that’s held them back, civil rights advocates say. But divided, the two groups may only be playing into their oppressors’ hands. Not racist ^?
Soooo blame whitey? Get a life Steve.