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Race vs. Class: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same

by Frank Gilliam February 28, 2012 Framer Reads the News

So here it is – Black History Month! Schoolchildren all over the country will spend a few days learning about Martin Luther King, Jr., learning who invented the cotton gin, and even learning how to sing an old negro spiritual (no, not an Al Green tune!). If you can’t feel the sarcasm dripping from my [...]

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Are We Living in a Post-Racial America?

by Erika Rydberg December 16, 2011 Framer Reads the News

In a new report released by The Greenlining Institute, “Post-Racial? Americans and Race in the Age of Obama,” the authors discuss the notion that we are living in a time of a “post-racial America.” This idea is becoming more important now and in the near future, as statistics show that United States will be a “majority [...]

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What Dominant Frames Conceal: Inequality and Civil Unrest

by Frank Gilliam September 30, 2011 Framing in the Field

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg – on his weekly radio show – was asked about the implications of the rising poverty rate in the U.S. He responded, “[Y]ou have a lot of kids graduating college, who can’t find jobs…That’s what happened in Cairo. That’s what happened in Madrid. You don’t want those kinds of [...]

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