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FILE - The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington.
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Metro Detroiters among those who received racist texts post-election

Tristan McFolley, Associated Press November 18, 2024

Several Michigan residents were among the many men, women and students of color who received a wave of racist text...

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Protesters gathered in east Minneapolis for a rally and march to denounce hate speech and hate crimes against Muslims, Sept. 17, 2016.
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News
  • Racial Attitudes

Detroit Evening Report: Hate crimes in US reached all-time high in 2023, FBI data shows

Sascha Raiyn, Amanda LeClaire September 24, 2024

New data published by the FBI this week shows that 2023 saw the highest number of hate crime reports in...

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An African man being inspected for sale into slavery while a white man talks with African slave traders.
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Created Equal
  • News
  • Racial Attitudes

Created Equal: America’s ‘racial ghosts’ and how they influence society

Created Equal May 22, 2024

The concept of racial ghosts is a counterargument to the claim that America is a post-racial, color-blind society. It refers...

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Young Black child receives a doctor's checkup
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Racial Attitudes

Detroit Today: Black Americans have lower life expectancies than others

Detroit Today June 13, 2023

Through the COVID-19 pandemic up to March 2021, Black Americans died at 1.4 times the rate of white Americans. Overall,...

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Stop Asian Hate March Down Woodward
  • MichMash
  • Politics, Government & Finance

MichMash: Michigan ranks 4th for white nationalist incidents in the US

Hernz Laguerre April 7, 2023

The Anti-Defamation League released a report stating that white nationalist organizations targeted the Great Lake state more often than most...

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graphic of the book cover for "They Got Daddy: One Family's Reckoning with Racism and Faith" by Sharon Tubbs, alongside a picture of Sharon Tubbs
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • CultureShift

New book explores how racism is passed down through generational trauma

Tia Graham January 26, 2023

Sharon Tubbs is a journalist and author. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and editor. Currently,  Tubbs is...

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Royal Oak Schools Kimberly Martin
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  • Racial Attitudes

Royal Oak Schools’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator Works to Prepare Kids for the Future

Sascha Raiyn October 22, 2021

Royal Oak Schools has had some high-profile racial incidents -- students taunting Latino classmates with chants of “Build the Wall”...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance

What is Race and Will it Ever be Irrelevant?

Station Programming June 23, 2015

Stephen Henderson talks with Dr. Leith Mullings, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate School,...

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  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

How To Handle Our Racist Perceptions: Personal Decisions Are Cornerstone Of Racism, Classism

Station Programming March 2, 2015

Part 1 “People are often confused about why they or others have racist thoughts”. According to Sharon E. Davis that’s...

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