Sunday, January 15, 2012

When the USA does not 'walk the walk' it has global implications that results in violence.

Old city of Nablus, a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank and Mount Gerizim in background.

"From MLK to Nablus: Fighting Institutionalized Racism and Ongoing Discrimination"  (click title to entry - thank you)


...While blatant discrimination remains illegal in the United States, American society still struggles with issues of more hidden discrimination.  Education is at the heart of this debate.  The fight to ensure equal access to a quality education for all American children, regardless of race, rages onwards.  Poverty and the low quality of education available to minority groups are inextricably linked....

...Similar to the way that racial discrimination manifests itself in the American educational system, discrimination also plagues Palestinian refugees, both within the West Bank and in other host countries....