racism

Jul
22
Teens And Teachers Adapt Novel Of Police Brutality For Site-Specific Theatre Production

Teens And Teachers Adapt Novel Of Police Brutality For Site-Specific Theatre Production

A rehearsal of ‘All American Boys’ should work. (Courtesy of Off the Page Education)Teaching artists, public school students, award-winning
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Mar
11
Flashback Friday: The 1915 ‘Negro Invasion’ of Park Slope

Flashback Friday: The 1915 ‘Negro Invasion’ of Park Slope

461 15th Street from a photo in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 27, 1915. The sign reads: “This building for rent.
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Feb
12
CB 11 Officials Condemn Racist Waldbaums Backlash: ‘Italians Were Not The First Group Here’

CB 11 Officials Condemn Racist Waldbaums Backlash: ‘Italians Were Not The First Group Here’

Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanOur reporting on the closure [/key-food-renews-interest-new-utrecht-waldbaums/] of the New Utrecht Avenue Waldbaums after 37 years,
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Jan
27
Second Asian Grocer Bids On Waldbaums, Trader Joe’s Says ‘No Thanks’

Second Asian Grocer Bids On Waldbaums, Trader Joe’s Says ‘No Thanks’

If the owners of Sunset Park’s Fei Long Market [http://www.yelp.com/biz/fei-long-supermarket-brooklynhttp://www.yelp.com/biz/
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Jan
19
Brooklyn Tech Students Accuse Staff And Peers Of Racial Tensions; Push For Change

Brooklyn Tech Students Accuse Staff And Peers Of Racial Tensions; Push For Change

Fifty-four years may have passed since Martin Luther King Jr made his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, but that
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May
21
Guilty! Kenny Chen’s Killer Convicted Of All Charges

Guilty! Kenny Chen’s Killer Convicted Of All Charges

Kenny Chen (Source: Facebook)Justice has been served for Kenny Chen’s killer, who fatally stabbed [/kenny-chen-stabbing-benson-ave-26-ave/] the Bath Beach
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Mar
27
Landmarks Preservation Commission May Reconsider Bid To Make Coney Island Boardwalk A Scenic Landmark

Landmarks Preservation Commission May Reconsider Bid To Make Coney Island Boardwalk A Scenic Landmark

The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is open to revisiting the idea of making the Riegelmann Boardwalk a scenic landmark, reports
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Nov
06
Brooklyn School Of Inquiry Principal Apologizes For Disparaging Comments About Spanish Speakers

Brooklyn School Of Inquiry Principal Apologizes For Disparaging Comments About Spanish Speakers

The Brooklyn School of Inquiry, located at 50 Avenue P (Source: Google Maps)The principal of Brooklyn School of Inquiry
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Jul
17
Tackling the ‘Politics of Weed’ In Our Neighborhood This Sunday

Tackling the ‘Politics of Weed’ In Our Neighborhood This Sunday

The Brooklyn district attorney’s recent announcement [http://www.brooklynda.org/press_releases/pdf/jul/MarijuanaPolicy_7_8_2014.pdf]
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Aug
05

Community Board 13 Chairman Eddie Mark Accused Of Making Racist Remarks

The poster being circulated by Vargas (Source: Facebook)First our own Community Board chairperson was accused of a hate crime
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