Posted on Jun 29, 2023
Historical societies to dedicate marker for anniversary of East St. Louis race massacre
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On the 106th anniversary of the East St. Louis Race Massacre, two historical societies will dedicate a marker this weekend to commemorate it.
Located at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s East St. Louis campus, the new marker from the state will be unveiled by the East St. Louis and Illinois State historical societies in a Sunday ceremony. Event organizers say it’s important to understand what happened and how it shaped the region.
“This is critical information that needs to be shared throughout that community,” Jaye Willis, director of the East St. Louis Historical Society, said Thursday during an appearance on St. Louis on the Air. “Not just for the people that live there, but the people who educate people who live there.”
Even though the legacy of the 1917 massacre will forever be instilled in the city’s history, some East St. Louisans say many in the area don’t know enough about it.
“It's critical that this should be known in our schools,” said Reginald Petty, an 87-year-old East St. Louis resident whose grandfather told him stories about the massacre. “It should be a part of the school curriculum.”
Located at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s East St. Louis campus, the new marker from the state will be unveiled by the East St. Louis and Illinois State historical societies in a Sunday ceremony. Event organizers say it’s important to understand what happened and how it shaped the region.
“This is critical information that needs to be shared throughout that community,” Jaye Willis, director of the East St. Louis Historical Society, said Thursday during an appearance on St. Louis on the Air. “Not just for the people that live there, but the people who educate people who live there.”
Even though the legacy of the 1917 massacre will forever be instilled in the city’s history, some East St. Louisans say many in the area don’t know enough about it.
“It's critical that this should be known in our schools,” said Reginald Petty, an 87-year-old East St. Louis resident whose grandfather told him stories about the massacre. “It should be a part of the school curriculum.”
Historical societies to dedicate marker for anniversary of East St. Louis race massacre
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Writer predicts more socioeconomically diverse colleges after end of affirmative action
Richard Kahlenberg, an author and non-resident scholar at Georgetown University, served as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in both affirmative action ca...
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1.) EDUCATION
Affirmative action is done. Here’s what else might change for school admissions.
Civil rights groups plan to challenge the advantages children of alumni receive in the admissions
06/29/2023 05:22 PM EDT
The Supreme Court’s gutting of affirmative action on Thursday has sparked a new drive among education groups, lawmakers and civil rights advocates who want to unravel other common practices for how applicants are admitted.
Education and civil rights organizations could challenge standardized tests, which they say are barriers for underrepresented students.
The leader of the anti-affirmative action movement, Edward Blum, has urged elite colleges to reconsider legacy admissions policies. And Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Education Committee, has called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to start investigating schools that use admissions requirements that he believes “have discriminatory impact.”
SOURCE : https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/29/school-admissions-after-scotus-affirmative-action-00104293
2.) DeSantis, Trump cheer end of affirmative action; Suarez stays quiet
BY: JACKIE LLANOS - JUNE 29, 2023 1:27 PM
Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college decisions, but their latest competitor in the 2024 presidential race, Francis Suarez, so far remained mum on the topic.
The court’s decision, which was split along ideological lines, stated that admissions processes at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Both public and private higher education institutions will be affected by the court’s opinion that race-conscious admissions practices that benefited applicants from underrepresented backgrounds discriminate against white and Asian American applicants.
Given Gov. DeSantis’ war against diversity, equity and inclusion practices in colleges and universities of Florida, his disdain for affirmative action is not surprising.
The presidential hopeful, who is scheduled to hold a fundraiser for his presidential campaign today in New York City, said college applicants should not be judged on their race or ethnicity.
College admissions should be based on merit and applicants should not be judged on their race or ethnicity.
The Supreme Court has correctly upheld the Constitution and ended discrimination by colleges and universities.
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) June 29, 2023
While Gov. DeSantis’ social media remarks were brief, Trump cheered on the ruling, calling it something everyone was waiting and hoping for.
“This is a great day for America,” said the former president, who is leading the Republican primary polls as he is facing multiple criminal cases. “People with extraordinary ability and everything else necessary for success, including future greatness for our Country, are finally being rewarded. This is the ruling everyone was waiting and hoping for and the result was amazing. It will also keep us competitive with the rest of the world. Our greatest minds must be cherished and that’s what this wonderful day has brought. We’re going back to all merit-based—and that’s the way it should be!”
The Phoenix attempted to include Suarez’s perspective but did not receive a response.
The court’s ruling doesn’t have as big an impact in Florida as in most other states because then-Gov. Jeb Bush banned affirmative action policies more than two decades ago. Through an executive order, Bush ended admissions processes that considered race and put in place the One Florida Initiative, which guaranteed admission to at least one of the 10 state universities for high school students who graduate in the top 20% of their class.
U.S. Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Orlando, denounced the Supreme Court’s decision, agreeing with Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s notion that affirmative action is necessary because of the history of racism and discrimination in higher education institutions.
“Today is a very sad day in our country, one that will have historically negative repercussions for Black, brown, Hispanic, and Indigenous people,” the Gen-Z member of Congress said in a statement. “After generations of slavery, oppression, and systematic inequality and injustice, affirmative action seeks equity in a country and in educational institutions that deeply need it.
If education is truly meant to be the equal opportunity provider of our nation, then access to education should in fact be granted through the lens of equity.
“I believe affirmative action has everything to do with giving those who are often repressed a fair shot at life.
Affirmative action is not about stifling opportunity for any one person. It’s about evaluating admissions with the history of our nation in mind.”
SOURCE : https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/06/29/desantis-trump-cheer-end-of-affirmative-action-suarez-stays-quiet/
“You will not replace us” isn’t about white folks.
“You will not replace us” is about erasing the crimes done to black folks.
“You will not replace us” isn’t about white sisters and brothers.
“You will not replace us” is about covering up the atrocities done to “Non-Whites & The Others, brothers & sisters”.
White Washing American/Amerikkka history is a crime of passion and premeditated murder of both FACTS & Human Lives exterminated by the insecure.
—————
Executive Order 10925, signed by “President John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."
SOURCE : https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/statutes/eo11246.htm
1.) EDUCATION
Affirmative action is done. Here’s what else might change for school admissions.
Civil rights groups plan to challenge the advantages children of alumni receive in the admissions
06/29/2023 05:22 PM EDT
The Supreme Court’s gutting of affirmative action on Thursday has sparked a new drive among education groups, lawmakers and civil rights advocates who want to unravel other common practices for how applicants are admitted.
Education and civil rights organizations could challenge standardized tests, which they say are barriers for underrepresented students.
The leader of the anti-affirmative action movement, Edward Blum, has urged elite colleges to reconsider legacy admissions policies. And Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Education Committee, has called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to start investigating schools that use admissions requirements that he believes “have discriminatory impact.”
SOURCE : https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/29/school-admissions-after-scotus-affirmative-action-00104293
2.) DeSantis, Trump cheer end of affirmative action; Suarez stays quiet
BY: JACKIE LLANOS - JUNE 29, 2023 1:27 PM
Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college decisions, but their latest competitor in the 2024 presidential race, Francis Suarez, so far remained mum on the topic.
The court’s decision, which was split along ideological lines, stated that admissions processes at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Both public and private higher education institutions will be affected by the court’s opinion that race-conscious admissions practices that benefited applicants from underrepresented backgrounds discriminate against white and Asian American applicants.
Given Gov. DeSantis’ war against diversity, equity and inclusion practices in colleges and universities of Florida, his disdain for affirmative action is not surprising.
The presidential hopeful, who is scheduled to hold a fundraiser for his presidential campaign today in New York City, said college applicants should not be judged on their race or ethnicity.
College admissions should be based on merit and applicants should not be judged on their race or ethnicity.
The Supreme Court has correctly upheld the Constitution and ended discrimination by colleges and universities.
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) June 29, 2023
While Gov. DeSantis’ social media remarks were brief, Trump cheered on the ruling, calling it something everyone was waiting and hoping for.
“This is a great day for America,” said the former president, who is leading the Republican primary polls as he is facing multiple criminal cases. “People with extraordinary ability and everything else necessary for success, including future greatness for our Country, are finally being rewarded. This is the ruling everyone was waiting and hoping for and the result was amazing. It will also keep us competitive with the rest of the world. Our greatest minds must be cherished and that’s what this wonderful day has brought. We’re going back to all merit-based—and that’s the way it should be!”
The Phoenix attempted to include Suarez’s perspective but did not receive a response.
The court’s ruling doesn’t have as big an impact in Florida as in most other states because then-Gov. Jeb Bush banned affirmative action policies more than two decades ago. Through an executive order, Bush ended admissions processes that considered race and put in place the One Florida Initiative, which guaranteed admission to at least one of the 10 state universities for high school students who graduate in the top 20% of their class.
U.S. Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Orlando, denounced the Supreme Court’s decision, agreeing with Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s notion that affirmative action is necessary because of the history of racism and discrimination in higher education institutions.
“Today is a very sad day in our country, one that will have historically negative repercussions for Black, brown, Hispanic, and Indigenous people,” the Gen-Z member of Congress said in a statement. “After generations of slavery, oppression, and systematic inequality and injustice, affirmative action seeks equity in a country and in educational institutions that deeply need it.
If education is truly meant to be the equal opportunity provider of our nation, then access to education should in fact be granted through the lens of equity.
“I believe affirmative action has everything to do with giving those who are often repressed a fair shot at life.
Affirmative action is not about stifling opportunity for any one person. It’s about evaluating admissions with the history of our nation in mind.”
SOURCE : https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/06/29/desantis-trump-cheer-end-of-affirmative-action-suarez-stays-quiet/
“You will not replace us” isn’t about white folks.
“You will not replace us” is about erasing the crimes done to black folks.
“You will not replace us” isn’t about white sisters and brothers.
“You will not replace us” is about covering up the atrocities done to “Non-Whites & The Others, brothers & sisters”.
White Washing American/Amerikkka history is a crime of passion and premeditated murder of both FACTS & Human Lives exterminated by the insecure.
—————
Executive Order 10925, signed by “President John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."
SOURCE : https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/statutes/eo11246.htm
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