Racism-Effects
Takeaways from AP's Review of Criminal Charges Against ICE Personnel
| Ryan J. Foley | AP News | 2/10/26
AP reviewed criminal cases involving ICE personnel and found patterns of misconduct, corruption, and abuse that raised questions about oversight as the agency rapidly expands.
Minnesota Clergy Win Access to Immigrant Holding Facility
This article reports that clergy had to sue for access to an ICE holding site, highlighting barriers to outside monitoring and religious visitation inside detention facilities.
Mexican Teenager Dies in ICE Custody in Florida
A 19-year-old migrant died in a Florida jail used for ICE detention, drawing renewed scrutiny to deaths in custody and conditions inside immigrant jails.
Trump Administration Is Holding Children in Immigration Detention for Months
| Garance Burke | AP News | 2/28/26
AP reports that children are being held far beyond the long-standing 20-day limit, with families describing prolonged detention and harmful living conditions.
Record Deaths in US Immigration Custody Expose Systemic Failures
| Author not clearly exposed in tool | The Guardian | 3/21/26
The Guardian links a rise in deaths in immigration custody to broader failures in detention oversight, medical care, and accountability.
Judge Orders ICE to Release Minneapolis Man After 50 Days of Unlawful Detention
| Sam Levin | The Guardian | 3/16/26
A federal judge found there was no legal basis for continued detention after ICE held a Minneapolis asylum seeker for 50 days and transferred him despite a court order.
Leqaa Kordia, a Pro-Palestinian Activist, Released After a Year in ICE Custody
| Author not clearly exposed in tool | The Guardian | 3/16/26
This piece focuses on a year-long ICE detention that attorneys described as unlawful and politically motivated, ending only after sustained public pressure.
Canadian Mother and Daughter ‘Traumatized’ by ICE Detainment, Husband Says
| Olivia Bowden | The Guardian | 3/20/26
The article describes a mother and her autistic daughter being detained despite valid paperwork, with family members alleging traumatic conditions and pressure to self-deport.
Ex-Watchdogs Warn Rush to Give Power to Local Police in Immigration Crackdown Risks ‘Threat to Civil Rights’
| Author not clearly exposed in tool | The Guardian | 2/15/26
Former watchdogs warned that expanding ICE partnerships with local police could enable civil-rights violations and weaken already-limited oversight.
What You Need to Know About Texas ICE Detention Deaths
| Alex Nguyen | The Texas Tribune | 2/19/26
The Texas Tribune summarizes recent detention deaths in Texas facilities and explains the growing alarm around medical care, conditions, and transparency.
Family at Dilley ICE Center Details Moldy Food, Medical Neglect
| Author not clearly exposed in tool | The Texas Tribune | 3/11/26
A detained family described moldy food, poor hygiene, and inadequate medical treatment at the Dilley family detention center.
14 Measles Cases Reported at El Paso ICE Tent Camp
| Author not clearly exposed in tool | The Texas Tribune | 3/3/26
This report covers a measles outbreak at an ICE tent camp, underscoring health risks and weak disease-control measures in detention settings.
Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown, Texas Habeas Cases Surge
| Alex Nguyen | The Texas Tribune | 2/10/26
Lawyers filed increasing numbers of habeas petitions as detainees challenged allegedly unlawful or prolonged ICE detention in Texas.
These Women Exposed Prison Sexual Abuse. Now ICE Wants to Deport Them.
| Author not clearly exposed in tool | Truthout | 3/8/26
This piece argues that women who reported sexual abuse inside prison are now facing deportation, tying retaliation to the immigration detention system.
19-Year-Old Royer Perez-Jimenez Dies in ICE Jail Known for Abuse
| Author not clearly exposed in tool | Truthout | 3/12/26
Truthout reports on the death of a teenager in an ICE jail with a history of abuse allegations, using the case to spotlight systemic dangers in detention.
Deaths in Detention Warn of Horrors Behind ICE’s Prison Walls
| Mike Ludwig | Truthout | 1/17/26
This article argues that repeated deaths in ICE detention reveal deep structural problems in the agency’s jail and prison network.
Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration
| Jeremy Busby | Truthout/The Appeal | 2/20/26
The piece says journalists detained by ICE have helped expose abusive conditions and violence that are usually hidden from public view.
It happens to white people too, so not racism...
by MurielVieux 9/4/25 DAILY KOS
It is not that things only happen to Black folks, it is that when it happens to you, it is a once in a blue moon thing, and it is usually addressed fairly. The very lack of protest on your part is indicative of privileged status, you do not protest for you are not being targeted.
Exploring the Impact of Racism on the Health of Communities of Color
by National Urban League 27/10/20
The virtual series that accompanied the release of the National Urban League’s 2020 State of Black America Report included a panel on the dual pandemics of racism and COVID-19, where public health experts and activists discussed the unique set of circumstances Black Americans face while confronting systemic racism and the novel coronavirus. This briefing continues that conversation with a panel that builds the case for why racism should be addressed as a public health crisis, what power such declarations hold, and what actions should accompany them.
How Artificial Intelligence Can Deepen Racial and Economic Inequities
Proponents of expanding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) often point to its potential to stimulate economic growth — increased productivity at lower costs, a higher GDP per capita, and job creation have all been touted as possible benefits.
How this poet shows the way ‘racism hits the body’
by Courtney Vinapal 29/7/20 PBS NEWS
In her book “Citizen,” the poet Claudia Rankine aims to show readers how Black people experience racism in their everyday lives. And to help tell that story, she reached out to visual artists.
As U.N. Report Sounds Alarm on Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley, Community Faces Further Pollution with Proposed Grain Elevator
by ACLU of Louisiana 3/3/21 ACLU
NEW ORLEANS – With international human rights experts sounding the alarm over environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, the ACLU of Louisiana is joining other grassroots organizations in opposing proposed construction of a new grain terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish. The proposed Greenfield Louisiana project, which would involve clearing land and building a grain elevator, poses life threatening health and safety consequences to residents of an area so polluted by oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and waste dumps that it is now known as “Cancer Alley.”
How infrastructure has historically promoted inequality
by Candice Norwood 23/4/21 PBS NEW
It’s no secret that U.S. infrastructure is struggling. This year’s report from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country a C-, citing public roadways in “poor or mediocre” condition, “structurally deficient” bridges and aging power grids.
Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap
Homeownership has been one of the most effective ways that Americans build wealth, which can be passed down from generation to generation. And although equal access to housing is a civil right, systemic racism within our housing institutions has long kept communities of color from accessing fair housing opportunities.
Celebrate Women’s Suffrage, but Don't Whitewash the Movement's Racism
by Tammy L. Brown 24/8/18 ACLU
My 94-year-old great-aunt, Paralee Wilmer — we call her Aunty Lee — voted for the first time after moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1944. Born to no-nonsense, small farmers in Millers Ferry, Alabama, and the youngest daughter of 12 children, Aunty Lee was one among many African Americans who moved from the South to the North in search of better job opportunities and greater freedoms during the The Great Migration. These freedoms included the right to vote without intimidation or any other hindrance.
9 ways racism impacts maternal health
by Roberta K. Timothy 12/5/19 PBS NEWS
The struggle for our maternal health and motherhood includes daily resistance against anti-Black racism, anti-indigeneity, sexism, classism and other forms of intersectional violence.
Racism by Design: The Building of Interstate 81
by Jay A. Fernandez 10/8/23 ACLU
The United States' interstate highway system is structural racism in action: an intentional government program that damaged Black lives and communities for generations.
The long history of racism against Asian Americans in the U.S.
by Adrian De Leon 9/4/20 PBS NEWS
In the face of rising anti-Asian racist actions – now at about 100 reported cases per day – Yang implores Asian Americans to “wear red, white, and blue” in their efforts to combat the virus.
Right-Wing Campaign to Block Teaching for Social Justice
by Barbara Miner 30/1/25 ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT
Lawmakers in at least 47 states have attempted (and in some cases succeeded) to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history.
From Periphery to Frontline: Ethnic Minority Rights in Wartime Russia
by ARAM TERZYAN 7/7/25 MODERNDIPLOMACY
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped not only international borders but also deepened domestic patterns of repression. Under the guise of patriotic unity, the Kremlin has launched a simultaneous internal offensive targeting the country’s ethnic minorities—reinforcing entrenched hierarchies and reviving imperial mechanisms of control.
Racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves, expert warns
Racism is at the heart of the American government’s failure to tackle the growing threat of deadly heatwaves, according to the author of an authoritative new book on the heating planet.
Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet
by Ben Makuch 28/10/24 The Guardian
Two masked men are in frame, wearing camouflage and sitting opposite each other. A table is between them and they are in the middle of what they claim is an American forest.
Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event
by Ben Makuch 7/6/25 The Guardian
An international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US and planning a new paramilitary training event without fear of local authorities or the FBI, which once dismantled it in a nationwide effort.
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
by Matt Krupnick 3/6/25 PROPUBLICA
The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely shut down most or all of the institutions created to serve students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
In Amite County, about 900 children attend the local public schools — which, as of 2021, were 16% white. More than 600 children attend two private schools — which were 96% white. Other, mostly white students go to a larger segregation academy in a neighboring county. “It’s staggering,” said Warren Eyster, principal of Amite County High until this school year. “It does create a divide.” The difference between those figures, 80 percentage points, is one way to understand the segregating effect of private schools — it shows how much more racially isolated students are when they attend these schools.
By Brenda J. Child 8/27/21 This is because the U.S. schools had a very specific purpose: They helped the government acquire Indian lands. Beginning with Carlisle in Pennsylvania in 1879 and ending with the Sherman Institute in California in 1903, the U.S. government operated 25 off-reservation boarding schools. (Some religious denominations also opened their own mission schools.) At the same time, a massive dispossession took place in the form of the General Allotment Act, which authorized the president to survey and divide Indian lands. Boarding schools, designed to reeducate Indian youth who would no longer have a tribal homeland, went hand in hand with this genocidal policy.
Storming The U.S. Capitol Was About Maintaining White Power In America
538 JAN. 8, 2021 Hakeem Jefferson
"It is not by chance that most of the individuals who descended on the nation’s capital were white, nor is it an accident that they align with the Republican Party and this president. Moreover, it is not a coincidence that symbols of white racism, including the Confederate flag, were present and prominently displayed. Rather, years of research make clear that what we witnessed in Washington, D.C., is the violent outgrowth of a belief system that argues that white Americans and leaders who assuage whiteness should have an unlimited hold on the levers of power in this country. And this, unfortunately, is what we should expect from those whose white identity is threatened by an increasingly diverse citizenry."
Analysis: How the media created a 'superpredator' myth that harmed a generation of Black youth
Analysis: How the media created a 'superpredator' myth that harmed a generation of Black youth NBC NEWS Nov. 20, 2020, 3:00 AM PST By Carroll Bogert, The Marshall Project and LynNell Hancock, Columbia Journalism School
But who was doing the dehumanizing? Just a few years before, the news media had introduced the terms “wilding” and “wolf pack” to the national vocabulary, to describe five teenagers — four Black and one Hispanic — who were convicted and later exonerated of the rape of a woman in New York’s Central Park.
“This kind of animal imagery was already in the conversation,” said Kim Taylor-Thompson, a law professor at New York University. “The superpredator language began a process of allowing us to suspend our feelings of empathy towards young people of color.”
The “superpredator” theory, besides being a racist trope, was not borne out in crime statistics. Juvenile arrests for murder — and juvenile crime generally — had already started falling when DiIulio’s article was published. By 2000, when tens of thousands more children were supposed to be out there mugging and killing, juvenile murder arrests had fallen by two-thirds.
What the Nazis Learned from Jim Crow: Author Isabel Wilkerson on the U.S. Racial Caste System
In her extensively researched new book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson argues the United States’ racial hierarchy should be thought of as a caste system, similar to that in India. In a wide-ranging interview, she describes how she also looks at the ways Nazi Germany borrowed from U.S. Jim Crow laws. “The Nazis needed no one to teach them how to hate,” Wilkerson says. “But what they did was they sent researchers to the United States to study Jim Crow laws here in the United States, to study and to research how the United States had managed to subordinate and subjugate its African American population.”
In Oklahoma tribal decision, ‘rule of the strong’ falls to rule of law
The CSM 7/16/2020 By Henry Gass
“On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise,” opened Justice Neil Gorsuch for the majority opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma, referencing the forced removal, beginning in the 1830s, of Native American tribes from their historical lands in today’s U.S. Southeast to west of the Mississippi River. Estimates vary, but thousands are believed to have died on the roughly 5,000-mile journey, including as many as one-fourth of the Cherokee Nation.
Mr. Williams, a senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), is a member of the Cherokee Nation and a descendant of the Cherokees who negotiated treaties with the federal government. Seeing those treaties, promising them a “permanent home” in the West, referenced throughout the opinion was “quite striking.”
For Some Black Americans, Love Of Country Means Holding It Accountable
"I think that if anywhere you find just how heterogeneous Black Americans are, it's around this question of patriotism," said Farah Jasmine Griffin, the chair of the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department at Columbia University. "You have African Americans who are definitely patriotic, but not uncritically so, not naively so. And then you have others who find a problem with the very notion of patriotism, and I think that's always been an ongoing and consistent tension."
The Georgia town that was home to Ahmaud Arbery has an environmental racism problem
Brunswick is one of many majority-Black communities in the U.S. dealing with environmental racism, which Dr. Robert Bullard, the “father of environmental justice,” defines as “any policy, practice, or directive that differentially affects or disadvantages (whether intended or unintended) individuals, groups, or communities based on race or color.”
The Supreme Court Still Refuses to Acknowledge Systemic Racism
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/washington-v-davis-supreme-court-systemic-racism.html
Ending qualified immunity is important, but a much more obscure yet monumental Supreme Court decision needs to be overturned. In Washington v. Davis, decided in 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws or government policies that disproportionately harm Black people do not violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause. The case was brought by aspiring Black police officers challenging the statistical disparity in test scores between Black and white test takers as a reflection that the D.C. police department’s hiring policy was unconstitutional. The test, known as Test 21, was chock full of white cultural and idiomatic references that may well have contributed to the fact that from 1968 to 1971, 57 percent of Black applicants failed the test as compared with 13 percent of whites.
US voter suppression: why this Texas woman is facing five years' prison
Fort Worth is suffering a crisis of democracy – just 6% of electors voted in the last midterms – so why is it aggressively pursuing those who mistakenly cast ballots?
In 'Cancer Alley,' a renewed focus on systemic racism is too late
Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at more than double the rate of other groups, which experts say is due in part to pollution in Black communities
https://news.trust.org/item/20200617150435-yknu8
Sparked by the murder of healer Domingo Choc, the #GuateRacista movement is an attempt to bring discussions of race and identity into the open
The National Museum of the American Indian
Native American Net Roots 9/22/2010
The essay below was written by Carter Camp aka cacamp. In 1973, Carter was one of the original organizers of AIM, he was in charge of Military Operations in the take over of Wounded Knee. They held Wounded Knee for more than 70 days and brought important national and international media attention to the current American Indian issues. (An aside; Meteor Blades was at the take over for 51 days.)
HIDING GENOCIDE: The National Museum of the American Indian
By Carter Camp
There is an enormous cultural rip-off being foisted upon our Nations by Washington D.C. I’ve warned of it before, but a small voice is easily drowned out when millions of dollars are being spent and the voice of the Great White Father anoints Indian leaders.
For a decade or more the Smithsonian fundraising machine has gone merrily along, draining much needed funds away from the Indian community and diverting America’s attention away from the economic, cultural and legal devastation going on across our homelands. Many interest groups coveted the final two vacant spaces on the National Mall. Congress in its wisdom awarded one site to a very politically powerful (and deserving) Jewish applicant and another to the very politically powerful Smithsonian Institution, their ‘keeper of the loot’.
Caribbean excavation offers intimate look at the lives of enslaved Africans
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/caribbean-excavation-offers-intimate-look-lives-enslaved-africans AAAS Science 11/08/2019
To glimpse those lives, archaeology is required. "One of the very few ways to get at the experiences of enslaved Africans is to look at [what] they left behind," Dunnavant says. That's why he and archaeologist Ayana Omilade Flewellen of the University of California (UC), Berkeley, spent 4 weeks directing excavations here this summer, the third of five planned dig seasons. The team is part of a wave of archaeologists around the Caribbean focused on studying not only the institution of slavery, but also the daily lives of enslaved Africans in all the intimacy and texture left out of history. Seen through Dunnavant's and Flewellen's eyes, the lost buttons, cooked bones, and shards of pots and porcelain are vital clues to how enslaved Africans maintained their individuality and humanity within a system designed to strip them of both. And by studying the vegetation, water systems, and other environmental features of plantations, these archaeologists are also documenting how slavery literally reshaped the islands—and the world.
Calls grow for Scotland to reckon with its slave-owning past
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/calls-grow-scotland-reckon-its-slave-owning-past-n1230406
