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Structural racism on display on L.I. schools’ sports fields
Long Island is one of the most segregated metropolitan areas in America, and segregation in our schools is getting worse, according to the Long Island-based ERASE Racism. more
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Racial jokes, specifically directed at Hispanic students, are becoming more common at Oceanside High School, students said at a library forum earlier this month.
O’side students discuss increase in racial ‘jokes’ at library forum
“We’re not allowed to talk about politics in school,” a 16-year-old Oceanside High School student said, claiming that the policy extended into government classes. “You’re not allowed to … more
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We need Black History Month now more than ever
We were supposed to have been healed by now, right? With the first African-American president finally elected not once but twice, the nation was supposed to be . . . more
Understanding L.I.'s African-American history
It is an ignominious history that Long Islanders don’t like to remember or even recognize. For nearly 200 years, from the early 1600s to the early 1800s, Long Islanders owned slaves. more
Hate graffiti discovered at Bellmore LIRR station
Racial slurs insulting African-Americans were scrawled recently across billboard advertisements at the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road Station. The LIRR removed the vandalism early Monday evening, after alerted to the problem by the Bellmore Herald. more
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The racial discrimination lawsuit brought against the Malverne school district by three black employees is causing a rift in the community. But some are fighting to keep the focus on the students and the positive.
Malverne school district racial discrimination suit causes rift
Divisiveness tends to rear its ugly head in the Malverne school community, but some people are refusing to allow it. The racial discrimination lawsuit that three black employees recently brought … more
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Superintendent James Hunderfund, left, three high school administrators and the Malverne school district are being sued for alleged racial discrimination. Teacher Sherwyn Besson, right, says even his children became targets.
Malverne school district sued for racial discrimination
“It is not hard to figure out that you are being discriminated against when your supervisor calls you a nigger and routinely reminds you that you are a black woman.” So opens the … more
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Readers react to articles on Booker T. Gibson
The Herald recently published two articles by Scott Brinton on Booker T. Gibson, a music educator from North Merrick, “Breaking racial barriers at every turn” (Dec. 2-9) and “Booker T. Gibson, … more
Booker T. Gibson, a nearly lifelong Merrick resident, was the first African-American teacher at South Junior-Senior High School in Valley Stream. He was joined by his wife of 39 years, Frances, also a music teacher, at their North Merrick home.
Breaking racial barriers at every turn
By his own admission, Booker T. Gibson wasn’t the most athletic student at Mepham High School in Bellmore in the 1940s, so becoming popular at a school that placed a high value on success in sports –– in particular, in wrestling –– was no easy feat. But, man, could Gibson play boogie-woogie piano, and at the time this highly rhythmic style of the blues ruled the airwaves. more
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