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		<title>The Painted Man #2 &#8211; First Day of School</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Desmond Williams is a JUNO magazine columnist, freelance writer and dad living in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his book, The Painted Man: What My Young Son Taught Me About Race, a collection of coming of race memoirs that finds a dad confronted by racially charged questions posed directly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=426&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s find the racist! And then let&#8217;s shame the racist!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Jen Chau, originally published at The Time Is Always Right
This is &#8211; I think &#8211; our favorite game to play when it comes to race. Locate the racist, focus on the racist, blog and tweet the crap out of that racist, and shame that racist as much as possible. The racist shouldn&#8217;t be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=422&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The False Positive</title>
		<link>http://swirlinc.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/the-false-positive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Leotis Martin
Acquaintance: “So what are you doing in Florence?”
Me: “Spring vacation…I’m studying in Paris.”
A: “Oh, so where are you from in the States?”
Me: “Well, I’m originally from South America, but I grew up in the Bronx…”
A: “Oh, how is that?”
Me: “It’s the Bronx, so all the rumors you’ve heard are definitely true.”
A: “Hah. Well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=411&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making the 2010 Census Count</title>
		<link>http://swirlinc.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/making-the-2010-census-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Lynda Turet 
The 2000 census marked an apparent victory for multiracial America. By gaining the ability to “check all that apply,” many gained legal recognition for racial identities which were formerly rendered invisible by rigid “check one only” rules.  Many in the multiracial community heralded the change as one of the few tangible advocacy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=405&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Submissions: SwirlBlog &#8211; Let’s Talk About Race (ongoing)</title>
		<link>http://swirlinc.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/call-for-submissions-swirlblog-let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-race-ongoing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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We are soliciting content for Swirl’s new blog on race. We’re looking for intellectual, creative, politically-minded pieces of writing that challenge the status quo! Submissions should be aimed at provoking discussion about race and identity and catalyzing the eradication of racism. We are interested in essays that take up questions of race with special attention to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=394&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Separate and Unequal: A structural analysis of educational inequality in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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by Jeff Garrett
Fifty-five years ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that school segregation policies are unconstitutional.  Yet despite the moral victory of the Brown decision, in the decades since 1954 we have failed to create educational equality in America.  Despite countless initiatives, hundreds of billions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=383&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Swirl Members’ Thoughts on Race, Life, and Why You Should Care: An Introduction to the next three blog posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been running an experiment. What happens when you put five people in a room to read, learn, debate and struggle with how to translate our multiracial community into a catalyst for action? (I know what you&#8217;re thinking, and no, arm-wrestling was not involved). Five brave SwirlNYC members gave four afternoons of their lives (and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=380&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Painted Man #1 &#8211; Parents&#8217; Night Out</title>
		<link>http://swirlinc.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-painted-man-1-parents-night-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Desmond Williams is a JUNO magazine columnist, freelance writer and dad living in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his book, The Painted Man: What My Young Son Taught Me About Race, a collection of coming of race memoirs that finds a dad confronted by racially charged questions posed directly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=365&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Act Now! Stand with Atlanta&#8217;s LGBT Community</title>
		<link>http://swirlinc.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/act-now-stand-with-atlantas-lgbt-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From time to time we are compelled to stand up for what is right and condemn what is wrong. Swirl is a committed ally of the LGBT community. Therefore we felt compelled to voice our outrage about the recent Atlanta Police Department raid of the Atlanta Eagle, a long-standing LGBT establishment in the Atlanta community.
 
 
Dear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=354&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SwirlPhilly Commemorates Loving Day 2009 – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, Swirl partners with Loving Day to commemorate the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision legalizing inter-racial marriage in the United States.  This year, SwirlPhilly, Swirl’s newest chapter brought the Loving Day celebration to the City of Brotherly Love by hosting a viewing of the Franklin Institute’s RACE: Are We So Different? More than 25 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swirlinc.wordpress.com&blog=3041206&post=348&subd=swirlinc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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