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Please Don’t Superdome Haiti (update) | RaceWire

For those who know how race and media intersect in times of crisis, the earthquake in Haiti has probably sent a bump through your pop-cultural seismograph. Now it’s becoming a flashpoint.

via Please Don’t Superdome Haiti (update) | RaceWire.

Surprise! White-Minority Income Gap Continues to Widen | PEEK | AlterNet

A new study by United for a Fair Economy, aptly titled “State of the Dream 2010: Drained – Jobless and Foreclosed in Communities of Color” (pdf), paints a dismal portrait of the situation at the end of last year. Its authors broke down the unemployment rate by race and ethnicity and found that the Dec. 2009 rates were higher for African-Americans and Latinos than any annual rate in nearly three decades.

via Surprise! White-Minority Income Gap Continues to Widen | PEEK | AlterNet.

Link to State of the Dream 2010: Drained report (pdf) here.

Dr. King’s Work Is Yet Undone | | AlterNet

This week as the nation once again pays tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is important to remember that his work is not yet finished. Nowhere is that clearer than in the nation’s communities of color still disproportionately affected by industrial pollution.

via Dr. King’s Work Is Yet Undone | | AlterNet.