Edward Rhymes

Edward Rhymes is a Mint Press columnist and author of "When Racism Is Law & Prejudice Is Policy: Prejudicial and Discriminatory Laws, Decisions and Policies in U.S. History." Rhymes is an authority in critical race theory and black studies, and is featured in several textbooks. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology. Visit his website, www.rhymesworld.com, or contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @drRhymes .

US Stance On Syria Reveals Our Ever-Shifting Definitions Of ‘Terrorism’

Although the Syrian opposition includes citizens of Syria and defectors from the Assad regime, a large portion of the fighters are blacklisted by US officials.

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Britain is set to introduce a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing military action in Syria as the United States and it’s allies gear up for expected strikes on the Assad regime. The British resolution condemns the Syrian government for allegedly using chemical weapons in Ghouta last week and authorizes "necessary measures for

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From A March To A Crawl: The 50th Anniversary Of The I Have A Dream Speech

Could Dr. King have imagined that although infant mortality has declined over time for both Blacks and Whites, the gap between the races is wider today than it was in 1950?

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This photo shows the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd. (Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration)

In this writing, excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have Dream speech will be used to contrast his words to where Blacks in America find themselves today. “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of

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Gangster See Gangster Do: Ethnic Double Standards And Media Violence

When something depicts Blacks committing gang violence, it’s irresponsible «glorification.» When it’s Whites doing the same thing, it’s art?

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This year marks the final season of the acclaimed AMC series “Breaking Bad,” which portrays a struggling high school chemistry teacher with inoperable lung cancer. He subsequently turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student to secure his family's financial future before he dies. The program has garnered

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Federal Judge Says What We Already Know: Racial Profiling Is Unconstitutional

Racial profiling is too often looked upon as a minor nuisance but not as a form of victimization.

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A federal judge ruled Monday that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in the city. U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin said police had relied on what she called a "policy of indirect racial profiling" that led officers to routinely stop "Blacks and Hispanics who would

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America’s Racist Past Isn’t Dead

To cite Faulkner, it isn’t even past.

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In this ongoing, “Groundhog Day”-like, so-called “conversation on race,” it is important that we identify what is often left out. The following is a reworking of the foreword and introduction to my book, When Racism Is Law & Prejudice Is Policy: Prejudicial and Discriminatory Laws, Decisions and Policies in U.S. History, published in 2007. No

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US Politician Blames White Culture For Crime Wave In White Communities

Are drunk driving, school shootings, glorification of Italian-American gang violence, child abuse and white-collar crime evidence of the crisis among Whites?

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Former Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, during a recent speech, decided to dispense some tough love to a predominantly White audience when he voiced his concerns about the state of affairs in American White communities. "The epidemic of Whites students involved in drunk-driving incidents is deplorable," Huntsman said. He cited a CNN

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What The Zimmerman Verdict Tells Blacks In America: Black Children Are Not Children

Black children, especially boys, are viewed as problems to be solved rather than potential to be released or promises to be fulfilled.

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The news that’s being reported from every corner of the media is the rallies involving thousands of citizens across the country in the aftermath of the not-guilty-on-all-counts verdict in the Zimmerman trial. As much as this writer absolutely hates to appear to be jumping on the proverbial bandwagon, there are some stories that transcend that

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