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LA freeways: The infrastructure of racism

UCLA professor Eric Avila says some city transportation planners, especially in the Southern US, were motivated by white supremacy.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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Benefits, harm of school police the focus of state task force hearing

UCLA history professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez, director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, said that school police have a long history of singling out Black youth and that more training will not improve the underlying problem.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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Amid protests and a pandemic, what does it mean to be American in 2020?

“White Americans have defined the nation, its norms, what it means to be an American for decades. That means that, by definition, some individuals … have been on the outs,” said Efrén Pérez, a professor of political science and psychology at UCLA.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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‘People of color’ are protesting. Here’s what you need to know about this new identity.

UCLA LPPI expert, Efren Perez, writes an op-ed on people of color protesting in today’s time. “But the many Latinos, Asian Americans and other nonwhites standing behind African Americans today are there in genuine support of their cause as “people of color.” They all have skin in today’s game of racial politics.”

Read More | July 6, 2020

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Latinos Back Black Lives Matter Protests. They Want Change for Themselves, Too.

“Many Latino youth, they are making the connection, they are pressing their families to have difficult conversations,” said Chris Zepeda-Millán, a professor of Chicano studies and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Read More | July 6, 2020

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