Subject: Racial Issues

• Cleaver vs. Obama, Day 2

  April 2, 2008

• Daily Briefs: Why don't you shake your hot little ass in here and fix the copier?

  August 12, 2008

• Kansas Latinos up their political visibility

  April 6, 2000

• Best Least-Understood Campaign Slogan

  October 18, 2001

• You Make The Call

  March 13, 2003

• Panty Waste

  April 10, 2003

• A 120-year-old Warrensburg schoolhouse is still separate and not equal

  June 4, 2009

• White like him: Tim Wise at JCCC

  This is the kind of guy we love. Last time we checked Tim Wise's MySpace page, we were greeted with the warning:"Hate mail, while neither appreciated nor desired, will be graded for form, content, spelling and grammar."Wise is a white guy who writes about white racism; he's also a frequent speaker on the college lecture circuit and sometimes he's a teacher (last year, he was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar for Diversity Issues at Washburn University in Topeka). I fell for Wise last summer, when

  February 16, 2009

• Best Remnant of Kansas City's Not-So-Glorious Days

  October 9, 2003

• Shoot Out

  November 20, 2003

• Johnny Come Lately

  August 19, 2004

• Best "As I See It"

  October 7, 2004

• Slurs From the Skybox

  April 12, 2007

• Kmart Tales

  July 19, 2007

• Heroine on the Field

  April 17, 2008

• letters from the week of July 26

  July 26, 2007

• Color Lines

  Don't be fooled: This mayoral election has nothing to do with race.

  March 15, 2007

• More Head Games

  August 17, 2006

• Invisible Men

  July 20, 2006

• Snow Job

  December 15, 2005

• White Punk's Burden

  November 24, 2005

• Road Rage

  More people are fuming over traffic lights on Bruce R. Watkins Drive.

  May 26, 2005

• The Converted

  Francine Prose waxes poetic about the human condition.

  April 7, 2005

• Rock This Town

  Party with pompadour and circumstance.

  February 10, 2005

• Black Listed

  A former Hallmark writer gets the shaft.

  August 19, 2004

• Johnny on the Spot

  Dare’s new bar sets out the trough for hogs.

  August 5, 2004

• Easy Does It

  Walter Mosley's serial detective don't need no stinking badge.

  July 29, 2004

• For Posterity

  The American Jazz Museum goes to the movies.

  March 11, 2004

• Dude Where's the Party

  Local Democrats cross political lines to support their favorite pork producer — Senator Kit Bond.

  January 8, 2004

• Strictly Basement

  Two filmmakers shine a lens – and lay down some serious cash – on Kansas City's homegrown moves.

  December 18, 2003

• Star Search

  Letters from the week of July 17, 2003

  July 17, 2003

• In the Black

  Kansas City's corporate collections are rich with African-American art.

  February 27, 2003

• Nace Baiting

  Wesley Fields has been anointed by lawyers and the black establishment, but if he wants Becky Nace's city council seat, he'll have to get past Mary Kelly.

  February 13, 2003

• Minority Report

  The hate crimes task force ends up with a low profile.

  December 26, 2002

• Black Tuesday

  Rich Nadler tries to divide and conquer the African-American vote.

  December 12, 2002

• The Long Walk Home

  Twenty-five years ago this week, the Kansas City school district started making a $2 billion mistake-and blacks are still paying.

  May 23, 2002

• Wrench Mob

  The city's pipeline office gets sued for notorious behavior.

  April 11, 2002

• Mauro Majority

  A white power broker takes on the Black United Front.

  March 21, 2002

• Communicable Unease

  Complaints of racial and sexual discrimination spew from inside the Kansas City Health Department.

  December 13, 2001

• Hard Knock

  Two liberal lawmakers endure insults from their friends.

  July 5, 2001

• White Tide

  Royals give black fans little to cheer.

  June 21, 2001

• Front of the Bus

  Whether ferrying homeboys around Kansas City or rallying militiamen on the road to the statehouse, Gary Davis takes a back seat to no one.

  March 22, 2001

• Time and Again

  When she was a kid, Catherine Stark-Corn sued the school board.

  March 15, 2001

• The White Power Company

  Kansas City Power & Light was as unfriendly to Hispanics as it was to blacks.

  September 21, 2000

• Former councilman promises a new Freedom Inc.

  Attorney Mark Bryant has the job of making Freedom Inc. a relevant political force once again.

  March 30, 2000

• Swimming with sharks

  Being a young African-American competitive swimmer or diver is like swimming in shark-infested waters. But three members of Central high school's swim team do it every day.

  February 17, 2000

• When we agree with Sam Brownback...

  ...we feel compelled to say so. Especially since we are so often obligated to point out the senator's faulty intelligence, as David Martin does so well in his column this week. Yesterday, Brownback announced that the Senate had passed a resolution apologizing for "the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans." Brownback had sponsored the resolution along with Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. In his speech, Harkin pointed out all of the ways in which the U.S. government h

  June 19, 2009

• Is there such thing as a Mexican Uncle Tom?

  July 16, 2009

• If you think race relations here are bad, try Japan

  Japanese? Black? Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin' to fuck with!​If you thought race relations in this country were lousy, go to Japan.During a presentation last night at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, traveling Japanese scholar Kohei Kawashima spoke about the formation of a race-based dialogue in Japan, where the ingrained racial attitudes bordered on shocking, even among university students.Kawashima said 32 of 34 Japanese students believe in innate black athleticism (versus 9 of the 21 Am

  September 10, 2009

• Downtowners in Riley's ear during Cauthen debate

  Photo by Angela C. BondTerry Riley​Fifth District Councilman Terry Riley led the resistance against Mayor Mark Funkhouser's takedown of City Manager Wayne Cauthen at City Hall on Thursday.Before the chaotic, tedious legislative session began, Riley worked the room, huddling with reporters and the community activists who had come to support Cauthen. Once the suspension came up, he frequently asked for the floor in order to criticize the decision to remove Cauthen and the manner in which the may

  November 20, 2009