LA APATRIDIA EN REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA: UN DESAFÍO PARA ALCANZAR LA PAZ
Statelessness in the Dominican Republic: A Challenge to Achieving Peace Author: Micely Díaz Espaillat Translated into English by Silvana Gordillo González September 23, 2013, marked a milestone in the legitimization of institutional racism in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Constitutional Court, supreme body for the interpretation and control of the constitutionality, issued Judgment 168-13, denationalizing […]
Understanding Racist Hate Crimes in America
Researcher Mathew G. Ituma discusses the recent murder of Sikh worshippers at a temple in Oak Creek Wisconsin, as well as the racist attack on the Bontas family in the Reno Sparks Indian Colony or Nevada in an effort to understand the twisted subculture of racist hate crimes in the United Sates, particularly those carried out by white supremacists. With reference to a handful of economic and social theories, the author argues that beneath the irrationality and ignorance of racist crime are patterns of identity formation, frustration, economic inequality, poverty, and power.