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Supporters of public schools turn their backs on the East Ramapo school board during a meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Spring Valley, N.Y. Allegations of racism and anti-Semitism are afflicting the district, where the board is dominated by ultra-Orthodox Jews and the public school children are mostly black and Hispanic. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)

Barbs of racism, anti-Semitism in NY school clash

Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — School board meetings descend into shouting matches. Accusations of racism and anti-Semitism fly. Angry parents turn their backs on board members in a symbolic stand of disrespect.
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Trayvon case: Will it deepen the black vs. brown divide?

James H. Burnett III
OPINION - However the Martin/Zimmerman case turns out, there's more at stake than legal justice for Martin's family...
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History of racial tension for Sanford and blacks

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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The furor over the failure to charge a neighborhood watch captain for shooting Trayvon Martin to death is the latest episode to inflame racial tensions that have simmered between police and blacks...
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Why some celebrate Robert E. Lee on King holiday

Ashley Michelle Williams
the GRIO REPORT- Indeed, while most states celebrate Martin Luther King Jr's birthday singularly, several continue to proudly acknowledge Civil War general Robert E. Lee's at the same time on King's designated day...
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