National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell spent nine hours meeting with social justice advocates in New Orleans on Tuesday, to find out just how the league could help promote social justice issues. Even as the NFL seems interested in putting an end to player protests during the national anthem, it is clear from Goodell’s participation in New Orleans that as an organization, the NFL is fully supporting the players and their social justice issues, according to USA Today.Goodell joined Saints linebacker Demario Davis, tight end Benjamin Watson, as well as Saints owner Gayle Benson and Saints president Dennis Lauscha, to talk to people involved in the criminal justice system in the Crescent City. The biggest topic was the cash bail system that detractors say puts people at risk of losing jobs, homes, and their children. The NFL chief attended without an entourage and made no public statements before or after the day’s discussions. However, he was seen earnestly … [Read more...] about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Joins Players on Social Justice Issues
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Quinnipiac Professor Matthew Loter Allegedly Assaults YouTuber for Criticizing Social Justice
Quinnipiac Professor Matthew Loter allegedly attacked a YouTuber last week during the “Gen Con” gaming convention because he had criticized “social justice” online. Quinnipiac University gaming professor Matthew Loter allegedly assaulted a YouTube personality last week over online criticisms of Anita Sarkeesian and the social justice movement in general. The alleged victim, YouTuber Jeremy Hambly, ignited Loter’s ire by posting a video in which he criticized the decision to host Sarkeesian at the Gen Con gaming convention in Indianapolis.In a tweet, Loter had said that he would “fight” anyone that criticized the decision to invite Sarkeesian to the conference. “Real talk: if you have a problem with [Anita Sarkeesian] being invited to @GenCon fucking fight me. I’m easy to find,” Loter wrote on June 5. Loter has since deleted his Twitter account. In a comment to Campus Reform’s Toni Airaksinen, Hambly said that … [Read more...] about Quinnipiac Professor Matthew Loter Allegedly Assaults YouTuber for Criticizing Social Justice
‘Dreamers’ Plan ‘Community Organizing,’ ‘Social Justice’ Summer Camps
The United States Congress has sidelined legislation to give amnesty to as many as 3.6 illegal aliens after the courts put President Donald Trump’s end to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on hold, but the so-called “Dreamers” are busy putting their “here to stay” tagline into action. United We Dream (UWD), “the largest immigrant youth-led network in the country,” is planning “community organizing” and “social justice” summer workshops in Texas, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC. “United We Dream and our local branches are fully committed to create the next generation of leaders,” the website states. “Over the summer we are launching a unique initiative that will commemorate those who came and fought for social change and justice before us.” “These summer programs will serve as a tool to expose youth to the different ways of community organization, … [Read more...] about ‘Dreamers’ Plan ‘Community Organizing,’ ‘Social Justice’ Summer Camps
Jean Gump, Tireless Fighter for Social Justice, Dies at 90
Supported by Obituaries By SAM ROBERTSAPRIL 26, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story While Jean Dalton was growing up on the South Side of Chicago, her parents became so disgusted by Mayor Richard J. Daley’s ethnocentric and monolithic Democratic machine that they not only enrolled as Republicans but also hid their Irish ancestry from their five children.As an adult, Jean Gump, as she was known by then, and her husband, Joseph, even voted for Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 presidential election, rejecting John F. Kennedy and his Democratic P arty despite the ethnic heritage and Roman Catholicism he shared with her.Within just a few years, though, Ms. Gump had an epiphany.Perhaps it was inspired by the birth of her 12th and last child in 1964, after Kennedy’s assassination, that nonplused her about what kind of world her children would inherit. Maybe it was the rumblings of social justice reverberating from the … [Read more...] about Jean Gump, Tireless Fighter for Social Justice, Dies at 90
Christie: Philly Starbucks arrests brew bitter cup over social justice
Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, the two men arrested at a Starbucks, tell their story on “Good Morning America” on April 20. (Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC) It would be easy — even tempting — to simply dismiss the the recent arrest of two black men who were waiting for friend in a downtown Philadelphia Starbucks as just another racial incident in America. But that would be a cop out. RELATED: Philadelphia Starbucks arrest: Men say manager called 911 minutes after they arrived We could try to explain away an experienced Starbucks store manager over-reacting and calling 911 when those two black men — Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, both 23 — asked to use the restroom while sitting and waiting for friend.But that would be denial. There are some who may choose to believe that the decision by police to handcuff and arrest the two men was justified. But any rational person viewing knows it wasn’t. Instead, we have a new hashtag blowing up social media: … [Read more...] about Christie: Philly Starbucks arrests brew bitter cup over social justice