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How The South Still Struggles With Slavery And How The Rest Of The World Struggles To Understand
A couple of weeks ago, a producer for the British television news channel ITV sent me an e-mail asking for help on a story they were putting together. Somehow, they had stumbled across my essay “Why ’12 Years a Slave’ Will Always Matter to Louisiana,” and they were interested in exploring my thesis: That Louisiana has failed at properly acknowledging the role and the legacy of slavery. I was, of course, flattered by the pitch, and I was even more impressed that the producer immediately and intuitively understood that the story wasn’t really mine. She wasn’t asking to interview me, necessarily;…
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Zack Kopplin: Louisiana Public School System’s Harassment of 11-Year-Old Buddhist Student “Child Abuse” and “Potentially a Hate Crime”
Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of parents Scott and Sara Lane, filed suit against the Sabine Parish School Board, Sabine Parish Superintendent of Education Sara Ebarb (pictured at left), Negreet High School Principal Gene Wright, and Negreet High School teacher Rita Roark for religiously harassing and intimidating their young son. The case is horrifying and cringe-worthy, and it reveals a culture of intolerance, ignorance, and bigotry. I’ll get to the specific details of this case in a moment, but first, it’s worth noting: As appalling as the details of this specific case are, none of this should be…
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AUDIO: Louisiana College President Joe Aguillard Allegedly Admits Illegal, Unconstitutional Activities
Yesterday, Rondall Reynoso, a former professor at Louisiana College and the publisher of the popular website Faith on View, published a series of secret, alleged audio recordings of the embattled and controversial LC President Joe Aguillard. As the recordings make abundantly clear, Aguillard allegedly considers himself to be much more than the President of the once-venerable institution. Allegedly, according to Aguillard, the college is not even “an employer;” that instead, he is– a brazenly false and comically intimidating statement that should not only immediately result in sanctions by LC’s accrediting body, the Southern Association of College and Schools (better known as…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
