Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'racerelations'
May 17, 2008
Somehow, race relations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn have taken a huge hop, skip, and a jump back to the 1980s, when tensions between African Americans and the Jewish community kept the city on tenterhooks. In recent weeks, attacks on young people, both black and Jewish, have driven people to protest in the streets. The Post headlines its article on a neighborhood protest "Jewish Blood Is Not Cheap," echoing the sentiment of one of approximately 300......
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Photograph of former mayor Ed Koch receiving a blessing from the Reverend Al Sharpton by Tim Roske/AP Yesterday Governor David Paterson proclaimed "We're going to work together." And one good example of the high feeling of unity at Paterson's swearing-in was former mayor Ed Koch and the Reverend Al Sharpton's exchange. Sharpton gave Koch a blessing and laughingly told the NY Times, "I was praying for his sins. Times heal some of the emotions.......
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