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These last few weeks many in national media have been mesmerized by the saga of Donald Sterling and his confessions of personal and systemic racism. Black communities have engaged in a lively discussion of “what they should do,” “what I would do” and “what I have done” when confronting institutional racism in the workplace.
Last weekend, Jackson Rising : New Economies Conference boldly moved the question from “Will my boss be racist?” to “How can I/we own the company that I am working for and the resources generated from my own work?” Shifting the discussion from individual survival to “economic democracy” and the “sustainability needs of our community” was a crucial advance.
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