Jezebel: Segregation

Woman Still Doesn't Understand Why Her 'White Only' Swimming Pool is Racist

Erin Gloria Ryan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:00 EST

An Ohio landlord who posted a "White Only" sign outside her property's swimming pool is requesting that the state reconsider its ruling. She totally wasn't being racist, you see, since she did it because she was worried that if nonwhites were allowed in the pool, their strange black people hair products would make the water "cloudy." See? Not racist at all! More »

Republicans In North Carolina Want To Re-Segregate Their State And Kick Women Out Of Office

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:35:00 EST

Mississippi School Reverses Its Race-Specific Election Policy

Irin Carmon — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:42:31 EDT

Nettleton Middle School, which distributed materials stipulating specific races' eligibility for middle school elections, is ending the policy, saying it was a rotation implemented 30 years ago to ensure diversity. More »

Black Principal Runs School With Segregated Class Elections

Irin Carmon — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:04:28 EDT

Some interesting facts about Mississippi's Nettleton Middle School, which only allows white students to run for class president: their segregated homecoming is mandated in their handbook. And they have a black female principal. More »

Middle School Only Allows Whites To Be Class President [Updated]

Irin Carmon — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:00:40 EDT

If we still have segregated proms in the American South, including in Mississippi, why not segregated middle school elections? Welcome to Nettleton Middle School, where not only are class elections segregated, but the president slots are designated for white students. More »

"She's Who Scout Finch Would Have Grown Up To Be, I Think"

Anna Holmes — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:20:00 EDT

I'd like to think so too. But regardless, this is a great read, including the very vibrant comment section, from whence the quote above comes. [Ta-Nehisi Coates/The Atlantic] More »

Singer Lena Horne Dies At 92

Anna North — Mon, 10 May 2010 09:30:00 EDT

Singer and actress Lena Horne, whose successful yet restricted career exemplified the racist climate of forties and fifties show business, died last night at the age of 92. More »

Mississippi Learning

Anna Holmes — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:10:00 EDT

[New York, July 16. Image via Getty]

Women Who "Looked Gay" Segregated At Virginia Prison

Anna North — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT

A Virginia women's prison has come under fire for moving inmates to a special wing if they "had loose-fitting clothes, short hair or otherwise masculine looks." More »

When "Tradition" Destroys Progress

Hortense Smith — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:30:00 EDT

The New York Times ran an incredibly frustrating, heartbreaking piece about a segregated prom in Georgia today, which included an audio slide show wherein students and parents voice their opinions on the segregation and "tradition." More »

For Iranian Women, Cars Represent Both Limitations And Freedoms

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Iran's largest car manufacturer has announced that it will be producing a car designed specifically for women, which Portfolio describes as a "bundle of gender stereotypes on wheels." The cars will be outfitted with an automatic transmission, a navigation system, an alarm for flat tires, and a special jack that makes it easier to change a tire. The vehicles will also come with a "feminine" interior design and color options, and include an entertainment system for child passengers. More »

Does Obama Need A Little (Not Mc) Kaine To Save The World?

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT

It's a beautiful morning here, one of those mornings no one in Beijing ever has anymore where you can pretend it's the 70s and the world is less polluted but visions of stagflation might dance in your head, or you can be like Moe and I and pretend it's the 90s and read about 90s music and China's human rights record and WTO negotiations and wish you lived in Berlin instead. But it's 2008 and real questions await like: What EXACTLY is a green collar job? Will Obama embrace Virginia governor Tim Kaine more fully than in this picture? And why do we care what some crazy guy's motives were for shooting a bunch of people in a church when he is obviously crazy and thus his motivations are no more explicable that the motives of any other crazy person, including the first guy that ever sent me a crap-anything-from-a-dude...or Dan Quayle's? These questions and many, many others will stay unanswered after the jump, at least until you get to the comment threads. More »