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Local protest from Freeport to Merrick stays five hours strong

Local protest from Freeport to Merrick stays five hours strong

Maya Brown June 10, 2020
“We’re not saying all lives matter, we’re saying black lives matter right now because we see the injustices that go against our brothers,” Victor Ngo, a Freeport resident said.
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Growing up “divided,” I always saw segregation on Long Island

Maya Brown December 1, 2019
While the growing population of minorities on Long Island has increased more than 10% in the last two decades, the amount of inclusion and equity has not. A 2015 report by ERASE Racism found that Long Island continues to be one of the most racially segregated regions in the country.
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Abena Ampofoa Asare, an assistant professor in the Africana studies department and panelist at the forum. ALEEZA KAZMI/THE STATESMAN

Long Islanders meet for open forum on structural racism

Rebecca Liebson November 30, 2018
Another central theme was the persistence of segregation on Long Island in spite of its increasingly diverse population.
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