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    Discrimination

    #IAmNotaDistraction – New Letter to Editor

    Letter to the Editor of The Forum, Fargo, N.D., about dress code enforcement in Fargo Public Schools, in response to a letter by Keith Berg from 11/27/18

    By ivwordsblog, 5 yearsNovember 28, 2018 ago
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    Discrimination

    Positive Feedback on #IAmNotaDistractionFargo

    Here are comments on Facebook regarding The Forum’s story about #IAmNotaDistractionFargo, published on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018.

    By ivwordsblog, 5 yearsNovember 27, 2018 ago
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    The Way It Is

    #IAmNotaDistractactionFargo Rebuttal

    Mr. Berg begs to differ. What do YOU think? Good, bad and ugly, all opinions are welcome.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 5 years ago
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    Climate Crisis

    Fargo Newspaper Features Effort to End Body Shaming in Local Public Schools

    Local newspaper story highlights anti-discrimination effort for public schools.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 5 yearsNovember 24, 2018 ago
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    Discrimination

    #IAmNotaDistractionFargo

    It will take many voices to bring about change in the gender-biased way the Fargo Public Schools dress code is applied and enforced. Please consider lending yours.

    By ivwordsblog, 5 yearsOctober 2, 2018 ago
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    Discrimination

    The Alleged “Distractees” – Not Our Daughters and Sisters – Must Change

    Each year, Fargo Public Schools (FPS) officials tell our daughters – sometimes explicitly, often implicitly – they will be a “distraction” to other students and teachers if they wear spaghetti-strap tops that are “too revealing,” pants that are “too tight” or skirts that are “too short.”

    By ivwordsblog, 5 yearsOctober 2, 2018 ago
    Climate Crisis

    Putting the Shoe on the Other Foot

    What if it had gone down like this, instead?

    “Three Somali-American women were recorded Tuesday, July 25, threatening a lone white woman in the Walmart parking lot on 13th Avenue South in Fargo because she parked too close to their car….

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 6 yearsAugust 6, 2017 ago
    Social Justice

    INVALUABLE: That’s the Real Answer, Mr. Commissioner

    Fusion of Smiles, Languages & Colors Gets Us Back on Our Feet No matter how you slice it, surgery is no fun. More to the point, it’s no fun no matter how they need to slice you.  Painful stuff. Recovery is no walk in the park, either. After nearly eight Read more…

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 6 yearsMay 24, 2017 ago

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