When I was in the third grade, I had trouble reading. I mixed up letters and couldn’t spell to save my life. I soon found myself in special education courses. Most of the other students who were tracked in these classes were also poor boys of color. None of us were there because we simply failed to “try.”

Dear San Francisco,

I am one of your local physicians and have taken care of many different kinds of people during the past nine years of my appointment as an internist at UCSF, where I have worked at SF General Hospital as well as at the VA and the UCSF campuses.

Bill Duke and Chann Berry are two filmmakers who believe that we need to address the issue of complexion prejudice and they are producing a powerful documentary called "Dark Girls" to highlight some of the pain that women of color, particularly darker-skinned women, confront regularly.

Due to the classification of being a non-violent felon, Johannese Mehserle could walk free in the next few weeks after serving less than one calendar year of his prison sentence.  Because California penal code does not classify involuntary manslaughter as a “violent” or “serious” offense, Johannes Mehserle, the convicted killer of Oscar Grant, could be released as early as mid-Ju