Zeke Wilson’s §1983 Case Shows How Discrimination Comes in Various Forms

By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer When people hear the term racism, most think of a member or members of one race or ethinicity discriminating against a member or members of another race or ethnicity. But what does it mean when both the perpetrators and victims are of the same race or ethnic background? That leads us to the story of boxer and boxing promoter, Zeke Wilson. Born on St. Helena Island, South Carolina in 1957, Zeke Wilson was the seventh of ei