Institutional Racism
Nazis’ Gypsy Victims Memorial Opens In Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Germany opened a long-awaited memorial October 23, to the hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, or Roma, who were killed by the Nazis in what one survivor called "the forgotten Holocaust" — and pledged to fight the discrimination the minority still faces in Europe today.
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South African Photographer Who Depicted Apartheid Brutality Dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night, the ruling party said Monday.
The African National Congress described Kumalo as a "rare and significant talent that was pivotal in raising social consciousness and exposing the brutality of the apartheid administration."
He was 82.
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Issue Of The Week XXXVI: Racial Bias In The Presidential Election?
Results released this month from an ongoing University of Washington study of eligible voters indicate that partiality for whites over blacks is the strongest in the least politically-partisan voters and racial biases against President Barack Obama could produce up to a 20 percent gap in the popular vote in an otherwise equal contest.
"Although they may not determine the election outcome, race biases are having a strong anti-Obama effect among the least politically partisan voters," said Anthony Greenwald, the University of Washington psychology professor who conducted the survey.
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Conversation Of The Week XXXVI: How Do We Speak Up Against Racism?
Most people understand that racism is wrong. However, it has become increasingly challenging for people to identify clear examples of racism in their daily lives, unless they are extreme. Few challenge the seemingly racist joke, the offhand remark dismissing an entire group, or the subtle behaviors that continue to put People of Color in a one-down position while reinforcing white people’s one-up position. Why are we so reluctant to speak? And what can we do about it?
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Long After Death - Confederate Spy Honored In US
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — The story of David O. Dodd is relatively unknown outside of Arkansas, but the teenage spy who chose to hang rather than betray the Confederate cause is a folk hero to many in his home state.
Street signs and an elementary school in the state capital have long borne Dodd's name, and admirers gather at his grave each year to pay tribute to Dodd's life and death.
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Issue Of The Week XXXV: NYPD Stop & Frisk Under Review By Lawmakers
NEW YORK (AP) — Crime rates are low enough that New York can lay claim to being America's safest big city. The police commissioner is so popular that some have urged him to run for mayor.
And yet, city lawmakers are discussing proposals to rein in the New York Police Department, including the appointment of an independent inspector general to monitor it.
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With 2014 Withdrawal Approaching Afghans Fear Resurgence Of Ethnic Fighting
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war.
Yet as the Afghan war began its 12th year on Sunday, Oct. 7, fears loom that the country will again fracture along ethnic lines once international combat forces leave by the end of 2014.
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Alabama Council Stops Work On Confederate Statue
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Council members in an Alabama city voted Tuesday to stop a group's work on a new monument honoring a Confederate general who was an early leader in the Ku Klux Klan.
The Selma City Council voted 4-0 with two members abstaining to stop all work on the monument to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest until the courts decide whether the city or a Confederate heritage group owns the cemetery property where the monument would be rebuilt. The vote came after a group of protesters marched to City Hall.
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Conversation Of The Week XXXIV: Significance & Drama Lead Justices Into Term Over New Human Rights Case
Editors Note: During a Presidential election, there is rarely a discussion on how the selection of the next President of the United States can have profound implications for the highest court in the land. Many presidents, whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, have the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice who will serve for life. That judge can have a profound impact on public policy and personal freedoms. There are several important issues before the court during this current term.
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Slave Settlements Winning Rights In Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Luiz Pinto was seemingly everywhere on the patio of his family's hillside home as diners tucked away the last of their pork and beans and a band sent the rumble of a samba beat bouncing across the unfinished cement floor. Pinto navigated the tight spaces between tables and beamed a welcome to guests before rehearsing dance steps with an agility that belied his 70 years.
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