Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
Current news, events, research, and reporting, covering the full range of racial issues, racism, discrimination, race relations in the contemporary society.
November 21st, 2009
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Thanksgiving is the oldest American holiday, rooted in the origins of our country. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists shared a harvest celebration meal with the Wampanoag Indians, establishing an informal, annual tradition among the Puritan settlers of giving thanks for their blessings and bounty.Today, we recognize this first feast as the precedent for our Thanksgiving holiday, but at the time, it...
November 16th, 2009
Written by Jennie S. Bev in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
In today’s mainstream society, Americans illustrate a greater acceptance of Asian influences, values, and culture. Asian pop culture is thriving. From suburban noodle houses to Zen-style spas, Ayurvedic restaurants, Shiatsu massage, kanji tattoos, Yugi-Oh, Ichiro Suzuki baseball cards, Thai diners and anime and manga comics to … the list goes on.Asian cultural influences seem more naturally...
October 16th, 2009
Written by Julie Mehta in Feature Stories with 1 Comment
It was the ultimate in reality television. For more than two years, beginning in April 1996, a weekly primetime show in South Africa broadcast hearings of the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Victims and perpetrators of the recently abolished practice of apartheid related graphic examples of human rights abuses suffered and inflicted through the legalized system of segregation...
September 21st, 2009
Written by Sharon Egiebor Kaiser in Feature Stories with 1 Comment
“Hey, have you heard the one about the rabbi, the priest and the Baptist minister? Or the one that starts, “your mama is so ugly, is she…?” Or maybe you can finish the joke that starts, “Take my wife….”Laughter, like music, is a universal language. But do the things that make me laugh, make you laugh, too? How much do ethnic and cultural norms determine what makes us laugh?In the 1970s, comedian...
September 21st, 2009
Written by Patty Talahongva in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
It doesn’t matter where you live in the United States, what your race or ethnicity is, how much money you make or whether you are male or female, your chances of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) are alarmingly high. CVD is a broad term describing specific conditions such as coronary artery disease, angina, heart failure and arrhythmias.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say...
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