November 2012
November 13th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket,
Is racist behavior on the rise on college campuses?
~Jewish Parents from Eastern Seaboard
Dear Jewish Parents,
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found scrawled on a Jewish students' home on the Wheaton College campus.
School President Ronald Crutcher says in an email to faculty and students that the graffiti was discovered Sunday morning on the back door of...
November 13th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Victoria's Secret has apologized for putting a Native American-style headdress on a model for its annual fashion show, after the outfit was criticized as a display of ignorance toward tribal culture and history.
The company responded to the complaints over the weekend by saying it was sorry to have upset anyone and that it wouldn't include the outfit in the show's...
November 13th, 2012
Written by Suzette Laboy -... in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News with 0 Comments
MIAMI (AP) — Its roots are in 19th century Cuba, but the guayabera — a button-down shirt in cotton or linen with four pockets and embroidery or pleats down the front — has evolved into a fashionable and formal shirt worn from Mexico to Miami.
"The Guayabera: A Shirt's Story" at the HistoryMiami museum is the first exhibition to trace the story of the shirt's evolution through Cuba, Mexico, and...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Nancy Benac - A... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last week's U.S. elections drove home trends that have been embedded in the fine print of birth and death rates, immigration statistics and census charts for years: America is rapidly growing more diverse.
Nonwhites made up 28 percent of the electorate this year, compared with 20 percent in 2000. Much of that growth is coming from Hispanics.
The trend has helped President Barack...
November 12th, 2012
Written by Elena Becatoros... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The attack came seemingly out of nowhere. As the 28-year-old Bangladeshi man dug around trash bins one recent afternoon for scrap metal, two women and a man set upon him with a knife. He screamed as he fell. Rushed to the hospital, he was treated for a gash to the back of his thigh.
Police are investigating the assault as yet another in a rising wave of extreme-right rage...