December 2012
December 4th, 2012
Written by Paul Foy - Asso... in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah truck driver alleges FedEx fired him because of his Russian accent, even though he offered to appear before corporate higher-ups to demonstrate his English-speaking abilities.
Ismail Aliyev has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Memphis, Tenn.-based shipping company and the long-haul contractor that employed him and was ordered to do the firing.
Aliyev...
December 4th, 2012
Written by Toby Sterling -... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see that the Dutch version of St. Nicholas' helpers have their faces painted black, wear Afro wigs and have thick red lips — in short, a racist caricature of a black person.
The overwhelming majority of Dutch are fiercely devoted to the holiday tradition of "Zwarte Piet" — whose name means "Black Pete" — and...
December 4th, 2012
Written by Kyle Hightower ... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A study of the 70 schools selected for college football bowl games this season showed football teams maintained high recent academic progress, but the gap between African-American and white players persists.
The annual report released Monday by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport showed overall Graduation Success Rate improvement from 68 to 69 percent for football...
December 3rd, 2012
Written by Russell Contrer... in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - From living in a top-secret city on a mesa in northern New Mexico to smuggling a suitcase packed with alcohol into a dry federal research lab in Tennessee, some of the lesser-known stories behind the nation's effort to develop the atomic bomb are now available online.
The Atomic Heritage Foundation and the Los Alamos Historical Society say the "Voices of the Manhattan...
December 3rd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) - A white supremacist gang has been linked to several assaults in Pendleton, but the town's police chief has cautioned locals against any worries that supposed members of the European Kindred were inciting a wave of violence.
"Pendleton doesn't have a full-fledged European Kindred population," Stuart Roberts said.
There may be six or seven men, mostly "couch surfers," living...