December 2012
December 17th, 2012
Written by Sean Murphy - A... in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Descendants of slaves owned by members of the Cherokee Nation can sue the current chief in an attempt to restore their tribal memberships, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned a lower court's ruling that the case could not proceed because the tribe was not a defendant in the case and couldn't be compelled to...
December 17th, 2012
Written by Max Seddon - As... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
MOSCOW (AP) - Fans of two-time defending Russian champion Zenit St. Petersburg are calling for non-white and gay players to be excluded from the team, another sign of the racism that is plaguing the country that will host the World Cup in 2018.
Landscrona, the largest Zenit supporters' club, released a manifesto Monday demanding the club field an all-white, heterosexual team. It added that "dark-...
December 14th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A group in Nebraska is asking young people to participate in a statewide photography exhibit themed around the Latino community.
The Nebraska Latino American Commission says students should submit work that shows Latinos in Nebraska participating in everyday life. Entries must be taken in the state and can include people of any ethnicity.
The independent state agency says the...
December 14th, 2012
Written by Jacques Billeau... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has dismissed an Arizona sheriff's office from a lawsuit alleging the agency carried out a pattern of discrimination against Latinos in its immigration patrols but rejected a request to dismiss Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from the case.
The ruling filed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver marks a net loss for Arpaio and means the U.S. Justice Department's...
December 13th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
Now a majority among babies, racial and ethnic minorities in US to outnumber whites by 2043.
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race.
The official projection, released Wednesday by...