February 2013
February 12th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 1 Comment
LONDON (AP) - English second-tier team Millwall said it is "deeply shocked and appalled" by television footage showing its supporters racially abusing striker El Hadji Diouf during a win over Leeds at The Den in November.
A Sky Sports News report showed footage of the former African footballer of the year subjected to racist chants and taunts throughout the League Championship game. Obscenities...
February 12th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
In The End of Diversity as We Know It, author Martin Davidson asks three questions to help people and corporations move beyond the differences that can divide us. The questions involve determining how our perceptions of differences affect our behavior; learning about the labeled differences; and finding ways to put the differences to good use.
As Audre Lorde, Amercan poet, teacher, and activist...
February 12th, 2013
Written by Laura Tillman -... in Stereotypes & Labels with 1 Comment
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Black students in Mississippi's public schools are more than twice as likely as white students to be disciplined and punished, according to a new report from the Children's Defense Fund.
Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Washington-based group, said Friday in Jackson that many black students are on a school-to-prison pipeline that's undermining 50 years of...
February 11th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two reputed gang members pleaded not guilty to hate crimes that allege they beat up black youths and tried to force an African-American family out of a neighborhood through a campaign of harassment, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Jeffrey Aguilar, 19, and Efren Marquez Jr., 21, entered their pleas Friday after being indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday. They are each...
February 11th, 2013
Written by Michael Huebner... in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Since its inception in 1992, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute has been concerned about more than Birmingham, and more than "civil" rights.
In its charter document, a lengthy statement condensed to a single sentence, the institute states its broad mission: "to promote civil and human rights worldwide through education."
A tour through its galleries and exhibits, while...