April 2013
April 10th, 2013
Written by Jennifer Peltz ... in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Ending the NYPD stop and frisk policy is a national priority.
NEW YORK (AP) - Ending the New York Police Department's extensive use of stop and frisk is a top goal for the nation's oldest civil rights organization, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Tuesday in pressing for new laws to rein in a practice he said amounted to racial injustice on a massive scale.
"Stop and frisk is the largest...
April 9th, 2013
Written by Michelle Faul –... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Did Margaret Thatcher support or denounce Apartheid?
Was Margaret Thatcher a supporter of Apartheid? How will history judge her actions or inactions in one long and tyrannical system of white-minority rule in Africa?
The former British leader supported the apartheid government when it was at its deadliest, killing many in the late 1980s in state terrorism at home and abroad in bombings and...
April 9th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 1 Comment
Until recently, American history was a history of white heroes and heroines. While that has begun to change with the inclusion of more African-Americans, other ethnic groups still remain excluded. The story of the great female Apache Lozen, is a prime example of how history still ignores many others.
Lozen was a Chiricauha Apache born in the late 1840s. Her brother was Victorio, a famous Apache...
April 9th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Stereotypes & Labels with 3 Comments
Did Joan Rivers make a racist comment by saying, “A rich white boy shouldn't try to dress like a boy from the ghetto?” Is this a racist comment? If so, who is it racist against, rich white boys or boys from the ghetto?
It is a cringe-worthy statement, but what makes it sound so offensive?
An Internet search yielded almost no reaction to the statement that Joan Rivers tweeted about Justin Bieber...
April 8th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
Anti-Semitic violence and vandalism is increasing, according to an annual report that tracks anti-Semitism across the world. Increases in anti-Semitic incidents are clearly on the rise in France, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe due to activity by extremist groups.
In a presentation to The Associated Press, Israeli researchers warned of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks during...