May 2013
May 3rd, 2013
Written by Nicole Winfield... in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Black Italian Minister Focusing On Cultural Education
ROME (AP) –The first black Italian minister says she plans to focus on cultural education.
Congolese-born surgeon Cecile Kyenge held a news conference to introduce herself to Italians so they could get to know her. Targeted by racial slurs and taunts since her appointment, Kyenge said Friday that Italians aren't racist but that some are...
May 3rd, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in All About Family with 0 Comments
According to a 2010 Associated Press article, “Blacks struggle with a 72 percent unwed mothers rate,” Women’s health on NBCNews.com, statistics reveal that children of unmarried mothers of any race are less likely to succeed academically, and more likely to be imprisoned, and the victim of drugs, poverty, and continuing the out-of-wedlock cycle than children born into two-parent homes. Not many...
May 2nd, 2013
Written by Ben Nuckols - A... in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Despite the objection expressed by Native Americans, of the use of sacred names from their history and culture as nicknames and mascots for team sports, most Americans still support the use of names like “Redskins,” according to a recent poll conducted by the Associated Press.
The team's nickname has faced a new barrage of criticism for being offensive to Native Americans. Local leaders and...
May 2nd, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Representatives of nearly all U.S. national Sikh organizations - including United Sikhs, the Sikh Coalition, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Sikhs For Justice - gathered with lawmakers April 24 on Capitol Hill for the launch of the American Sikh Congressional Caucus. While most political caucuses typically organize around common affiliations or ideological goals, the Sikh...
May 2nd, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Right there, along a two-block stretch in the heart of one of the country’s most storied metropolises, lies a history of pride, struggle, and perseverance that is symbolic of an entire nation.
In its infancy and at first glance, Detroit’s Birchwood Street didn’t resonate much differently than any other in the once typically race and income mixed neighborhood born of the early 1940s: whites lived...