June 2013
June 6th, 2013
Written by Paul J. Weber -... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Racism and discrimination allegations are troubling the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which spent $100,000 on reports that have so far found employees lamenting "a legacy of intolerance," and is now faced with a second federal complaint from a black game warden-in-training.
Only 1 percent of game wardens in the 50-year history of Texas' parks agency were black. State...
June 6th, 2013
Written by Jill Lawless - ... in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
LONDON (AP) - Tom Sharpe, aptly named, was a writer who turned a razor-edged eye for absurdity on everything from the racism of apartheid to the squabbles of academia.
The British writer behind a string of comic novels including the campus classic "Porterhouse Blue" died at 85.
Sharpe's Spanish publisher, Anagrama, said he died Thursday in Llafranc, the Catalan town where he lived. His physician...
June 5th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A report by the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) finds that suspensions of black and Hispanic students is a lot higher at the state’s public schools than white children. .
The report released Wednesday examines data collected by the Rhode Island Department of Education between 2004 and 2012.
It finds the disparities are even greater in...
June 5th, 2013
Written by Kelvin Chan - A... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
HONG KONG (AP) – Local football authorities investigate reports of racist abuse during Hong Kong's home friendly against the Philippines this week.
Hong Kong fans at Tuesday's game called their Filipino counterparts "slaves," threw bottles at them, and booed the Philippines national anthem, according to the South China Morning Post newspaper and a Filipino journalist at the game. The Philippines...
June 5th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in All About Family with 0 Comments
When the Heritage Foundation released a report co-authored by Jason Richwine, whose university dissertation concluded, “New Hispanic immigrants will have low-IQ children,” the country was outraged. However, a new report – and upcoming documentary - indicates that among the 32 states that once enforced laws to force sterilization of Latino women for just such a reason included California....