June 2013
June 17th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Many black men seem to be caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and crime, and there seems to be few options of breaking the cycle even when there are sustained and honorable attempts to do so.
Recently the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits against discount retailer Dollar General Corp. and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina for their use of criminal background checks...
June 17th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Black students from six urban district schools in the Atlanta area have been recognized for improved performance on AP (Advanced Placement) exams.
The dictum issued by “Come West 9" school coordinator Chantrise Sims-Holliman is simple and straightforward enough: We do not want mom and dad to have to pay for college. We want college to pay for you.”
And so it’s with that mindset and urging some 50...
June 17th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
While the GOP holds America’s attention with inflated governmental “scandals” over the past few weeks, a true disgrace is brewing just outside the radar of the mainstream media. Last week, two U. S. Congressmen came forward to apologize for their son’s Twitter postings.
On June 12, Senator Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) teenaged son Tanner used Twitter to threaten the “faggot” who stole his bike from the...
June 17th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Race Relations with 0 Comments
Racial discrimination cases again appeared in a recent incident where a Dallas 911 operator was fired after posting a litany of racist messages on her Facebook page brazenly attacking African Americans.
Though the very nature of her job required the 23-year-old to be concerned about and sensitive to the needs and welfare of all the area’s residents, writings on the Facebook page attributed to...
June 16th, 2013
Written by Suzanne Gamboa ... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Minority renters and homebuyers deployed to test for housing racial discrimination today did not run into the blatant discrimination of four decades ago, but were told about and shown fewer homes than their white counterparts with similar backgrounds, according to the results of a major federal housing study released Tuesday.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development...