September 2013

September 4th, 2013
Written by P. Solomon Banda in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
two separate photos of members of the NAACP and KKK
A chapter of the NAACP and the KKK made history when they agreed to meet to discuss literature distribution and hate crimes that had been taking place. Saturday's meeting between Jimmy Simmons, president of the Casper NAACP, and John Abarr, a KKK organizer from Great Falls, Mont., took place at a hotel in Casper, Wyo., under tight security, the Casper Star-Tribune reported. The Southern Poverty...
September 4th, 2013
Written by David Dishneau in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
robed KKK members
A Ku Klux Klan group based in Maryland will holding membership rallies at both Antietam and Gettysburg. The first rally will be held Saturday at the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, where thousands died in a Civil War clash that set the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. The second rally will be held next month at Gettysburg National Military Park. Known as the Rosedale-based...
September 3rd, 2013
Written by Larry Neumeiste... in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Rob Carmona
NEW YORK (AP) - Jurors on a federal case in New York have decided that use of the N-word was hostile and discriminatory, despite the fact that both parties in the suit are African-American. The jury last week awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages to a black employment agency worker who was the target of an N-word-laced rant by her black boss, and they return to a Manhattan federal court...
September 3rd, 2013
Written by Rita Cook in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
sauce gribiche
A favorite French dish – especially to former French president Jacques Chirac – sauce gribiche is a traditional delicacy dating back to the late 1700s. Often served with calf's head, it was first served in remembrance of the decapitation of another French head of state: King Louis XVI after the French revolution of 1789. With roots in the Normandy region of France, the word "gribiche" originally...
September 2nd, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
soccer players celebrate winning the African Cup Of Nations title
After calling Malawi's national soccer coach crazy and "a white dude" who should go back to Belgium, Nigeria's African Cup-winning coach Stephen Keshi has been reported to FIFA for racism. Tom Saintfiet told The Associated Press that the Football Association of Malawi had made the complaint to the world body on his behalf and they were "waiting for FIFA's response." "I have no expectation from...

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