October 2013
October 28th, 2013
Written by Shawn Pogatchnik in National Collegiate Dialogue with 8 Comments
Two blond children who were taken by Irish police from their Romanian Gypsy parents were returned to their families after DNA tests determined that the children were rightfully theirs, an episode that raised accusations of racism.
The Irish police were responding to public tipoffs fueled by media coverage of an alleged child-abduction case in Greece involving a blond-haired girl and a family of...
October 28th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
A federal grant will provide more opportunities for children of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to learn their native Ojibwe (oh-JIB'-wee) language from tribal elders.
As the number of Native Americans fluent in Ojibwe has dwindled over the years, a grant from the federal Administration for Native Americans is aimed at preserving the language. It will allow the Red Cliff's Head Start...
October 28th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
With the World Series dominating sports news this week and the next, it seems a good time to talk about a man who many consider the fastest baseball player who ever lived: Cool Papa Bell.
Unfortunately, because of the color line, Bell never got a chance to play professional baseball. But the stories about him during his Negro Leagues career are some of the best you'll find about any player.
James...
October 26th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
The New York Civil Liberties Union and 125 other organizations wrote a letter Thursday to the Justice Department asking for a civil rights probe into the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims.
The police department has engaged in "unlawful religious profiling and suspicion-less surveillance," the groups including Muslim, Jewish and Christian organizations and the NAACP wrote.
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October 26th, 2013
Written by Vladimir Isachenkov in Feature Stories with 1 Comment
Racism claims plague a Moscow soccer club as Russia prepares to host two of the biggest sporting events in the world, the Sochi Olympics in February and the 2018 World Cup.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, who is black and grew up in Ivory Coast, said he was racially abused by opposing fans during a Champions League match at CSKA Moscow on Wednesday. The Russian club denied it, but the...