Blog: Racism News & Discrimination Cases

July 10th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Race Relations with 0 Comments
This June 17, 2014 file photo shows Housing and Urban Development Secretary nominee, San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has easily confirmed San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Wednesday’s 71-26 vote makes the 39-year-old Castro one of the highest-ranking Hispanics in government.
Julian Castro's appointment as head of HUD shows the growing influence of Hispanics in American politics and the political process. The U.S. Senate easily confirmed San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro on Wednesday to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, boosting the national profile of a Democrat with a compelling biography who is considered a vice presidential contender in 2016. The...
June 24th, 2014
Written by James P. Anderson in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Race Relations with 0 Comments
From the religious perspective, how do many differing religious denominations with disparate approaches find commonality in building for the future?
How do we, as a society, reconcile ideas about building a better future for ourselves and future generations when there are so many voices, lay and religious, speaking at the same time? From the religious perspective, how do many differing religious denominations with disparate approaches find commonality in building for the future? Where can we find common ground? The prophet Haggai speaks to...
June 24th, 2014
Written by Jack Elliott Jr. - Associated Press in Education, the Great Equalizer, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Justice Department documents show its civil rights division is still a party to 43 school desegregation lawsuits against school districts in Alabama, 24 in Louisiana, 5 in Tennessee, 3 in Arkansas and 35 in Georgia.
School desegregation is still a major issue throughout the south, sixty-years after Brown vs. Board of Education was supposed to dismantle the "separate but equal" doctrine and practice. In Mississippi alone, forty-four school districts - the largest number in the Southeast - remain embroiled in lawsuits seeking to end decades of federal oversight. Legal battles over school desegregation have...
June 17th, 2014
Written by Judy Lin in Race & Politics, Race Relations with 0 Comments
Senator Kevin de Leon, Democrat from Los Angeles, second from left, receives congratulations from other lawmakers after he was elected as the new Senate President Pro Tem at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 16, 2014. De Leon will become just the second Latino leader of the Senate, but the first in more than 130 years.
The California state Senate has elected Kevin de Leon, a Latino, as leader. On Monday, the Senate named as its next leader a Los Angeles Democrat who is best known for championing policies benefiting low-wage workers and their children. By voice vote, the 40-member chamber elected Sen. Kevin de Leon to succeed Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, who will step down Oct. 15,...
June 10th, 2014
Written by Jesse J Holland in Race & Politics, Race Relations with 0 Comments
This photo taken May 19, 2014, shows former Republican candidate for Congress, Vivian Childs, right, walking through the Georgia GOP headquarters, followed by Michael Roundtree, chairman of the Morehouse College Republicans, before a training session with Leo Smith, minority engagement director for the Georgia Republican Party, not shown, in Atlanta.
The GOP is targeting black voters in pivotal states for the 2014 mid-term election and beyond to maximize their efforts to win both houses of Congress, and ultimately the White House. In that effort they have hired and placed minority engagement director in the state of Georgia and other states and they are setting up College Republican Chapters at Historically Black Colleges and Universities....

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