Blog: Racism News & Discrimination Cases
October 29th, 2012
Written by Yadana Htun - Associated Press in race relations news, Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — At least 56 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Myanmar, a government official said Oct. 25.
The 25 men and 31 women were reported dead in four Rakhine state townships in violence between the Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities that re-erupted Sunday, local government spokesman Win Myaing...
October 26th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 1 Comments
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a brief look into the issues voters should view as important in the upcoming Presidential election and how it impacts the American people.
Immigration:
An estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants are living and often working in the United States. Figuring out what to do with them has confounded Washington for years.
Lax enforcement could mean more illegal...
October 25th, 2012
Written by Russell Roberts in Cultural Uniqueness, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
Halloween is one of the most tradition-filled holidays on the calendar. Far from just a day for kids, within the last decade or so Halloween has gone mainstream. In 2011, Americans spent $6.86 billion on Halloween, which is a scary amount indeed.
Halloween means the evening before All Hallows Day (also known as All Saints’ Day), which is November 1. The roots of Halloween go all the back to...
October 24th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
CAIRO (AP) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which monitors anti-Semitic incidents worldwide, has made a strong condemnation of Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, after he attended a sermon where the preacher called for the "destruction and dispersal of the Jews."
A video emailed by the center showed Morsi at a mosque in the Mediterranean town of Marsa Matruh, where the...
October 24th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
President Obama’s electoral victory in 2008 is attributed to not just record numbers of minorities and young voters, but has also been laid at the feet of mostly white Independent voters – the Holy Grail of elections.
But according to Stanford political scientist, Taeku Lee, of the 29 percent of voters who were Independents in 2008 exit polls, only 47 percent of white Independents voted for Obama...
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