Blog: Racism News & Discrimination Cases
November 21st, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Police at the University of Mississippi say they have turned over to the FBI information regarding vandalism apparently aimed at an African-American freshman.
"We are presenting everything we have about this case to them," University Police Chief Calvin Sellers said in The Oxford Eagle (http://bit.ly/RLLA3t). "They will investigate to see if this is a hate crime or civil...
November 20th, 2012
Written by Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press in race relations news, Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
MAR GIRGIS MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) - There was no mention of churches torched or Christians killed, but the prayer neatly written on a tiny piece of paper and placed atop an icon of St. George in the chapel of a desert monastery left no doubt about the growing fear and despair of Egypt's Coptic Christians.
"Oh Lord, for the sake of all the saints of the church, raise high the banner of the cross...
November 19th, 2012
Written by Kathy Matheson - Associated Press in Education, the Great Equalizer, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A commission charged with improving higher education in Pennsylvania has recommended that colleges and universities be able to earn additional state funding by meeting certain performance targets.
The proposal by the governor's Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education is among nearly 20 ideas designed to address the state's need for lifelong learners, better...
November 19th, 2012
Written by Kristi Eaton - Associated Press in Cultural Uniqueness, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The founder of a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the Lakota language says the alcoholism, high suicide rates and rampant drug use plaguing young people on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation stem from a lack of identity and a loss of culture.
Those troubling issues are what inspired Mike Carlow to create Tusweca Tiospaye, which hosts an annual...
November 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
In 2010, Alaska entered a settlement agreement with voters in the Bethel area - and their attorneys - who had sued to make governments in the state provide better election information in the Yup'ik language. Under the settlement, the list of actions the state must take is comprehensive; the agreement comprises a major commitment to ensuring that every Yup'ik-speaking voter in the Bethel census...
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