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October 23rd, 2012
Written by Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night, the ruling party said Monday.
The African National Congress described Kumalo as a "rare and significant talent that was pivotal in raising social consciousness and exposing the brutality...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by Clarke Canfield - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Critics seeking the ouster of a mayor who said his city's Somali immigrants should "accept our culture and leave your culture at the door" delivered 1,400 petitions Thursday calling for him to step down.
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald, who has come under fire for his comments to the British Broadcasting Corp., was not in his office when the petitions were delivered by the...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by Lori Hinnant - Associated Press in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
PARIS (AP) — Twitter agreed to pull racist and anti-Semitic tweets under a pair of French hash tags after a Jewish group threatened to sue the social network for running afoul of national laws against hate speech, the organization said. The decision came a day after Twitter bowed to German law and blocked an account of a banned neo-Nazi group there.
The freewheeling social network is increasingly...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
HOBART, Australia (AP) — Interim WBA light middleweight champion Anthony Mundine has been accused of racism after making disparaging remarks about the heritage of his upcoming opponent and fellow Australian Aborigine Daniel Geale.
Mundine said of Tasmanian-born Geale at a pre-fight media conference that he thought "they wiped all the Aborigines from Tasmania out" — referencing a colonial-era...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by Judith H. Katz Ed.D. Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group Inc. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 6 Comments
Most people understand that racism is wrong. However, it has become increasingly challenging for people to identify clear examples of racism in their daily lives, unless they are extreme. Few challenge the seemingly racist joke, the offhand remark dismissing an entire group, or the subtle behaviors that continue to put People of Color in a one-down position while reinforcing white people’s one-up...
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