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November 15th, 2012
Written by Ivan Moreno - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
November 15th, 2012
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VIENNA (AP) — Austrian broadcaster ORF has apologized to Bayern Munich defender David Alaba after he complained of being racially insulted in a television comedy sketch.
"Nothing could be further from ORF's intention than to racially abuse anyone," ORF head of communications Martin Biedermann said in a statement Friday. "The satire was clearly misunderstood, and we apologize for it because what...
November 15th, 2012
Written by Jack Gillum - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans living in predominantly wealthy, white neighborhoods accounted for nearly all the sizable campaign contributions in this year's presidential election, according to an Associated Press analysis, even as the presidential candidates aggressively courted Hispanics. Latino voters were pivotal for President Obama’s re-election in some battleground states.
The disparity in...
November 14th, 2012
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The Commercial Dispatch, Columbus, Miss., on the Ole Miss election night incident:
The recent ugly incident on the University of Mississippi campus is a stark reminder that race relations in Mississippi continue to be an issue, not just for the university, but for our state.
Late Nov. 6, in the hours immediately after President Barack Obama won re-election, approximately 400 students gathered in...
November 14th, 2012
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Mayor George Schloegel (SHLAY' guhl) took the opportunity of the Veterans Day holiday to apologize to families of African-American members of the U.S. military who weren't allowed to be buried in the city cemetery during times of segregation decades ago.
Schloegel appeared at a Veterans Day service in downtown Gulfport on Monday. The SunHerald reports that he honored three...
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