Oppression and Privilege

Gulfport Mayor Apologizes For Segregation-Era Cemetery

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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 black men from the city who had died in Vietnam, but weren't allowed to be buried on city property.

Supreme Courts Revisits Voting Rights

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.

French Shooting Spree Blamed On Gunman’s Parents

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PARIS (AP) — The radicalization of the French gunman who killed seven people on an eight-day shooting spree this spring began at home, his brother recounts in a new book and documentary, according to media reports.

Mohamed Merah killed three Jewish children, a rabbi, and three paratroopers in and around the southern city of Toulouse in March before dying in a standoff with police. Merah claimed links to al-Qaida and said he had received training at an Islamist paramilitary camp in Pakistan.

Why Target Jewish Students With Anti-Semitic Graffiti?

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Dear Sticky Wicket,

Is racist behavior on the rise on college campuses?

~Jewish Parents from Eastern Seaboard

Dear Jewish Parents,

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found scrawled on a Jewish students' home on the Wheaton College campus.

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