Oppression and Privilege

Immigrants In Germany Offer Lessons For U.S.

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Robert H. Reid - Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) - In gritty the backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, women wearing headscarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish, and reading Turkish newspapers.

More than 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany - the legacy of West Germany's Cold War-era program to recruit temporary foreign labor during the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s while rebuilding the country after World War II.

Silent War On Decent Living Wage

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James Patrick Anderson

A war has been raging under foot for the better part of 50 years about what constitutes a decent living wage. It is an economic war that affects mostly minorities, and poor whites, and the stench of “collateral damage” is overwhelming. 

As the line of “lambs being led to the fiscal slaughter” grows, valuable human resources have become nothing more than a down payment on perpetuating the lifestyle and toys of the wealthy.  

Racial Harassment At Michigan High School

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GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) - Some West Michigan residents want a school district to adopt a clearer policy against harassment following complaints about racial intimidation at a high school that started last year and led to suspensions or expulsions.

Local and federal investigations are ongoing, the Grand Haven Tribune reported. According to a response to the newspaper's Freedom of Information Act request, the federal Office of Civil Rights has asked for video surveillance and communication from the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years.

Does NYPD Brass Encourage Racial Profiling?

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Colleen Long - Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The right people at the right time in the right location, but does that mean the NYPD brass encourages racial profiling?

That phrase - repeated over and over in a secret recording of a police supervisor - is at the crux of a civil rights challenge to the New York Police Department's contentions tactic known as stop, question, and frisk.

"So, who are the right people?" asks Officer Pedro Serrano, during an argument with his supervisor about how to make a legal stop.

"Depends where you are," replies Deputy Inspector Christopher McCormack.

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