Race and Politics

Issue Of The Week LI: Do You Think Protest Of Election Reform By Latino Students Will Impact Final Legislation?

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Cristina Silva - Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - A proposed overhaul of Arizona's early voting laws has been blasted by Latino youth who say the Republican-backed effort would suppress minority turnout just as more Hispanics are registering to vote.

Students on spring break hosted a rally at the Arizona Legislature on Thursday in opposition to two measures that would limit who gets to vote early and how mail ballots are returned to local election officials. They also met with more than 20 lawmakers, including House Speaker Andy Tobin.

Blacks And Same Sex Marriage

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D. A. Barber

On Feb. 21, 2013 over 200 Black LGBT celebrated in the nation's capital during the annual Black LGBT Emerging Leaders Day - an event highlighted on the White House website during African American History Month. The politics of African American opposition to gays and same-sex marriage has come a long way and the longtime assumption that blacks are against gay rights seems to be experiencing a sea change.

Fox News Chief Accuses Obama Of Race Baiting & Laziness

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Rita Rizzo

Fox News Chief Roger Ailes, never seems to tire of flinging vile and inaccurate accusations at others, and this week is no exception. According to his new biography, Ailes alleges that President Obama is “lazy.” Mediaite.com quotes Ailes as saying that Obama “never worked a day in his life” and “never earned a penny that wasn’t public money.” He chided the president for playing golf and basketball so often while having to deal with important issues.

Is NYPD Brass Promoting Racial Profiling?

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Colleen Long - Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Police officials were not concerned with whether patrol officers were saving lives or helping people under a policy that required them to detain and sometimes search anyone they deemed suspicious. They were focused on one thing: numbers, according to a New York City police officer testifying in a federal challenge to some street stops.

Adhyl Polanco said his superiors told him that he needed 20 summonses, five street stops and one arrest per month. It didn't matter whether the stops were done properly, he said.

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