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May 23rd, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
At a time when instances of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial are on the rise, the U.S. State Department has appointed a former Jewish businessman as special envoy to monitor and combat the epidemic around the globe.
Ira Forman, former CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council, has been installed as the State Department seeks to improve worldwide levels of racial tolerance. Forman replaces...
May 23rd, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Sergio Garcia's feud with Tiger Woods has deepened, with the Spaniard denying accusations of racism after "fried chicken" comments during an awards dinner. Garcia appeared on stage at the European Tour's awards dinner in England on Tuesday and was asked in jest if he would invite Woods to dinner during the U.S. Open. News reports said Garcia replied: "We will have...
May 22nd, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
The goal is to reach 335,317 signatures by May 30, but the group attempting to recall “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” announced May 16 it is out of money to pay the signature gatherers. As such, the group will rely on volunteers to collect the remainder of the registered-voter signatures required to force an election.
The group, known as Respect Arizona, is trying to oust 80-year-old Maricopa...
May 17th, 2013
Written by Bruce Smith - A... in race relation news, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - As a cool sea breeze wafted across a 17th century South Carolina plantation that once grew prized sea island cotton, workers this week carefully disassembled, measured, and numbered wooden planks from a dilapidated antebellum slave cabin.
Once one of about two dozen on slave row at Point of Pines Plantation, the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture...
May 16th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
In the wake of the May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education decision, school districts made strides to end racial segregation in public schools. But after meeting the clear goals of court-ordered desegregation, many schools slipped back into race and class segregation trends even with a growing diversity in student enrollment, according to several new reports from the Civil Rights Project at...