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May 15th, 2013
Written by Erica Werner in race relation news, Race and Politics, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Citing problems exposed by the Boston Marathon bombings, senators weighing amendments to a sweeping immigration bill agreed Tuesday to boost security provisions around student visas.
The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed by voice vote to an amendment by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa meant to ensure that border patrol agents at U.S. ports of entry have access to...
May 13th, 2013
Written by Mark Sherman - ... in race relation news, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) – In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes.
The numbers were marginally better for Hispanic lawyers. Four of them argued for a total of 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Women showed better representation with just over 17 percent of the arguments before the justices.
In an...
May 10th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Roughly 20 percent of all black and Hispanic households are without checking or saving accounts, essentially leaving them completely shut out of the burgeoning American banking system.
At a time when a growing segment of citizens use online banking, some even depositing paychecks using their cellphone camera, many minorities are still subjected to a “kick them while their down system” where it...
May 8th, 2013
Written by Michael Bieseck... in race relation news, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories, Race and Religion with 2 Comments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim - she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they taunted her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to.
So before deploying to Afghanistan last year for her second war tour, she legally changed her name - to Nadia Christian Nova.
This did not solve her problems.
Instead,...
May 6th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in race relation news, Race and Education, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
One teacher won’t be getting a “Happy Teacher’s Day” card this year: In April, a 61-year-old Texas educator denied claims she ever fondled a 7-year-old black student because, stating in her own defense, she “doesn’t like black students because she was prejudiced.”
For the rest of the nation’s educators, the entire week of May 6-12 is set aside each year – including National Teacher Day, May 7 -...