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May 1st, 2013
Written by Todd Pitman - A... in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories, Race and Religion, Latest News with 1 Comment
Sectarian Violence Explodes Against Muslims In Myanmar
OKKAN, Myanmar (AP) — They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ash and debris.
One day after hundreds of Buddhists armed with bricks stormed a clutch of Muslim villages in the closest explosion of sectarian violence yet to Myanmar's...
May 1st, 2013
Written by Nicole Winfield... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
ROME (AP) - Cecile Kyenge's appointment as Italy's first black Cabinet minister has exposed the nation's ugly race problem, a blight that flares regularly on the soccer pitch with racist taunts and in the diatribes of xenophobic politicians - but has now raised its head at the center of political life. The appointment was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that...
April 30th, 2013
Written by Jennifer Peltz ... in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Mayor Bloomberg Fiercely Defends Stop And Frisk Practice
NEW YORK (AP) - In a pugnacious defense of what he called a police force bombarded by politics, Mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out Tuesday at critics of the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practice and surveillance programs.
"The NYPD is under attack," the mayor said in a speech that lauded the department for lower crime rates,...
April 28th, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Feature Stories, Race and Religion with 0 Comments
Black Voter Turnout Higher Than Whites
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home.
Had people voted last November at the same rates they did in 2004,...
April 28th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
A day after essentially dismissing student concerns of racial discrimination as unfounded, Purdue University officials are now investigating instances of hate crimes after the words “white supremacy” and a stick-figure drawing of a body hanging from a tree were found scribbled on a placard and left at the scene an equality march.
Still, school officials late Tuesday added they believe the...