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March 22nd, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Politics, Feature Stories with 1 Comment
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...
March 22nd, 2013
Written by Jim Fitzgerald ... in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
SPRING VALLEY, New York (AP) — School board meetings descend into shouting matches. Accusations of racism and anti-Semitism fly. Angry parents turn their backs on board members in a symbolic stand of disrespect.
Tension in a suburban New York school district is rooted in an unusual dynamic: The families who send their children to public schools are mostly Hispanic and African-American. The school...
March 21st, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in race relation news, Race and Politics, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
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...
March 20th, 2013
Written by Colleen Long - ... in race relation news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
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...
March 19th, 2013
Written by Erica Werner in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that illegal immigrants should be allowed to become U.S. taxpayers and ultimately get a chance to become citizens, a significant step for the Tea Party favorite amid growing Republican acceptance of the idea.
"Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport" the millions already here, the potential 2016 presidential...