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September 11th, 2014

Minorities Discriminated Against by Common Business Practices

Written by The Associated Press in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Minorities are often discriminated against, albeit unintentionally, in the areas of housing and employment.
Minorities are often discriminated against by prevalent and common business policies and practices, and sometimes it is unintentional. This unintentional discrimination is often referred to as disparate impact. The Supreme Court could decide this month to take up another housing discrimination case that challenges the legal doctrine known as disparate impact. Two previous housing bias cases were...
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September 10th, 2014

Blacks Changed Major League Baseball Forever

Written by Will Lester in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Willie Mays was a part of the first generation of black superstars that changed Major League Baseball.
How blacks changed Major League Baseball forever is the focus of a new book by Bill Madden. The book, "1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever" is being released by Da Capo Press. As the pennant races head into the fall stretch, it's worth remembering that 60 years ago the sport of baseball was changed permanently as African-...
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September 10th, 2014

Blacks and Hispanics Underrepresented in Police Departments

Written by The Associated Press in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
This July 24, 2012 file photo shows police at the entrance to city hall in Anaheim, Calif. as demonstrators gathered on the steps to protest the death of Manuel Diaz, 25, who died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a police pursuit on Saturday. The killing of an unarmed black man by an officer in a nearly all-white police department in suburban St. Louis refocused the country on the racial balance between police forces and the communities they protect.
Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in police departments where they live and where they may make up a large percentage or the majority of residents within that community or urban area. An Associated Press analysis of Census Bureau data and Justice Department figures about law enforcement found that Hispanics are more often underrepresented in police departments around the country than are...
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September 9th, 2014

Blacks Can Play Basketball But Not Welcomed In Stand

Written by Ray Henry in Eyes On The Enterprise, Race Relations with 0 Comments
In this April 26, 2014, file photo, Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson cheers from the stands in the second half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers in Atlanta. Levenson said Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, he is selling his controlling interest in the team, in part due to an inflammatory email he said he wrote in an attempt "to bridge Atlanta's racial sports divide."
Blacks can play basketball, but they are not welcomed in the stand to view the game, a new revelation by another NBA team owner seems to indicate. The Atlanta Hawks officials agreed Monday to meet with civil rights leaders after one of its team owners disclosed that he wrote a racially charged email theorizing that black fans kept white fans away. The Rev. Markel Hutchins said he and others...
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September 5th, 2014

Ole Miss Renames Confederate Drive

Written by Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind, Race Relations with 0 Comments
As part of the plan to shed its image of racial segregation, the university is considering dropping the nickname “Ole Miss” and using the more formal University of Mississippi.
Ole Miss renames Confederate Drive as part of effort to embrace diversity and show sensitivity to the need to move away from it racist and divisive history. The University of Mississippi, which has long struggled to distance itself from plantation-era imagery, is renaming a street known as Confederate Drive and adding historical context to Old South symbols that have long stood on the Oxford...
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