Setting it Straight: Race and Racism, Minority Groups
Reaching back in time to discover and shine a light on events and peoples whose roles in shaping history may be unknown, misunderstood, or misrepresented.
October 3rd, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
President Barack Obama will act on immigration by using his presidential powers. Seeking to quell any doubts, he promised Hispanics and immigration activists that it's "not a question of if but when."
At the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's annual gala, Obama warned activists that his eventual actions will spark intense political opposition that could threaten the durability of what he...
September 30th, 2014
Written by Rob Ryser in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The Danbury police department is determined to reflect the diversity of the city. The city's determination to make its police force reflect the diversity of its population paid off last weekend when 294 men and women showed up to take the police test and 68 percent were minorities.
While it's too early to say how many Latino and black applicants will survive testing and interviewing to emerge as...
September 16th, 2014
Written by Jesse J Holland in National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
A new book, "Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century" edited by Erika DeSimone and Fidel Louis, fills a gap in the history of black poetry especially during slavery and following emancipation.
A work of more than a decade, the project came about as Louis was working on his thesis about the black press and noticed that many if not all of the black...
September 15th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Diversity is the focus of Tampa Bay area law enforcement agencies in the wake of last month's police shooting of unarmed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. They are taking a hard look at the makeup of their forces.
Most of the region's departments have far fewer black and Hispanic officers than the populations they serve, the Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/1rZPrrw).
Take the...
September 11th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
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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