Stereotypes and Labels: Racial Discrimination Articles - Racism Against Blacks, Asians & More
Research findings, reporting incidents, personal reflections, anecdotes, and commentary that illustrate the pervasive beliefs, the use and harmful effects of labels, stereotypes, slurs, and derogatory slang in contemporary society.
March 29th, 2013
Written by Jim Abrams - Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The second-most senior Republican in the House of Representatives said he "meant no disrespect" in referring to Hispanic migrant workers as "wetbacks."
The 79-year-old Rep. Don Young, who represents the entire state of Alaska, issued a statement late Thursday seeking to explain his remark after using the derogatory term to describe the workers on his father's farm in central...
March 27th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 1 Comment
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) - Some West Michigan residents want a school district to adopt a clearer policy against harassment following complaints about racial intimidation at a high school that started last year and led to suspensions or expulsions.
Local and federal investigations are ongoing, the Grand Haven Tribune reported. According to a response to the newspaper's Freedom of Information Act...
March 21st, 2013
Written by Pete Yost - Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite growing awareness of hate crimes, the share of those crimes reported to police has fallen in recent years as more victims of violent attacks express doubt that police can or will help.
Nearly 2 of 3 hate crimes go unreported to police, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics reported Thursday. For the years 2003-06, 46 percent of hate crimes were reported...
March 19th, 2013
Written by Colleen Long - Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) - Many of the five million New Yorkers stopped, questioned, and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of their race, lawyers for four men who said they were illegally stopped said Monday. New York Police Department lawyers countered that officers must go where the crime is - and the crime is overwhelmingly in minority neighborhoods.
A civil...
March 16th, 2013
Written by Jenna Fryer - AP Auto Racing Writer in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - NASCAR driver Jeremy Clements was back at the track Friday after a two-week suspension for using a racial slur, hopeful his lapse in judgment hasn't caused irreparable harm to his career.
"I think everybody deserves a second chance," he said. "I think you've got to look at the person's history. I have never been in trouble with NASCAR. I always try to do the right thing and...
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