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.
February 6th, 2013
Written by Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 1 Comment
NEW YORK (AP) - Civil rights lawyers urged a judge Monday to stop the New York Police Department (NYPD) from routinely observing Muslims in restaurants, bookstores, and mosques, saying the practice violates a landmark 1985 court settlement that restricted the kind of surveillance used against war protesters in the 1960s and '70s.
The city responded by saying it follows the law, but some legal...
January 31st, 2013
Written by Mike Corder - Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch football fans hurled a barrage of racist abuse at AZ Alkmaar and United States striker Jozy Altidore on Tuesday during a Dutch cup quarterfinal against second-tier FC Den Bosch.
Altidore, who is black, said he had never faced such serious abuse from the stands, but shrugged it off after the match, which his team won 5-0.
"There's nothing I can do about it," he...
January 25th, 2013
Written by Brian Witte - Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's highest court ruled Thursday that the state police must release files related to how authorities investigate racial profiling complaints.
The decision is the result of a court battle between the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Maryland State Police known as the "Driving While Black" case, which dates to the 1990s.
The NAACP has...
January 24th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Stereotypes & Labels with 1 Comment
DETROIT (AP) - A woman who says she was ethnically targeted for a strip search at Detroit Metropolitan Airport filed a lawsuit Tuesday against an airline and federal transportation officials.
Authorities removed Shoshana Hebshi from a Frontier Airlines plane after it landed in Detroit on Sept. 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The crew had reported suspicious behavior by...
January 18th, 2013
Written by Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Police in Athens are holding two Greek men as suspects in the fatal stabbing of a Pakistani immigrant worker near the city center on Thursday, and are investigating whether the attack was racially motivated.
A police statement said the 26-year-old Pakistani man was attacked on his bicycle by two men on a motorbike before dawn in the Petralona district of Athens.
The two...
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