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According to Wikipedia by 1968 all forms of segregation had declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court . That's great, now everyone can go to the same schools, stores, drinking fountains and restaurants to name a few. The coloreds and the whites are finally united as one big happy family and the color of your skin doesn't determine who you will become and what you can do with your life. Prior to those times the United States Constitution openly declared We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. So, as equals, why does the US Census Bureau divide us? What purpose does this have? Thanks to who my ancestors decide

I rarely talk about politics. That’s just because EVERYONE else talks politics. Nevertheless, I felt this one was worth repeating. Some say it’s a hoax. Others say it’s real. Remember: Don’t shoot the messenger. Why has Hillary Clinton not denounced and “rejected” Mickey Kantor as well as James Carville and George Stephanopoulos (you know, the guy who [...]

Dr Mahathir Mohamad: A Weak Government is not good for Multi-racial MalaysiaIt is good to see that former Malaysia PM Tuanku Dr. Mahathir has started a blog - www.chedet.com, I would be reading what is on especially is WAWASAN 2020 is still on target.Visit MalaysiaBROWSE BY CITYBangiBentongBukit MerahCyberjayaFraser's HillGenting HighlandsGerikIpohJohor BahruKedahKota BahruKota KinabaluKuahKuala LumpurKuantanKuchingKulaiLabuanLangkawiLumutMalaccaMiriNegeri SembilanPahangPakaPangkor IslandPenangPerhentian IslandPetaling JayaPutrajayaSandakanSepangSerembanSeri KembanganShah AlamSubang JayaTerengganuTioman Island

“O mais primitivo dos instintos humanos é o do medo ao diferente. Deixando de lado a evidência científica de que a vida dos homens se iniciou na África, podemos imaginar como foram os primeiros contatos entre os negros e os brancos, surgidos depois da demorada diáspora. Do medo ao diferente, surgiu a astúcia do medroso em buscar, para si mesmo, qualidades superiores às do temido. Não se fundando na realidade genética – o racismo se exacerba em todas as suas manifestações. Não é a aparência que forma a habilidade intelectual e o comportamento ético dos homens. O que identifica os grandes e pequenos grupos humanos é a cultura, são os hábitos, os ritos aos quais se vinculam. Espanta que um médico e educador, elevado à coordenação dos cursos de medicina da Uni

FIRE - Victory at IUPUI: Student-Employee Found Guilty of Racial Harassment for Reading a Book Now Cleared of All Charges Incredible story. What is wrong with these people? You can’t even read histories anymore? Administrators at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have revoked their finding that a student-employee was guilty of racial harassment merely [...]

Before i show this video i want to say that i did not mean to use it as a racial weapon to greate hatred. I just was so moved and hurt when i saw it that i had to share it on the blogs, here and best on craigslist This video will make you mad if you are black. It may or may not be true but it is easily possible and thats the sadness of it. And me as a blackman felt it was true in my heart when i heard it. I'm still looking at my computer with my wife, slowly shaking my head and numb. This is powerful. Husla3x Super geniusGATOR BAIT is WHEN SLAVE OWNERS THREW BLACK INFANTS and BABIES ... "ALIVE" ... into the SWAMPS to chum the water to CATCH ALLIGATORS ...GATOR BAIT - IS NOT A RACIAL SLUR towards BLACKS, but an "UNFORGIVEABLE HISTORICAL ACT" perpetrated upon AFRICAN SLAVES ... OUR ANCESTOR

O Projeto de Lei 2.697/07, que institui cotas para trabalhadores afrodescendentes em empresas privadas, está sob análise da Câmara dos Deputados. De autoria do deputado Evandro Milhomen (PCdoB-AP), a proposta é reservar 20% ...

Mrs. Snoop is my witness. She knows that I have said for as least long as I have known her - and I promise you long before that - that Sunday is the most segregated day of the week.Faith is personal; faith is deeply engrained in the soul. And I’m not talking about Faith. I’m [...]

Ladies, it’s time to wake up and smell reality. If you are still on the fence about broadening your options because of “racial loyalty,” I would like to point out excerpts from an interesting article I read on AOL Black Voices entitled, “Attitudes that Can Doom an Interracial Relationship”---please note the responses from black men versus those of black women. Let’s start this off with an oldie, but goodie:Race is just a fetishJennifer: It's always a tip-off if he only dates black women.Alexis: White guys who only date black women usually have a reason. Like they were raised by black servants and feel more comfortable with black people.Ken: Anyone who dates any race exclusively needs a shrink. America isn't a melting pot, it's a store with every flavor its shelves. So it's un

Here’s footage of two white guys in Montreal, Canada who get stomped out for yelling racial slurs at a group of Black people. You’ll also notice a few white guys getting a few good kicks in there, so I’m glad to the see the unity here. You can also hear the cameraman saying [...]

the racial m ap of Great Britain is being redrawn as European immigrants head for the country while richer black and Asians head for white suburbs and young whites increasingly mix with children of various cultures. There is no clear but “white flight” but indications are many people are shifting their place of residence in [...]

Título:Understanding the Relations Between Different Forms of Racial Prejudice: A Cognitive Consistency Perspective Autores: Bertram Gawronski, Kurt R. Peters, Paula M. Brochu e Fritz Strack Periódico: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 648-665, 2008 Resumo: clique aqui para obter

This is an old post from October 07. Because of the Jamiel’s Law issue I thought I would recycle FYI. From Michelle Malkin Innocent black Americans are being harassed, driven out of their neighborhoods, and targeted for murder.Why isn’t it on the front page of every national newspaper? Why isn’t CNN doing special documentaries? Why aren’t Jesse [...]

She’s not only Violent be she’s racist too!!! NAOMI CAMPBELL has been accused of hurling a torrent of racial abuse at a woman cop during her arrest at Heathrow last week. Cops claim she called a WPC a “white ****” and a “white s**g” as she was dragged off the LA-bound jet in handcuffs. The police source [...]

A spokesperson for Naomi Campbell has denied allegations the supermodel racially abused a policewoman during a dispute over missing luggage. The catwalk star was arrested but later released on bail after she was arrested at London's Heathrow airport following the argument last Thursday.[...] Read more!

Subprime racial disparities grew during 2007 at some of the nation’s leading banks and mortgage lenders, according to a new report released by Inner City Press and Fair Finance Watch. The consumer watchdogs studied loans that are defined as high-cost, those with a rate spread of three percent over the yield on comparable Treasury securities [...]

If you plan on holidaying in an Asian city, you might want to consider Singapore. There may be many good reasons to make Singapore your first ever destination in Asia. First of all, the city is clean, orderly and safe for visitors to move around on their own. Then, if you are traveling to multiple Asian destinations, there is a bewildering range of full-service and budget airlines from Singapore Airport. Also, English is widely spoken here. But above all, Singapore offers the cultures of three ethnic groups: the Chinese, the Malays and the Indians. What can be more rewarding than seeing three Asian communities in one destination? Indeed, the descendants of Asian immigrants have made Singapore a melting pot of cultures, where age-old traditions still hold sway. Discover these unique tradit

I'm surprised Matthews doesn't just say, "Those niggers sure can dunk, can't they?"I really wish the media would learn to grow up about race. If Obama wins, we will have these television hosts awkwardly unable to get over the fact that the man is black and make dopey racial statements like these.

En la quincena de este mes, salieron las fotos de Gisele Bundchen y LeBron James para la portada de Vogue 2008Ellos son muy conocidos ella como supermodelo y el como jugador de básqueball destacado del NBA, y todo muy bien, personalmente, me pareció fantástico, ver una fragil mujer, porque así lo veía y un atleta en superforma, asirla or la cintura, se veía muy tierna la escena...como así mis comentarios (hagan clic arriba).Perooo...cuando el racismo es a los ojos de los que la observan y muy posible, sin malas intenciones del fotógrafo, esto es dinamita. Es decir cuando dejamos que la imaginación, la malicia, la mala intención, nos haga presos de algo muy perverso, negativo, sacaremos a relucir las siguientes imágenes, destruyendo la personalidad, el carisma, en este caso del d

CWT - Atlanta. Cats With Thumbs sources inside the Dekalb County, Georgia courthouse report white rap artist " Snack-Cracker " will file a civil lawsuit early next week claiming racial discrimination and violation of his civil rights. CWT's contacts say the suit will name KillEveryBodyNow Productions L.L.C. and company chairman Thomas Wilson as defendants.According to Cats With Thumbs insiders, the suit will charge KillEveryBodyNow Productions and chairman Wilson with "conspiring to deny the plaintiff (Snack-Cracker) his constitutional right to equal consideration for employment," and "exclusion of Mr. Cracker from contract consideration based on the plaintiff's Caucasian race."In a telephone interview, Snack told our Cats With Thumbs Atlanta reporter: "The rap majority is always tryin' t

This from the Courier-Journal: Jefferson yields in face of lawsuitFaced with a lawsuit they say they couldn't win, officials with Jefferson County Public Schools say they will no longer consider race when hiring or transferring teachers.The decision ends the district's longstanding policy of dispersing its limited number of black teachers among all schools."After consulting a variety of experts, we determined there was no way to enforce it," said district personnel director Bill Eckels, citing last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting the district's policy of similarly using race in determining student assignment.The demise of the so-called "Singleton Ratio," which was named after a 1960s desegregation lawsuit and used in Jefferson County since the 1970s, is part of a confidential se

Basketball superstar LeBron James and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen are featured on April’s cover of Vogue. In early March, the choice seemed to spark media interest mainly because James is only the third man to grace the cover of Vogue in the title’s 116-year history (following Richard Gere and George Clooney). Today, however, the choice [...]

Contribuição: André Faro O Atlas racial brasileiro (2005) é um banco de dados que reúne uma série histórica de indicadores sobre a questão de raça e cor no Brasil. Clique aqui para acessar a página web.

Some gentle areas of earth are able to welcome in peace peoples of many nationalities and language groups, who in turn are finding ways to live together. They have adapted to living amidst strange people, and if each respects the rights of the other they can get along. Even while feeling they may continue, at [...]

SAY NO TO RACISMThe International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws". Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination (resolution 2142 (XXI)).

Hoje é Dia Internacional pela Eliminação da Discriminação Racial. Essa data é uma lembrança aos mortos no massacre de Shaperville, África do Sul. Em 1960, na cidade de Joanesburgo, 20 mil negros estavam protestando contra a lei do passe, que obrigava as pessoas a andarem com cartões de identificação, que estabeleciam locais por onde elas podiam ou não passar. Apesar de pacífica, a manifestação teve um fim trágico: a polícia atirou na multidão e deixou 69 mortos e 186 feridos. A data, criada pela ONU, pela Resolução nº 2.506, de 21/11/1969, foi aprovada pela Assembléia Geral.As Máximas do Joe Baloo

Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama, recently made a speech regarding comments made by his former pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ. Videos of Rev. Wright racist and anti-American rethoric were leaked onto Youtube and played in an on going cycle by Media Networks not only in the United States, but around the world. — [...]

Obama's Sophisticated Discussion of Race yesterday has opened up the discussion in today's Oregonian... F rom a flap last year over renaming a Portland street to racist taunts at a state high school basketball tournament, race remains a simmering sore point in a state that's overwhelmingly white. Oregon history shows that people in power have discriminated against just about every minority

Tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements."The anger is real" he said "It is powerful and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races

Tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements."The anger is real" he said "It is powerful and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races

The Show: Download MP3 Here. Listen to stream here. A short rant on the problems caused by Geraldine Ferraro’s racial comments. Will this affect Hillary’s chances with the super delegates? Relevant Articles: Are The Dems Really Pro Choice? Ferraro Is Unapologetic for Remarks and Ends Her Role in Clinton Campaign.

This posting is off topic for my blog but sometimes I come across extraordinary non-environmental stories that are worth blogging about. What is most disturbing, frustrating and true to the meaning of the word ignorant is that most people do not know they live in ignorance. They are prisoners of social constructs. When people discriminate or behave racist they are mimicking what was taught to them, which represents the struggle to repress minorities like blacks or homosexuals. It is a complex scam and a disease. People really do reap what they sow and these people that attacked this woman ooze with ignorance and probably live a marginal existence. From The Huffington Post:Three people upset that a news crew was reporting on the arrest of a relative attacked the television reporter and yell

"You've got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate," Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell claimed recently. "I believe, looking at the returns in my election, that had Lynn Swann [2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate] been the identical candidate that he was -- well-spoken, charismatic, good-looking -- but white

The Price of Racial ReconciliationRonald W. WaltersUniversity of Michigan Press (March 2008)Hardback, 249 pages$29.95In The Price of Racial Reconciliation, Walters takes us seamlessly through the heavy subject of reparations and what it would take for racial reconciliation to actually happen in the United States by exploring what has happened in South Africa, and using that as a template for reparation movement in the U.S. .Chapter two focuses on a brief, though in-depth, history of South Africa: how it became an Apartheid state, how racial oppression was commonplace in the Apartheid state and what consequences it wrought on the people-both Africans and white settlers. Also, different groups that developed through time, some extremely militant, some not so much.Other subjects covered inclu

Last night, PZ has just informed me about a new idiot book Ham wrote entitled, Darwin’s [sic] Plantation: Evolution’s Racist Roots, where the tag line reads, “Although racism did not begin with Darwinism, Darwin did more than any person to popularize it.” Since when did Darwin popularized it?– Nope. Better yet: why does Ken Ham ignore the [...]

Last night, PZ has just informed me about a new idiot book Ham wrote entitled, Darwin's [sic] Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots, where the tag line reads,"Although racism did not begin with Darwinism, Darwin did more than any person to popularize it."

Mirrored here.Last night, PZ has just informed me about a new idiot book Ham wrote entitled, Darwin's [sic] Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots, where the tag line reads,"Although racism did not begin with Darwinism, Darwin did more than any person to popularize it."Since when did Darwin popularized it?-- Nope. Better yet: why does Ken Ham ignore the real history of racism (and intolerance, too) that correctly depicts racism being popularized by the Christian church more than anything else? Why is racism and slavery found and enforced in the bible? Why did Darwin opposed slavery if you think he was for it? Why was there slave markets on church grounds and pastors reciting bible verses while scourging slaves for even the most tiniest, forgivable of mistakes? Why do many churches throughou

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - BacklashPosted TodayJudd Apatow invites Paul Rudd, Justin Long, Jonah Hill and Craig Robinson to discuss Walk Hard in a blatant attempt at viral marketing and a fight breaks out!

This week, Oprah Winfrey hit the campaign trail for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Northern Illinois University shut down and reschedule final exams because of a racially-tinged threat, Jesse Jackson plans to march on Wall Street, Rev. Al Sharpton threatens to lobby the International Olympic Committee against Chicago’s bid to host, and Univision hosted a debate for the Republican presidential candidates. There is no direct connection between these events, of course, but there is a common theme of tacit electoral implications between Oprah’s endorsement and the racial concerns at NIU, on Wall Street, in Chicago, and in the Univision debate. Winfrey did not focus on race in her 17-minute speech in Iowa on Saturday. Her endorsement, which did refer broadly to r

Writes: Rev. Marc Fallon EXCERPTS: “It is, a profound social sin and crime against the human condition to participate in a culture of tolerating the systematic dehumanization of a particular class of persons on the basis of their race, language, culture or ethnicity.” “Nationally, the Fox fascist cable channel fosters a climate of hatred directed against Latin Americans [...]

You've got to see this. There's a point to what they saying; however, I think issue with Barry Bonds deals with more of his public persona over the years, he breaking Hank's record, as well as he lying the to Feds.Even ESPN has CHARLES BARKLEY on this! I agree with Barkley 100% on this...ESPN also has a feature comparing Michael Vick and Bonds...Your Ad Here

Policia A ministra Nancy Andrighi, do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), manteve a condenação do Banco do Brasil ao pagamento de indenização por dano moral, no valor de R$ 20 mil, a cada um dos consumidores que foram indicados à polícia por seguranças do banco como suspeitos de assalto. Eles eram os únicos negros dentro do estabelecimento. Os consumidores pediram na Justiça a compensação por

Good reading here.http://www.korea.net/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20071025018Korea turning into a multiracial societyDate: October 25, 2007Korea's growing foreign population, which topped the landmark 1million mark in late August, is rapidly familiarizing Koreans withthe way of life in multiracial and multicultural societies.Foreigners are increasingly ubiquitous in subways, restaurants,neighborhood parks, streets and other areas nationwide. The 1 millionforeigners, including 720,000 residents, represent approximately 2percent of the entire Korean population.Reflecting the trend, foreign communities are springing up acrossKorea, including a French community in Seoul's Bangbae-dong, "LittleTokyo" in Seoul's Ichon-dong and the so-called Central Asian Villagein Seoul's Dongdaemun market area frequented by Korea's increasinglylarge population of Central Asian and Russian immigrants.In addition, a number of foreign districts have recently beenestablished in locations

From The Article:"Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's son taped a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for "a lot of money," Chapman's lawyer said Thursday".A&E has suspended all production and taping of television show in reaction to the comments.

His self-esteem's been lower than a snake's belly for months, so a little bit of lovin' might be just what troubled actor Owen Wilson needs. Word has it that Dukes of Hazzard damsel Jessica Simpson has set her sights on ensnaring...

Mom still refuses to come down here and after I broached the subject of humidity being a lame excuse, she came forth with a few more details of why she doesn't want to visit "down here". When I quizzed her, she said that she knew people who wouldn't even ride through some of the southern states to get to another location. Apparently they would rather go hundreds of miles out of their way rather than risk riding through the cradle of racial inequality. It's obvious that she's been convinced by somebody that the state song for all southern states is Dueling Banjos straight out of Deliverance and that all the citizens are snuff spitting backwards inbreds. This is very insulting to me (as well as the area) as I've been telling her how much we enjoyed our time here and how many wonderful friends we have made. Has she been secretly harboring thoughts that our family was being joyfully recruited into one of the racial hate groups? Maybe she really doesn't feel like hopping on a pla

On Oct. 14 the Times of London Magazine ran a quote from Dr James Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for discovering the double-helix structure of DNA. In the article, the prominent scientist said he was "inherently gloomy" about Africa because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really." He went on to say in the article that, while he hoped everyone was equal, "people who have to deal with black employees find this not true." He wrote in his book Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science, “there is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically. Our wanting to reserve equal powers of reason as some universal heritage of humanity will not be enough to make it so.” His remarks ignited international furor.Watson was scheduled to appear next month in Louisville. He told Ke

Needed: good editor for Chinese-English dictionaries Never mind what the shrimp did to the cabbage -- look at what another bad Chinese-English dictionary entry did to a sofa! Joel Martinsen has drawn my attention to a blog post by Jeff Keller (" A reeeeaaally bad translation", 4/10/2007) which in turn points to a newspaper article (Jim Wilkes, "Racial slur on sofa label stuns family ", Toronto Star, 4/6/2007) that starts this way: When the new chocolate-coloured sofa set was delivered to her Brampton home, Doris Moore was stunned to see packing labels describing the shade as "Nigger-brown." Apparently the sofa (or at least enough of it to provide the label) was imported from China, and according to Jeff Keller's blog entry, the translation provided for 深棕色 "dark brown" in many Chinese-English glossaries is "nigger-brown". A quick Baidu search for that offensive adjective showed [that it's] mentioned all over t

(If you still don't know what happened with Symond, watch the youtube Video at the end of the post)After returning to Australia, both the Ausie captain Ricky Ponting and Right Hand Batsmen Andrew Symonds who is the only black player in the Australian team issued a warning to the Aussie fans not to mis-treat the Indian players when they toured Australia later this year.“Am I against crowd participation? Definitely not, but there is a message I would like to give the Australian public and supporters of our team.” “I don’t want to see ugly chanting at the Indian players when they come to Australia later in the year,” Symonds wrote in his column yesterday that is Sunday for the Daily Telegraph. While Ponting said this: "I'd like to see the Australian fans and public treat the Indian team the same way they would any other team," "I don't think they should be treated any differently because of what's happened over there," he said which means that the fans should go ahead

Racial integration is low on the list of priorities when it comes to public schools, a St. Petersburg Times poll of Pinellas parents shows. Both black and white parents said other factors – the quality of a school, a school’s proximity to their home and the ability of siblings to attend school together – are more important than racial diversity. The Times polled 604 Pinellas parents this week as the School Board prepares to put the finishing touches on a new student assignment plan. The plan gives families the chance to attend their neighborhood schools, and will result in some schools being predominantly black for the first time in more than three decades. The question about priorities was one of the few areas of agreement between the races. The black parents polled had a more dismal view of public schools than white parents, and they showed a stronger inclination to change schools. Of those whose children attend regular schools, only 14 percent of black parents rated their

NEW YORK--Black high school football players were at an away game, when they spotted a racist slur written on the visitor’s bench. “You ni**as suck…” was the disgusting message left for the Harlem Hellfighters. The team was set to play the McKee-Staten Island Tech Seagulls.The referee at the game demanded that the bench be removed. The Hellfighter’s coach complained that the bench was part of a crime scene and should not be removed because he had called the police to come to the scene to investigate. However, with the backing of the principal, the bench was taken away. Many players were forced to stand for the entire football game.The principal suggested that the Hellfighters just forget the incident.The Hellfighters went on to win the game. After the victory, the Hellfighters refused to shake hands with the opposing team.

Race is increasingly becoming a topic of discussion on college campuses, but not always in an acceptable fashion. In some cases racist events have prompted strong responses. In other cases, well-intentioned folks have gone over the line. This has lead to conflict as students try to work out their own feelings, and assess where race relations stand in America in 2007. H-L reports:Cartoon flap at UK not uniqueRACIAL DEPICTIONS SPARK OUTRAGE AT OTHER SCHOOLSIn the wake of the outcry that followed the publication of a racially charged editorial cartoon in the Kentucky Kernel, many University of Kentucky students and faculty members have said they want to see a negative situation turned into a positive.They want to use the controversy as a springboard to leap over a barrier.However, UK is wrestling with a beast that is by no means unique.The Kernel, UK's student newspaper, is one of four college papers during the last month to come under fire for publishing racially tinged or offensive car

Outright racists can cause a lot of problems in the workplace. But, there are other types of people that can initiate race-based problems in the workplace. And, these individuals sometimes present more of a challenge, when it comes to proving allegations of race-based misconduct/bias. I’m referring to racial provocateurs in the workplace.The problem, as I’ve witnessed it, is that far too many people don’t think about what they are saying in the workplace. The problem also includes far too many people who are intentionally provocative and going out of their way to push race-related hot buttons at work. There are a lot of so-called “innocent” comments made that cause a whole lot of race-related tensions to jump off in the office.I’m not sure how often White workers really give deep thought to the racially loaded things they say to their Black coworkers, as well as the racially loaded questions they ask. And, don’t get me started on racially-laced comments that some Whites w

A teacher in the Jefferson County Public School (JCPS) District has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the elementary school where she works. This comes right after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the same school district over similar charges. Fifth-grade teacher Lorraine Hill, who is black, is claiming that she was denied a transfer to a school closer to her resident solely because of her race. The lawsuit states that the JCPS policy of Singleton Ratio is a discriminatory quota that limits the hiring and transferring of African-American teachers to 15-percent.

A teacher in the Jefferson County Public School (JCPS) District has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the elementary school where she works. This comes right after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the same school district over similar charges. Fifth-grade teacher Lorraine Hill, who is black, is claiming that she was denied a transfer to a school closer to her resident solely because of her race. The lawsuit states that the JCPS policy of Singleton Ratio is a discriminatory quota that limits the hiring and transferring of African-American teachers to 15-percent.

A study co-authored by Professor of Community Health Vincent Mor found evidence of widespread racial segregation among U.S. nursing homes and a correlation between segregation and disparities in quality of care, particularly for blacks.Published in the latest issue of Health Affairs, the study found segregation was most acute in Midwest nursing home facilities and generally reflected patterns of residential segregation. Mor, chair of the community health department, served as the study's principal investigator."This study is one of the first to draw from inter-facility databases of resident information to address questions of disparity of care between nursing homes in a given metropolitan area," Mor said. "Before 1999, when these data were computerized, it was difficult to study questions relating to quality of care beyond an intra-facility level."Read more......Study finds racial segregation in nursing homes - Campus News: "Study finds racial segregation in nursing homes"

I remember receiving a handout from a former employer, which provided this notation about workplace harassment: “Whether or not harassment took place should be viewed from the perspective of the victim and not the accused.”In line with that, the EEOC says: There are two requirements for race-based conduct to trigger potential liability for unlawful harassment: (1) the conduct must be unwelcome; and (2) the conduct must be sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the terms and conditions of employment in the mind of the victim and from the perspective of a reasonable person in the victim’s position. At this point, the harassing conduct “offends Title VII’s broad rule of workplace equality.”So, let's define these 2 requirements a bit more...Unwelcome Conduct – In cases of harassment, the conduct must be unwelcome in the sense that the alleged victim did not solicit or incite the conduct and regarded it as undesirable or offensive. When the conduct involves mistreatment or

Hello South Carolina and welcome to thwarting possible terrorist plots in a politically correct America! According to Fox News, Abda Sherf Moahamed 24, and Yousef Samir Megahed, 21, were stopped for speeding on Saturday near a Navy Base known to house enemy combatants in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Both men are students of The University of South Florida-Tampa and the car they were driving

Social Forces, by Brunsma, David L.The Loving vs. Virginia decision, handed down in 1967, was a key event in United States' history, creating a spark that lit a subsequent fire of demographic change (Bratter and Zuberi 2001). Such a socio-cultural and legal endorsement of interracial relationships eventually produced what has been dubbed as a "biracial baby boom." In the 1970s, approximately 1 percent of children were products of an interracial union; by 2000, that number had grown to more than 5 percent (Herman 2004).Public discourse on issues surrounding the existence of multiracial Americans and ...Read full story

  I am a bleeding heart liberal, a Bobby Kennedy, George McGovern Democrat. I believe in affirmative action. I truly feel that African Americans got a raw deal in this country until the mid 1960’s and that affirmative action was a necessity to make the playing field a little more even. I am pro-busing, I was aghast a few weeks ago when the United States Supreme Court basically overruled Brown vs The Board of Education. I think without forced integration our school systems would be even worse than they currently are, especially for people of color. I grew up in a multi-ethnic, multi-racial neighborhood as a child, and truly see people as individuals not as Black, Brown, Yellow, or White. I have also always respected the NAACP, as a voice for the disenfranchised. So needless to say I was more than dismayed, when I read the statement from Atlanta NAACP Chapter president R.L. White that he made on Monday. Mr. White and his chapter held a press conference in Atlanta on Monday decr

Montgomery County (MD) educators are replacing a lesson that called for students to read about and discuss a racial epithet against African Americans as a precursor to reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" in ninth-grade English classes.The lesson, called "Questionable Words," focused on two reading selections, an essay and a poem, each dealing with the epithet and how the author was hurt by its use. Curriculum officials reexamined the lesson after an African American student told the school board in the fall that the class had upset her."What we heard from enough community members and some teachers is that it's sensitive, it's emotionally charged," said Betsy Brown, curriculum director for Montgomery schools. "And if we have a lesson that could be misused and cause real hurt to a few or to a whole classroom of kids, then maybe we need to change it."The complaint from Maya Jean-Baptiste, a 15-year-old at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, marks a departure from the usual protest o

Active racism is all about waging mental and psychological warfare on the targets of the intended discrimination and harassment. Sure, a racist may want to deny a Black worker a promotion or prevent a Black person from being hired into a certain job, but the racist also often wants and needs to present a wider and more negative image of the Black person throughout a department, office, etc. A racist will often seek to create a pretext for their words and actions against a Black worker.Time after time, when we listen to Blacks that have been the target of racism at work, we don’t just hear that they were passed over for promotions—for example. We also hear stories about false accusations (insubordination, untrue performance deficiencies, false claims of personality or communication issues, etc.) that were used to justify any actions or claims made by coworkers, supervisors or managers. Targets of discrimination go through all sorts of stress and emotional turmoil—on top of the pro

FAYETTE BOARD TO VOTE ON PILOT PLAN NEXT MONTHAfrican-American males nationwide are three times as likely as white males to be in a special needs class, but only half as likely to be placed in a class for gifted, high-achieving students, according to national trends.This racial disparity has long plagued Fayette County schools and is the driving force behind the district's plans to start a pilot program that would address the issue.The initiative, the first of its kind in a public school statewide, is expected to place 20 African-American boys, based on a preschool test, in a special kindergarten class with a rigorous curriculum that will focus on critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. The students would remain together through the second grade, when they would be tested for placement in the district's gifted and talented program. The class could be taught all three years by a teacher from the gifted and talented program who would work with an assistant instructor and a speech

LA JARA, Colo. — The photograph, of four popular high school students standing side by side, each clutching a gun in one hand and giving a stiff-armed Nazi salute with the other, terrified many people in La Jara and the surrounding poor farming communities of the San Luis Valley. Its discovery further intensified a bitter racial divide between supporters of a longtime coach, who is black, and a largely white group of students and their parents.What began as a dispute over playing time on the football field has, in recent months, led to the closing of the school, Centauri High, for a day, the postponement of the prom and a series of emotional community meetings. Tensions between opposing factions have grown so pronounced that some people fear they are tearing apart a remote region in southern Colorado near the New Mexico border that is more diverse than many in the state. ...All four were part of a group that in the fall of 2005 clashed with the veteran coach, Larry Joe Hunt, one of o

With the number of nonwhite Americans above 100 million for the first time, demographers are identifying an emerging racial generation gap.That development may portend a nation split between an older, whiter electorate and a younger overall population that is more Hispanic, black and Asian and that presses sometimes competing agendas and priorities.This from the New York Times.

I once found this panel from Uncanny X-Men #196, August 1985, while looking across the web for various pictures, where Kitty Pryde is shown facing off against an apparent black racist. The issue was written by Chris Claremont and drawn by John Romita Jr. and Dan Green (no relation). Not sure who the other mutant is whom this Phil is referencing, but here's my big, controversial question: did Claremont come up short when he had the man ask Kitty Pryde if she's a "mutie", rather than to ask an even more menacing question by asking if she's Jewish (she is)...by using the K-bomb?Well, if you ask me, I think Claremont was wimping out on a racial issue that could have some serious clout by just making one side an actual background and the other simply an allegory. The same argument could be made if you had Zatanna, who's Italian (see DC's Blue Ribbon Digest #2 from 1980, where Gerry Conway established this), in a similar story where a racist challenges her by asking if she's homo-magi

(L>R) “Nappy Hair,” Prof. Carolivia Herron, Prof. Kay E. Vandergrift, Bushwick, NY, Hillary Swank, Sandy Dennis, Sidney Portier I’m not much for going to movies, and to this venue, I’m rarely current. I did see the biopic drama FREEDOM WRITERS not long ago, mainly because I like Hillary Swank, but I’ve seen this movie before [...]

Loíza Aldea, PR - Después de varias décadas de misterio, se ha averiguado finalmente “lo que quiere el Negro” protagonista de la famosa canción “Mami, Qué Será Lo Que Quiere El Negro”: aparentemente,... [[ Esto es sólo un ñaqui de la historia: ¡haz click sobre el título de la historia para visitar "El Ñame" y leer el reportaje por completo! ]]

Times Colonist 04 Apr 2007 Parents want meatless menu for Muslim child MONTREAL (CP) — The ongoing debate in Quebec over accommodating religious minorities has flared up again over a day-care lunch menu. A day-care centre in the east end of Montreal is taking issue with a human rights commission ruling suggesting it not serve meat to a Muslim child, in accordance with Islamic dietary rules.

The mother of a Lakota student said she wants the white Independence Elementary principal fired after he acknowledged that her African-American son suffered discrimination from white classmates, and that his own racial attitude led to a too-lenient punishment.In the March 30 letter obtained Monday by The Enquirer, Principal Greg Finke apologized to Toshimi Scott and took "full responsibility" for the punishment.Finke, in his letter, stated that he was "embarrassed" after reflecting "on my personal beliefs and attitudes toward race and race relations" and his "blatant ignorance" regarding racial discrimination.This from the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Houston & Texas News Shaquanda Cotton stands in her dorm room Feb. 23 at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex in Brownwood. She became the first juvenile inmate ordered freed by Jay Kimbrough, whom Gov. Rick Perry tapped Thursday to lead the Texas Youth Commission out of an abuse and mismanagement scandal. Antonio Perez: Chicago Tribune

Shaquanda Cotton, a 15-year-old black teenager who spent more than a year in the state's distressed juvenile prison system for shoving a teacher's aide in a case that raised questions of racial bias, was ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

"The problem with you Dr Pal is that you don't write in a sedate posh way like your white counterparts. That can only lead us to conclude one thing - that you maybe mad. This intemperate and hypercritical behaviour of us must stop because asian female doctors like you have to be taught a lesson - never to raise their voices above the Oxbridge caucasian doctors who actually know how to write poshly". In our detailed examination of the reasons the no doctor or organisation has come close to establishing racial bias, I present two articles in the BMJ supplied by Doctors4Justice. The two articles show the specific problems. At the time of course, no one thought to ensure that statistics were kept by the GMC. In truth, we do not know what the GMC has done for all these years. Hats off to the GMC to cleverly conceal or negligently forget to keep statistics - all done for a purpose of course. The GMC is fairly clever afterall, clever enough to keep the PR machine going and concealing the tru

Player 1: I'll be black. You can be white.Player 2: Black?! I always though of you as being more Indian than black.Player 1: Huh?Player 2: As for whether or not I'm white, I always thought I was leaning towards the Hispanic side...Player 1: Ummm, I don't think you--Player 2: ...Unless, of course, you think of White as all people who appear Caucasian, with utter disregard to their actual racial heritage....Player 1: This is just a--Player 2: ...In addition, perhaps you think of all people who look vaguely Black as Black, where in reality, the term Black is only used to indicate African-American status, supposing you believe in that sort of racial labeling.Player 1: IT'S ONLY A GAME, YOU MORON!!!Player 2: Was that a Mexican joke?[Half an hour later]Player 1: My Indian Knight has checkmated your Hispanic King.

Cross posted from Bear Creek Ledger:Well, isn't this interesting. From Freedom Folks we see a Black principal lose his job at a Chicago High School (Curie High School) because 68% of those attending this school are "Hispanic". Showdown at OK Corral (from Chicago Sun-Times):The highly rated African-American principal of Curie High School remains ousted after the new Hispanic majority on the local school council refused to reverse its vote Saturday under pressure from school and city officials. "The school is 62 percent Hispanic, and they want a Hispanic principal," Otis Davis Jr. said Saturday after he and two other LSC members who support Jones stormed out of the meeting to deprive members of a quorum. African-American supporters of Principal Jerryelyn Jones shouted, "Speak English!" at anti-Jones LSC member Maria Lopez as she addressed the crowd in Spanish. There's more so check it out. I'd say the situation in Chicago hasn't reached the level of violence as Los Angeles, but gi

Harold Ford Jr., former Rep. and a friend of Senator Barack Obama, told Obama that no matter what the racial politics, he should not be afraid take his campaign anywhere he wants to in this country.  Last fall Harold Ford lost a close race to be the first black senator in the Tennessee.  Some say the reason for the loss was due to racial politics, but Ford said that the reason was because his rival spent his own money and other factors is what contributed to his loss. Ford said this about Senator Barack Obama; “As long as he works hard, is honest…and is not afraid to take his message anywhere in the country, he’ll do fine,” and that “he can’t try to predict what other people may think or may do.  All he can do is run the campaign that he’s capable of running.” Later, Harold Ford also said “do I think the fact that he’s black will be a factor in his campaign?  Probably.” and that “it would be a factor if two wh

I like Ray Cash. He's doing his thing. In this interview with BallerStatus.net he talks about working with Scarface, racial tensions in Ohio, voting and more. Here's a track called Bumpin My Music, which appears on the new Ray Cash album Cash On Delivery, but this *not* the album version but a remixed version from DJ Dutty Laundry's "Interstate Heavyweights" mixtape. I didn't know Ray Cash is

[UPDATE ] Check out the interview on CNN with the victims I usually don't get involved with celebrity news but this REALLY caught my attention. First Mel, then Arnold and now this! Who would've thought Kramer was racist? The things he said during his comedy show are RIDIC & his apology leaves alot to be desired. During his Letterman Apology when asked what he would've said if the heckler would have been Caucasian or another race....he creatively danced around the question. He repeatedly referred to African Americans as as Afro-Americans. Even the Letterman audience couldn't take him seriously because they were laughing throughout his apology.What do you think of his comments? Leave your thoughts below.

By Ken BorlandConvenor of selectors Haroon Lorgat said South Africa were confident of reaching racial targets after naming 14 coloured players on Tuesday in their provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup.Cricket South Africa (CSA) has imposed a target of seven coloured players in the final 15-man squad which needs to be announced by Feb. 13."That's the target we have been aspiring to achieve and the last two years have been part of that process," Lorgat told reporters. "I can't see why we won't achieve that and I will be over the moon if we can select seven or more players of colour."We are already pretty close to the final 15. Twelve or 13 players are pencilled in and we will have to see what unfolds during the Pakistan series."South Africa start a three-test series against Pakistan here on Thursday which will be followed by five one-dayers between Feb. 4-14.Fourteen of the provisional squad not involved in the test series will play three limited-overs matches in Zimbabwe later t

Sutherland defends Mexican wave ban (ABCsports)Cricket Australia (CA) says a tough new ban on the Mexican wave at international matches is not a move to stop people having fun at the cricket.Today CA said it was banning the wave at all one-day international and Test matches on Australian soil.For the first time security cameras will be used to stream live vision of the crowd to police command centres at grounds.Spectators who attempt to start a wave will be ejected by police and also risk a $210 fine."There may be people that might suggest this is the fun police gone wrong stopping people from enjoying their day at the cricket," CA chief executive James Sutherland said."The advice we've taken from the experts is that the only way to stop people from throwing things in the air and making it dangerous and uncomfortable for people at the cricket is to stop the Mexican wave itself."First off, since when is "The Wave" called "The Mexican Wave?" Second of all, if we ever needed proof that

"Racial Discrimination still prevailing in the South" has been a topic that popped up in and out conversations in the past few weeks in our office. Some of my co-workers said that it's still pretty much present, mostly in the affluent areas in the South. Is that true? If so, isn't that sad?I am glad that I live on Hawaii where diversity is appreciated. Our kids are called "Rainbow Kids". When you enter a classroom full of kids, you'll see all kinds of skin color - from black, brown, yellow, red and white. Their eyes vary from big round ones to cute chinky ones. The kids take pride in their ethnic background. Ask any kid at school what ethnicity he/she has and he/she can tell you what they are. So I can't imagine being in a place where Racial Discrimination abounds.Another sad (and disturbing) thing I read in an article that said many "White Supremest" are Christians who "uphold the value" of traditional marriages and Christian moral standards...but in reality they think thei

Labour MP Keith Vaz tabled an early day motion in the House of Commons Tuesday about the allegedly racist comments made about Indian actress Shilpa Shetty by fellow contestants on the reality show “Big Brother”. Vaz said members of his Leicester East constituency had contacted him about alleged racism on the Channel 4 show. Television regulator Ofcom [...]

The Indian government is trying to collect information about alleged racist remarks against Shilpa Shetty on the British TV reality show “Celebrity Big Brother”, said Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma. “Racism has no place in civilian society. India has, throughout, thrown out any kind of racism and discrimination. We are trying to collect [...]

"We now know -- beyond any doubt -- that minority drivers are targeted for humiliating, degrading roadside searches even though there is no evidence that they have broken any laws." That's how Harvey M. Grossman, Legal Director of the Illinois ACLU interprets recent stats prepared by the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety for the Illinois Department of Transportation. According to the report, in 2006, Illinois police officers asked 0.68% of white drivers for consent to search their car during traffic stops, compared to 2.04% of minority drivers. The ACLU wants to redress this balance by eliminating ALL consent searches (i.e. a police request for a search despite a lack of probable cause or reasonable suspicion of criminal activity). "State police forces in California and New Jersey have ended the practice of conducting consent searches," Grossman said. "The Illinois General Assembly should examine this data and move quickly to bar the practi

A social/political music video parody that skewers racism in the U.S. By Tomboys in Fishnets http://TomboysinFishnets.com http://TomboysTV.com http://Myspace.com/TomboysinFishnets Ranked 4.08 / 5 | 23,476 views | 75 Comments Click here to watch the video Submitted By: tomboys Tags: Comedy Chicks Girls Humor Funny Females Tomboys fishnets racist racism sexy Don Imus Mel Gibson rap 

A social/political music video parody that skewers racism in the U.S. By Tomboys in Fishnets http://TomboysinFishnets.com http://TomboysTV.com http://Myspace.com/TomboysinFishnets Ranked 4.36 / 5 | 24,930 views | 75 Comments Click here to watch the video Submitted By: tomboys Tags: Comedy Chicks Girls Humor Funny Females Tomboys fishnets racist racism sexy Don Imus Mel Gibson rap 

Charlie Murphy, Katt Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Paul Mooney, Ice T and more respond to recent comments made by comedian Pauly Shore. Say We Been Had. Courtesy Of Element 9 Hip Hop