There is quite a bit of debate about why Julian Bond had to compare Katrina to lynching. Nomorespin blog attacks the thesis, but what was taken out of context was perhaps the larger speech within which it made perfect sense.
Appears like Nomorespin was busy using a spin around the convention news. The normal headline [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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An AP story has exposed the racism of yet another corporate house that projects itself innocent by dealing with children’s imagination.
Lawsuit: Toy R Us Targets Blacks
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
The Toys “R” Us toy store chain singles out black customers in a pattern of race-based stops, searches and wrongful detentions, according to a race discrimination lawsuit [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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International Herald Tribune reports that a Los Angeles jury has awarded $6.2 million to a firefighter who was harassed by colleagues because she is black and a lesbian.
The harassment included someone mixing urine with her mouthwash, she said. Brenda Lee’s lawsuit against the Los Angeles Fire Department also claimed her superiors made derogatory comments [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Karen Rutzick for govexec.com quotes official documents to suggest that disparities in promotions, performance ratings are still based on race in the United States.
Ronald Stroman was hauled before a joint Senate-House hearing in May to explain why black analysts at the Government Accountability Office were receiving lower performance ratings than their white counterparts.
How did [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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South Bend Tribune staff writer YaSHEKIA SMALLS reports in-depth a racial discrimination case that alleges the school corporation poising itself against a biracial student.
MISHAWAKA — A Penn High School mother has filed a racial discrimination complaint against the school corporation, alleging that her biracial freshman daughter was unfairly treated by high school administrators after [...]
Posted on June 18th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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African Americans seeking rentals face discrimination and fewer accommodations, a study finds.
By Ann M. Simmons, Times Staff Writer
NEW ORLEANS — African Americans seeking rental housing in the New Orleans metropolitan area face significant discrimination and fewer accommodations to choose from since Hurricane Katrina, a report released Tuesday found.
In 6 out of 10 transactions, African Americans [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Jo Swift blogs Paul Street
about Deeper Racism in America.
Posted on April 22nd, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Korean-American groups express sorrow, avoid guilt
For Korean-Americans, the realization of a shared ethnicity with Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho has left many trying to untangle a complex web of emotions. Shock that someone could commit such a horrific act of violence. Anguish for the victims.
And the unfounded [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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