Archive for category asian-american
Many Immigrant Indians Can’t Let Feudal Attitudes Go
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, asian-american, demography, immigration on July 1st, 2008
~New America Media
India might be roaring toward becoming an economic giant, but there are some archaic practices, like feudalism, still very much a part of the culture…
Why Is TV So White?
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, analysis, asian-american, demography, history, latino, news on June 19th, 2008
~Entertainment Weekly
“…After nearly 10 years of working with diversity reps and outreach programs, the networks still primarily solve the problem by sprinkling nonwhite actors into white-led shows — often as a comedic sidekick or in guy-who-helps-the-main-guy-solve-a-crime roles…”
Immigration issues aren’t simply about Latinos
Posted by taino8632 in activism, asian-american, civil rights, happenings, immigration, politics on June 15th, 2008
Indians on Hunger Strike to Avoid Deportation
~New America Media
“…hundreds of workers from India who were trafficked to the post-Katrina Gulf Coast… demanded that the Attorney General grant them “continued presence” in the United States under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.”
NY Immigrants’ Children Find Better Lives
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, asian-american, immigration, latino, news, politics, racism on May 19th, 2008
Immigrants’ Children Find Better Lives, Study Shows
~The New York Times
But the study also warned of problems that could block upward mobility for members of the “second generation,” including persistent poverty and poor school performance among Dominicans and racial discrimination against black immigrants from the …
66 years later, 449 Japanese-American students honored in ceremony
~University of Washington Daily
Japanese-American students receive honorary degrees 66 years after internment…
Immigration agency plans new family detention centers
~The Los Angeles Times
The federal ICE, which already runs two such facilities, is taking bids for as many as three more. Critics say detaining families is punitive and unnecessary.
Racism in the Presidential Race
Posted by taino8632 in activism, african-american, analysis, asian-american, demography, immigration, latino, news, politics, racism on May 14th, 2008
Racism in the Presidential Race
~U.S. News & World Report
The monster lurking behind the curtain in the Democratic presidential contest is racism. Up to now, Obama’s supporters in the extreme left wing of the…
Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause
~Washington Post
… Mr. Obama expressed puzzlement at that perception, saying that in the black community in Chicago he had been accused of being ‘too close to the Jews...
The Media’s Perpetuation of Racism
~The Huffington Post
Reverend Otis Moss III, who succeeded Rev. Wright at Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, offered an intimate and perspicacious meditation on the media’s obsession with Rev. Wright…
Study: Immigrants in U.S. adapt quicker than in the past
~Chicago Tribune
Immigrants of the past quarter-century have been assimilating in the United States at a notably faster rate than did previous generations…
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
~Washington Post
The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country…
Nothing to “cheer” in TV sitcom on “Aliens in America”
~The American Muslim
It tells you how bad the situation is when Arabs and Muslims in America cheer a program that promotes the stereotype that they are “Aliens…
As cities revive, America’s poor are forced to the periphery
~Financial Times
The pattern of urban wealth and poverty has changed markedly since the US race riots of the late 1960s, but areas of deep divide and deprivation still exist throughout America - just hidden behind white picket fences…
