Archive for category happenings
Program Offers Drug-Addicted Mothers Cash for Sterilizations
Posted by taino8632 in demography, happenings, news, politics, racism, stupid people tricks on July 5th, 2008
~gjsentinel.com
“It’s a significant problem,” she said of children whose parents use drugs. “No one’s getting sterilized without sober permission.”
N-word shuts down ‘Ragtime’
Posted by taino8632 in happenings, news on June 30th, 2008
Wilmette’s Park District cancels outdoor play fearing passersby wouldn’t get context of slur.
~eurweb.com
“We had grave concerns that people would take the language they heard over the amplified sound system out of context from a performance that was being held in the bowl,” Wilmette Park District executive director Tom Grisamore told the Pioneer Press.
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.”
Sen. Robert Menendez decries ICE ‘witch hunt’ of Latinos
Posted by taino8632 in civil rights, happenings, immigration, latino, racism on June 13th, 2008
~Los Angeles Times
“…Our legitimate desire to get control over our borders has too often turned into a witch hunt against Hispanic Americans and other people of color…”
MSNBC Series: Multiracial in America
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, demography, education, happenings, news on May 29th, 2008
MSNBC Series: Multiracial in America
MSNBC’s “Gut Check America” series using first-hand accounts to explore the multiracial experience in America.
Revealed: scientist who sparked racism row has black genes
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, analysis, demography, happenings, news, stupid people tricks on May 21st, 2008
Revealed: scientist who sparked racism row has black genes
~The Independent
In a very funny case of irony a Nobel Prize winning scientist who claimed that blacks are less intelligent than whites has been found to have a DNA profile with up to 16 times more genes of black origin than the average white European.
I wonder if his findings have changed any since this discovery?
Malcolm X ( May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, civil rights, famous people, happenings, history, news on May 19th, 2008
Happy Birthday, Malcolm
~The Root
We met Malcolm through the prism of popular culture, and we embraced him as a commodity, to signal our own disbelief in the American dream.
On Malcolm X’s birthday, those of us who embraced him as a pop icon need to encounter him again. We need to revisit Malcolm…
U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S.
Posted by taino8632 in happenings, news, politics, pundits on May 17th, 2008
U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S.
~Reuters
A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
~Chicago Tribune
Is Kathleen Parker’s a thinly veiled defense of racism, or the rambling, chaotic attempt at logic? Read and decide.
Planned Minuteman visit roils DePaul
~Chicago Sun-Times
Chris Simcox, President of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, will be giving a presentation on Monday, May 19th at 7:00pm in Chicago. This event is sponsored by the DePaul Conservative Alliance.
Note:
May 18 - Minutemen protesters march from Pilsen to DePaul.
May 19 - Minutemen protest, 6pm quad.
‘Curious’ shirt choice
Posted by taino8632 in -isms, activism, african-american, analysis, antiracism, happenings, immigration, latino, news, politics, racism, stupid people tricks, the church on May 16th, 2008
~The Boston Herald
The Curious George cartoon character is getting dragged into the presidential race again in an ugly way…
Racism: An Unbiased Entity Alive and Well In America
~Digital Journal
As the political race narrows and the fight for the candidacy becomes more like a verbal MMA cage-fight, racism and discrimination are beginning to surface more often. But in America, it isn’t just a white thing. Racism itself is an unbiased entity.
The Deeper Racism in Iowa: Beneath the White Obama Craze
~The Black Agenda Report
“Much of his white support was premised on Obama being a ‘good,’ that is non-threatening, middle-class, academic-friendly, and ‘not-too fiery’ black.”
How to be anti-racist in a nut shell
~Fairfield Echo
An outline to help navigating Courageous Conversations about Race…
Lutherans Responding to People Affected by Iowa Immigration Raid
~ELCA News Service
Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, Iowa, are responding to the needs of people who have been affected by a May 12 federal immigration raid at a Postville meat processing plant.
Does illegal immigration lead to more crime?
~St Charles Journal
Some recent studies by pro-immigration groups have indicated that there is no link between crime and undocumented immigrants.
Thomas speaks to ‘broad set of emotions’ involving Wright controversy
Posted by taino8632 in happenings, news, politics, the church on May 6th, 2008
~UCC News
