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Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?

David A. Love | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: India, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Media, Tibet, China, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics, Hip Hop, Indonesia, Yukio Hatoyama, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Buddhism, Asia, African Americans, Colonialism, Asian Americans, China Human Rights, Japan, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Foreign Policy, Tokyo, Human Rights, Advertising, South Korea, Genocide, Hawaii, World War II, North Korea, World News
David A. Love

President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.

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Play Gender Bias Bingo!

Joan Williams | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Women and Science, Professor, Gender Equality, Academics, Gender Stereotypes, Discrimination, Working Mothers, Mothers, Business News
Joan Williams

For over a decade, I have studied thirty years of experimental social psychology studies of gender bias. One message is clear -- gender bias, alas, is alive and well.

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What Ails Black Women, Part 1: Work and Wages

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Black Women, Michelle Obama, Unemployment, Economy, Wages, Employment, Discrimination, Race, Recession, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

For the first time in a long time, White women are more likely to have jobs than Black women. Why are Black women falling further behind?

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Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Urbanization, Oriental Angel, Race in America, Economy, Wen Jiabao, Chocolate City, Economic Growth, Obama, Prejudice, Race, Guangzhou, Obama Visit, Foreign Policy, Racism in China, Beijing, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Hong Kong, China, Rural China, World News

As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

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Sexism Masquerades Behind a Mini Skirt

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Geisy Arruda Incident, Discrimination, Arruda Mini Dress, Bandeirante University, Miniskirt, World News, Sexism, World News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

On October 22nd a Brazilian college student -- wearing a short, hot pink dress -- attracted more attention than she bargained for when she made a trip to the restroom, and a spontaneous student protest erupted.

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Carrie Prejean Discusses Her Sex Tape

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Proposition 8, Prop 8, Perez Hilton, Carrie Prejean, Anti-Gay, Carrie Prejean Topless Pictures, Sex Tape, Sex Video, Gay Rights, Satire, Parody, Maine Gay Marriage, Miss California, Discrimination, Miss California Carrie Prejean, Comedy, Gay Marriage, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

It's being reported that former Miss California Carrie Prejean has settled her lawsuit without pocketing any of the over $1 million dollars she had requested. The reason? Sex tape.

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Ageism 2009

Jim Selman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Ageism, National Organization of Pissed Off Elders, Aarp, Discrimination, Elders, Aging, Generation Gap, The Balanced Life, Living News
Jim Selman

At a time when we need family and community solidarity more than ever, we are witnessing a growing wave of age-based debate and controversy.

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Great Houses of New York: The River Club, the Best Address, Part III

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.31.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Muriel Siebert, The Dakota, Emily Post, Robert Moses, The Berkshire, Tennis, The East River Drive, River House, Town and Country Magazine, Vincent Astor, The Osborne, Debutante, Rockefeller, Bridge, William De Rham, Jewish, Vanderbilt, One Sutton Place South, Discrimination, Whitney, The River Club, E. T. Williams, Wasp, Augusta Owen Patterson, Co-Op Board Bias, 10 Gracie Square, African Americans, Martin A. Siegel, L James B. Stewart, Latinos, Robin Duke, Angier Biddle Duke, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Except for having no golf course, the River Club at 447 East 52nd Street is as close to a country club as one could find in the middle of New York City.

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India's Invisible Minority

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Sachar Commission, Hindu, Islam, India, Eid Ul-Fitr, Pakistan, Secular, Violence, Muslims, Durga-Festival, Partition of India, Democracy, Discrimination, Hinduvta, World News
Parvez Ahmed

Muslims who make up over twenty percent of the population in Kolkata have become its invisible minority, increasingly squeezed out of the public square in Kolkata and beyond.

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Social Security, Singled Out, Pay, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, A Woman’s Nation, Gloria Steinem, Nonfamily Households, Media, Childless Women, Business, Ideology, Consciousness-Raising, Friendship, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Politics, Compulsory Mothering, Singlism, Discrimination, Breadwinners, Health Care, Couples, Family, Women’s Media Center, Taxes, Connection, Single-Person Households, Wives, Compulsory Marriage, Money, Women’s Movement, Suze Orman, Shriver Report, Singles, Maria Shriver, Time Magazine, Mothers, Gender, Education, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Workplace, Unmarried America, John Podesta, Adrienne Rich, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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Mother's Bar Racist? Club Accused Of Denying Entry To African-Americans

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mother's Racism, Washington University at St. Louis, Fernando Cutz, Mother's Wash U Racism, Mother's Chicago, Original Mother's, Racism, Discrimination, Chicago News

A popular Chicago bar is facing allegations that it denied entry to black patrons on account of their race. Six black students at Washington Universi...

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Women: We Are Still The Out Crowd

Leslie Grossman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Career Women, Gender Inequality, Sex, Careers, Discrimination, Power, Exlusion, Leslie Grossman, Gender, Living News
Leslie Grossman

Recent headlines remind me again that things are far from equal in the power suites of America. What's worse is so many men are not even aware of what they say or what they do publicly to exclude women.

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Marriage Rights Should Not Be Determined By Popular Opinion

Fred Silberberg | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Crow, Tyranny-of-the-Majority, Constitutional Law, Equal Protection, Discrimination, Full-Faith-and-Credit-Clause, Minority, Constitution, Separation of Church and State, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Activist Judges, Inside DC, Politics News
Fred Silberberg

Allowing marriage to become the subject of a popular opinion poll, as has taken place in this country, disturbs the very principles upon which this nation was founded.

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Are Hispanics Just Plain Dumb? Many of Us Think So

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Weakest Link, Game Shows, Latino, Freakonomics, Economics, Hispanic, Racism, Discrimination, Post-Race, Intellectualism, Prejudice, Salk Vaccine, Bigotry, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

White people will go out of their way to avoid looking like they're picking on black people. But when it comes to, say, Hispanics, all bets are off.

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Churches Have No License to Harm Our State

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Aclu, Religion and Politics, Religion, Discrimination, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Leah Anthony Libresco

If we distort the framework of nondiscrimination for religious organizations it privileges prejudice. We would, in the name of separating church and state, give the church license to harm our state.

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Experts: Even With Reform, Health Care Insurers Will Likely Discriminate

The Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Denied Coverage, Insurers, Senate Finance Committee, Health Insurance, Dropped Coverage, Cherry-Picking, Medical History, Uninsured, Health Care Bill, Economists, Insurance Coverage, Prior Conditions, Medical Discrimination, Health Care, Public Option, Max Baucus, Cherry-Picking-Enrollees, Health Care Reform, Discrimination, Denied Claims, Politics News

Any health-care overhaul that Congress and President Obama enact is likely to have as its centerpiece a fundamental reform: Insurers would not be allo...

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No Democrats! No Chocolate!

Susan L. Travis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Politics, Ruidoso, Democracy, Discrimination, Oktoberfest, Chocolate, Politics News
Susan L. Travis

In the New Mexico village of Ruidoso, a conflict between the local chapter of the Democratic Women and the annual Oktoberfest organizers is brewing.

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What We Don't Say About Illegal Immigration

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: G20 Summit, Latin America, Central America, Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Reform, g20 Pittsburgh, Racism, Mexico, Discrimination, California Budget Crisis, Tea Party, Brazil, G20 Protests, Politics News
Vanessa Carmichael

Color discrimination is undeniably widespread in Latin America. How has this caste system gone on for so long without acknowledgment from the international media or the US government?

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Reversing The Stigma Of HIV In Jamaica: Ida's Story (VIDEO)

World Focus | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Stigma, Micah Fink, The Glass Closet, Lisa Biagiotti, Pulitzer Center, Gay Jamaicans, HIV/AIDS, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jamaica, Gabrielle Weiss, Discrimination, Aids, World News

Ida Northover is known fondly in her community as "Miss Gene." She is a volunteer community leader battling stigma and discrimination in one of the ...

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Pro Mujer: Journey Towards Women's Empowerment In Latin America

Jim Luce | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Family Health, Sexual Health, Peru, Carmen Velasco, Communal Association, Women’s Health, Argentina, Barrios, Pro Mujer, Mohammad Yunus, Lynne Patterson, Self-Sufficiency, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Racism, Machismo, Discrimination, Classism, Family, Women, Poverty, Barbara Magnoni, Latin America, Mexico, Potential-Realization, Cycle of Poverty, Nicaragua, Peruvian Ministry of Education, Human Rights, Bangladesh, Counseling., Bolivia, Cervical Cancer, Reproductive Health., Childhood Education, Latino Culture, Domestic Violence, World News
Jim Luce

Pro Mujer is helping some of the poorest women in Latin America to increase their income, develop their full potential, and claim their basic human rights, enabling them to become agents of change.

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Hillary Clinton Sued Over Age Discrimination

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Sued, Discrimination, Hillary Clinton, State Department, Age Discrimination Lawsuit, Age Discrimination, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the State Department are being sued by a diplomat who claims she was discriminated ag...

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Racism, John McCain and Other Republicans

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Birthers, John McCain, Teabaggers, Racial Bias, N-Word, Police, Police Brutality, Immigration, Attitude Arrests, Racist, Ethnic Slurs, Arab, Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Discrimination, Republicans, Political Correctness, Adolf Hitler, Health Care, Bigotry, Politics News
Norm Stamper

In 1976, 30 of my 31 police officers confessed to on-the-job use of the most vile, invective, racist language you can imagine. How do we confront the barefaced bigotry we see today?

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McDonnell On Gays: Robert McDonnell's Comments On Gays Resurface After Thesis Uproar

Washington Post | Amy Gardner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mcdonnell, Gays, Verbena Askew, Verbena M. Askew, Governer's Race, Election, Gay, Virginia Governor's Race, Judge, Gay Rights, Mcdonnell Thesis, Robert Mcdonnell, Homophobia, Racism, Discrimination, Thesis, Askew, Politics News

As chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee, McDonnell sat at the head of the proceedings, with his Senate counterpart next to him and commit...

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"Lad's Culture": Report Finds Sexism In Britain's Financial Institutions

The Independent | By Robert Verkaik | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Uk, The City, Sexism, Finance, Banks, Wall Street, Discrimination, Economy, Home News

Women working in banks and other financial institutions told the EHRC that workers who become pregnant routinely face redundancy, and that recruitment...

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Age Rating in Health Reform Will Cost Everyone More

Natale Zimmer | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ageism, Health Care Reform, Aarp, OWL - the Voice of Midlife and Older Women, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Age Rating, Discrimination, Politics News
Natale Zimmer

While there is much to be gained through passage of current health reform proposals, Congress' best intentions will be overshadowed if age discrimination is written into federal law.

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