Racial Discrimination

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Bush Civil Rights Failures Scrutinized In Congressional Report

The New York Times | Charlie Savage | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Voting Rights Laws, Bush Civil Rights Report, Voting Rights Act, Bush Antidiscrimination Laws, Bush Civil Rights, Bush Discrimination, Bush Gender Discrimination, Bush Justice Department, Bush Racial Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Bush Voter Intimidation, Politics News

When the Bush administration ran the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, career lawyers wanted to look into accusations that officials in...

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The College Insider: Fat Chance Of Graduating College Without Losing The Freshman Fifteen

Karen Stabiner | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Eating Habits, Lincoln University, Alice Waters, Obesity, Racial Discrimination, Exercise, The College Insider, Health, Living News

Short of the television program "America's Biggest Loser," there is probably no way to undo eighteen years of overeating, or poor habits, with a single semester of exercise.

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David Vitter Ducks Question On Interracial Couple (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vitter Racism, Keith Bardwell, Vitter Interracial Marriage, Vitter Keith Bardwell, Interracial Couple Discrimination, Interracial Couple Denied License, David Vitter, Louisiana Interracial Marriage, Racial Discrimination, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Earlier this month, Louisiana Justice of Peace Keith Bardwell refused to perform a marriage for an interracial couple, on the grounds that society has...

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Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License By Louisiana Justice Of The Peace

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage License, Judge Denies Interracial Couple, Interracial Couple Discrimination, Louisiana Judge Denies License, Interracial Couple Denied License, Louisiana Judge Discriminates, Conservative Racism, Racial Discrimination, Judge Denies Marriage License, Marriage Equality, Politics News

(AP) NEW ORLEANS A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children...

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60 Percent Of Africans Attacked In Moscow

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Africans in Russia, Black People Living in Russia, Racial Attacks in Russia, Russia African People, Moscow-Russia, Racial Attacks in Moscow, Moscow, Racial Attacks, Moscow Russia, Racial Discrimination, World News

Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new stud...

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When Comedy Meets Workplace Diversity

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Abercrombie & Fitch, Insensitivity, Business, Workplace, Comedy, Multiculturalism, Diversity, Ruben Navarrette, Workplace Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, George Lopez, N-Word, Comedy Central, Stand-Up Comedy, Dave Chappelle, Workplace Taboos, Entertainment News

The same slurs, epithets, and offensive language that comics use to get laughs can create disrespect in the workplace, school and in other social settings.

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Post Racial America? You Are Right!

Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Coretta Scott King, Harvard-Professor-Gates-Arrest, Cambridge Police, Obama Skip Gates, Racial Disparities, Racial Discrimination, Racial Profiling, Politics News

We still have a long way to go in healing the divisions that exists between us and in "perfecting our union." It would be stupid to delude ourselves that we are in a post-racial America.

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The Unteachable Lesson: Can We Learn From Gates and Crowley?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Racial Discrimination, James Crowley, Hate Crimes, Gates Arrest, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Ghetto, Cambridge Police, Rnc, Obama-Crowley, Black Men, Discrimination, Republican Party, African Americans, Po Po, Michael Steele, Obama-Gates Defense, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Obama Crowley Gates, Harvard Professor, Barack Obama, Racism, Racial Profiling, Culture, African American, Sean Hannity, White Men, Police, Sergeant Crowley, Skip Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Obama-Gates Arrest, Hate, Racialism, Politics News

Whether he likes it or not, Gates stands as America's new 21st Century Poster Child for "racial profiling."

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A Law Worth Saving

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Crow, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Racial Disparities, Racial Discrimination, Apology-Slavery-Jim-Crow, Congress Votes, Politics News

The pre-clearance provision is the most powerful weapon against racial discrimination in voting that Congress has ever devised and must be saved.

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A Prince of Tolerance Offers Lessons for the Future of Race Relations

Alex Storozynski | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Discrimination, Ethnic Prejudice, Racial Prejudice, Prejudice, Racial Discrimination, Politics News

The United States has always had a totem pole of bigotry, where the latest arrivals were notched in at the bottom of the shame pole.

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Racism Stinks Up New York Restaurants

Rinku Sen | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Immigration, Segregation, Racial Discrimination, New York City, Restaurants, New York Restaurants, New York-New York, Politics News

In one study of racism in the restaurant world, people of color were half as likely to get offers, and less likely to get interviewed in the first place.

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