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Gates Arrest Won't End Racial Profiling Denial

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvard University, Police, Crime, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Cambridge Police, Henry Louis Gates, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The refusal to admit that racial profiling exists has done much to torpedo nearly every effort by civil rights groups to get law enforcement to address this troubling trend.

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What Do You Call a Black Man at Harvard?

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvard, Racial Profiling, Cambridge, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

If one good thing can come out of the arrest, it is that upper class educated African Americans will realize that racial profiling is problem that affects us all.

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Cambridge Police Conduct Sweep of Harvard Professors

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge, Racial Profiling, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"These academics may be armed and dangerous," Cambridge police chief Ryan Slatson warned. "They may also be long-winded and boring."

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Georgia State University Stands Behind a Professor Who Discriminated Against An Arab and Muslim Woman

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institution of Higher Learning, News, Mary Stuckey, Big News, Workplace Discrimination, Terrorist, Higher Education, Georgia State University, Slma Shelbayah, Middle East Institute of Georgia State University, Arabs, Anti-Arab, Dr. Mary Stuckey, College, Discrimination, Bomb in Hijab, President Mark P. Becker and Slma Shelbayah, Bomb, Islam, Anti Muslim, Hijab, Holy Quaran, Politics, Dr. Mary Stuckey Racist Remarks, President Mark P. Becker, Dona Stewart, Rhetoric of Hatred, Racism, Dr. Mary Stuckey Anti Arab Remarks, Muslims, Arab, Racial Profiling, Mary E. Stuckey, Tenured Professors, Terrorism, Gsu, Quaran, Shelbayah, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.

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Secrecy Sacrificing National Security

Shahid Buttar | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Government Secrecy, Warrantless Surveillance, Rule of Law, Surveillance, Fbi, Democracy, Racial Profiling, Torture, FBI Surveillance, Nsa, Guantanamo Detainees, Michael Mukasey, Dianne Feinstein, Guantanamo, Cointelpro, Abu Ghraib, American Muslims, Guantanamo Bay, Fisa, Constitution, China, Terrorist Surveillance Program, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Our nation's most notorious criminals violate our most fundamental laws and remain not only free, but actively engaged in influencing our national security policies.

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It's Time to "Profile" Potential Killers of Abortion Providers

Norm Stamper | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Abortion, Stalking, Tiller, Reproductive Rights, Violence, Attorney General Eric Holder, Bill O'Reilly, Racial Profiling, George Tiller, George Tiller Murder, Politics News
Norm Stamper

There's an axiom in police circles: if someone is determined to kill another there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Hogwash.

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Obama Might Need to Show ID in More Places than East Harlem

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nypd, Nypd Omar Edwards, Black Cops, President Obama, Police Shooting, African-Americans, Racial Profiling, Charles Rangel, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The wishful thought was that Obama's election buried once and for all negative racial typecasting and the perennial threat it posed to the safety and well-being of black males. It did no such thing.

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Terrorist Ethnic Profiling In Europe Yielded 'No Convictions To Date': Study

Spiegel | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Terror Profiling, Terror, Ethnic Profiling, Terrorism, Foreign Affairs, Europe, Racial Profiling, Advocacy, World News

A new study has found that ethnic profiling is worse than useless when it comes to preventing terror attacks and has never led to a terrorism convicti...

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Hunger for Justice in Maricopa

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Migration, Undocumented Immigrants, Doj, Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Department of Justice, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, 287(G), Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability, Racial Profiling, Mcso, Worksite Raids, Politics News
Crossover Dreams

Although Julio Mora is a U.S. citizen and his dad has a green card, they were arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, on suspicion of being undocumented aliens. The case is commonplace.

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The Term "Man Caused Disasters" Sounds Weak, but the "War on Terror" Has Always Been Weaker

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Mexican Drug Cartel, Osama Bin Laden Capture, War on Terrorism, Ronald Reagan, War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, Global Contingency Operations, Civil Rights Legislation, U.S., American Democracy, War on Terror Oxymoron, World, World News, Politics News, Arabs, Middle East, Homeland Security Secretary, Subnational Groups, Terrorists, Overseas Contigency Operations, Terror, The Homeland, Clandestine Agents Obama Administration, African Americans, Mexico's Drug War, Obama 44, Homeland Security, Politics, Man Caused Disasters, Mexico, Bush 43, U.S. International Law, America's Psyche, Republican Clerics, Barack Obama, Warfare, War on Poverty, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Central Command, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Lyndon B. Johnson, Janet Napolitano, Republicans, War on Drugs, Poverty, Patriotism, Nationalism, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

President Obama knows the United States has been losing these wars and also knows the terrible impact these wars have had on a group of people when they are labeled and targeted.

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"Flying While Arab" Continues to Soar

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arab World, White House, War on Terrorism, Airport Security, Profiling, Airports, George W. Bush, Abu Dhabi, Immigration, Obama Administration, World, Flying While Muslim, World News, Arabs, Middle East, Airlines, President Bush, African Americans, Politics, Arab Discrimination, Blacks, Tsa, J.C. Watts, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Arab Americans, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling, Arab, Terrorism, Shoe Bomber, Flying While Arab, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

"Miss!" A large man with a crew cut pointed at me and exclaimed, "You have a bomb in your shoe!" This dude was talking to me. I was shocked.

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"Poster Boy" Of Immigration Enforcement To Be Investigated, Says He Should Be Commended

Dawn Teo | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Search and Seizure, Sheriff Arpaio, John Conyers, Illegal Immigration, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Maricopa Sheriff, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Racial Profiling, Maricopa Justice Courts, Exclusive Interview, Politics News
Dawn Teo

PHOENIX -- The Department of Justice is investigating "America's Toughest Sheriff." Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King sent a letter Tuesd...

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Muslims "Off" a Plane

Wajahat Ali | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Muslim Family Airplane, Airtran, Tsa, Colin Powell, Obama Muslim, wwII Internment Camps, War on Terror, Internment Camps, Gallup Polls, Atif Irfan, Fbi, Airport Security, Who Speaks for Islam?, Flying After 9/11, TSA Security, Air Travel, Racial Profiling, Arab Americans, Al Qaeda, Inayet Sahin, Airport Security Water Bottles, Muslim Prejudice, Patriot Act, American Muslims, Fear-Mongering, Muslims and Air Travel, Transportation Security Administration, Extrajudicial Detention, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

We in the US are currently engaged in a "war on terror," but this does not give a democratic and free country license to be overwhelmed by fear of its own Muslim and Middle Eastern citizens.

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Should the FBI Racially Profile White People?

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, White Supremacists, War on Drugs, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

If we are going to racially profile Arabs for terrorism, shouldn't we apply the same standard to white people?

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Held Suspect

Terrance Heath | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Louisiana, Tasers, Crime, Police, Police Brutality, Racism, Race, Baron Pikes, Jena 6, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Terrance Heath

I don't remember how old I was the first time it happened. I couldn't have been more than ten years old. We were in Philadelphia -- my mother, my youn...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Fuel Efficiency, Bush Iran, Clean Air Act, Racial Profiling, Dick Cheney, Stopping Coal Power Plants, Whistleblowers, Voter Disenfranchisement, Extinction, Chemical Weapons Stockpile, Guantanamo Torture, Whale Hunting, CDC Climate Report, Global Warming, Wildlife, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Home foreclosures could affect voting rolls, Judge blocks coal plant due to global warming, Japan automakers control 34.7 percent of U.S. market, and U.S. exports to Iran grew tenfold under Bush.

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America's Image and Race Beyond Black and White

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Bush, Clinton, Mccain, Terrorism, Gore, Profiling, Kerry, 9/11, Middle East, Discrimination, Obama, Race, Election, November, Obama Racism, Racial Profiling, Racism, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

The world's grievances with the US have little to do with its history of slavery. Most of the world is more concerned with how America treats other ethnicities, beyond black.

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Even Bigger than The Hype: Obama's Candidacy as World-Historical

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reverend Wright and Racism, Colonialism, John McCain, Mccain, Grassroots, 2008 Recession, Obama, Immigration, Diplomacy, Post-Colonialism, Equal Opportunity, Recession, Racial Profiling, Barack Obama, McCain Iraq, Obama Diplomacy, Nelson Mandela, John McCain 2008, Benazir Bhutto, Economic Recession, Obama 2008, Racism, Discrimination, Middle East Diplomacy, McCain 2008, History, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

But even though racial inequities persist, there is no doubt that the first black President will be a milestone, a watershed seemingly unthinkable before Obama's meteoric candidacy.

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