October 2012
October 3rd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters will decide in November on a Republican-backed proposal to wipe out all affirmative action programs in state government, a move that many opponents say is designed only to stoke racial tensions and drive white, conservative voters to the polls.
The GOP-controlled Legislature voted in 2011 to send the proposal to a vote of the people over the objection of...
October 3rd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a sheriff in the U.S. state of North Carolina and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arrests with the intent of maximizing deportations.
In an 11-page report issued Tuesday, the federal agency said Sheriff Terry S. Johnson and his deputies violated the...
October 2nd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Cover Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Meredith is a civil-rights icon who hates the term "civil rights."
It's as if civil rights were somehow set apart from — well, rights.
“When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult," said the black man who 50 years ago inflamed the anger of white Mississippi by quietly demanding...
October 1st, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 7 Comments
The tweaking of voting laws in 23 states, including photo identification laws, requirements to prove citizenship and attempts to purge “non-citizens” from voter rolls, could have a "disproportionate effect" on the ability of people of color to vote in the upcoming election. In fact, these changes might dissuade up to 10 million Hispanics alone from voting, according to a report released September...
October 1st, 2012
Written by Judith H. Katz ... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 10 Comments
According to some polls, one in five Americans believes President Obama was born outside the United States, despite evidence to the contrary. One-third of conservative Republicans think he is a Muslim, despite his clear and consistent assertions of his Christian faith. Some adversaries of the President speak of him with an intensity that comes dangerously close to hatred.
What is happening...