February 2013
February 7th, 2013
Written by Brett Zongker -... in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Redskins' team name has been the subject of legal battles, political debate, and now will be part of a scholarly discussion at the Smithsonian about the use of Native American mascots and nicknames in American sports.
The National Museum of the American Indian will host a daylong symposium today entitled "Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American...
February 6th, 2013
Written by Eileen Sullivan... in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 1 Comment
NEW YORK (AP) - Civil rights lawyers urged a judge Monday to stop the New York Police Department (NYPD) from routinely observing Muslims in restaurants, bookstores, and mosques, saying the practice violates a landmark 1985 court settlement that restricted the kind of surveillance used against war protesters in the 1960s and '70s.
The city responded by saying it follows the law, but some legal...
February 6th, 2013
Written by Russell Contrer... in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Republican leaders are launching an effort led by Hispanic governors in New Mexico and Nevada in an attempt to make up ground with Latino voters who have largely turned away from the GOP.
The nation's only Hispanic governors plan to recruit minority candidates and groom them for state-level offices with an eye toward creating a pool of candidates for higher positions in...
February 6th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
My sister Linda, a spectacular teacher, learned early in her career about the dangers of spoonerisms. After her first embarrassing reference to the Mark Twain classic, she subsequently always called Huckleberry Finn by his full first name.
I’ve had embarrassing classroom moments of my own, many of them in my career as a corporate trainer. One of my first contracts was with the State of Michigan....
February 5th, 2013
Written by Meg Kinnard - A... in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died. She was 87.
Vann Dozier of Leevy's Funeral Home in Columbia said Washington-Williams died Sunday. A cause of death was not given.
Washington-Williams was the daughter of Thurmond and his family's black maid. The...