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USAonRace.com is proud to host online Race Relations Forums. We are committed to providing a “gathering place” where many voices can participate in an ongoing conversation about race relations in the United States and around the globe.

Purpose and Objectives

The purpose of these online forums is to enable many more people to engage in the dialogue than could otherwise participate in a small community gathering. This online discussion can be a great addition to small group meetings that might be occurring in communities all over the country.

With these forums, we hope to achieve the following objectives:

  • Promote a better understanding of issues around race and ethnicity across the country;
  • Create a sense of community that we are “all in this together.”
  • Identify constructive strategies that are working to increase understanding and improvement; and
  • Stimulate a level of commitment needed to take actions to make things better where you live.

How the Forums Work

Various issues and subjects will be posted on a regular basis for comment. Please submit questions and issues you would like to be posted for discussion. A summary of the discussion with any pertinent findings will be provided and posted on line for visitors to access, download and distribute as they deem valuable.

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January 11th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Race Relations with 3 Comments
black gays
Are African-Americans more homophobic than other racial groups? Last summer, President Obama stated publically that he supported gay marriage. Many feared this pronouncement would erode his support in the black community. According to a recent Pew Poll, 49 percent of blacks opposed gay marriage in 2012, while 67 percent disapproved in 2008. Forty-three percent of whites and all other Americans...
December 27th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, Race Relations with 0 Comments
“Covering Race Relations News And Events Around The World” Kansas City, MO, December 27, 2012—USAonRace, Inc. has launched RaceReport.com, a news aggregator that covers race relations news and events from across the United States and around the world. Race, racial tension, and racism, along with ethnicity and ethnic violence, still present major challenges in contemporary society. We see the...
December 20th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News, Race Relations with 1 Comment
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil rights complaint Thursday against a North Carolina sheriff, accusing his agency of systematic racial profiling of Latinos. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court follows a two-year investigation during which federal authorities concluded that Alamance County Sheriff Terry S. Johnson and his deputies made unwarranted arrests with the goal...
November 8th, 2012
Written by Steve Szkotak - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News, Race Relations with 3 Comments
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - About 40 students at Hampden-Sydney College shouted racial slurs, threw bottles and set off fireworks outside the Minority Student Union within minutes after President Barack Obama's re-election, officials of the tiny, all-male school said Thursday. The disturbance late Tuesday and early Wednesday also included threats of physical violence, President Chris Howard said in an...
November 7th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News, Race Relations with 2 Comments
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Voters in all but one of Oklahoma's 77 counties approved a constitutional amendment that wipes out affirmative action in state government hiring, education and contracting practices. Complete but unofficial returns from Tuesday show that Adair County in eastern Oklahoma was the only county to oppose the measure. And the amendment narrowly failed in Adair County, where the...

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