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NEWS ABOUT: ethnic diversity

ethnic diversity stories: 12 news summaries
ANN COULTER

 Diversity Isn't a Strength 

'Irritating cliché' should be ditched in wake of Fort Hood

Nov 19, 09 1:18 AM CST
(Newser) - "Diversity is a strength" has become the most irritating cliché in America, and was used to ludicrous effect after the Fort Hood shootings, argues Ann Coulter. Diversity "has never been anything but a problem" throughout history, Coulter writes in Human Events , pointing to Israel, China, Canada, Rwanda, and... More »

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Ann Coulter • diversity • ethnic diversity • Fort Hood shooting • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial

OPINION

Reform's Biggest Hurdle: White America's Fear


Sep 15, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hallmark diversity of the United States is the biggest obstacle to a “federal social insurance system”—health care included, writes Michael Lind on Slate. The greatest strides toward a European-style safety net were made between World War I and the 1970s “when the foreign-born percentage of... More »

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immigration • racism • health care reform • ethnic diversity • elite • President Obama • welfare state • Michael Lind • homogenous • social democracy

analysis


 Unrest Shines Light on 
 Chinese Ethnic Fractures 

'Monolithic myth' fades after riots

Jul 13, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The government clings to the notion of a “harmonious” country, but China is home to 56 “official” ethnic groups and many unofficial divisions—which are widening as some push for “increased cultural nationalism and resistance to Beijing central control,” writes Dru Gladney in the Wall Street ... More »

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China • minorities • ethnic conflict • ethnic diversity • Han Chinese • Uighurs • civil unrest

ANALYSIS

Similar Lives Led Sotomayor, Thomas Down Different Paths

On and off the bench, they often work at cross-purposes

Jun 7, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The lives of Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas have parallels—humble beginnings, fatherless childhoods, Yale Law, affirmative action—but their conclusions are contrary. “For the first time, the Supreme Court would include two minority judges, but ones who stand at opposite poles of thinking about race, identity, and opportunity,... More »

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race • affirmative action • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • ethnic diversity • Sonia Sotomayor

Speak Another Language? CIA's Got a Job for You

Agency running ads to recruit minorities, foreign-language speakers

Mar 31, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA has no trouble finding recruits. But that doesn’t mean it gets the recruits it wants, so the CIA is running a radio ad campaign targeting potential spooks fluent in a second language, Time reports, and nonwhite. “I’d like to get to a point where every... More »

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CIA • ethnic diversity • Leon Panetta • foreign languages

Analysis

Few Minorities Report
on the White House 

Diversity in Washington journalism remains uneven

Jan 12, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Although America is nearing the inauguration of its first black president, the press corps that will be covering him remains largely white, the Washington Post reports. Cable news has delivered a few minority reporters, like CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux and Wendell Goler from Fox News. But the broadcast networks remain... More »

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race • Fox News • CNN • diversity • ethnic diversity • reporting • network news • President Obama

OPINION

 After Obama, Which 
 Minority's On Deck? 

If Barack can do it, anyone can—except Muslims, gays, atheists ...

Nov 13, 08 5:07 PM CST
(Newser) - A self-described “black man with a funny name” is now the most powerful person on the planet. So which minority group will next see one of its own in the Oval Office? Mark Oppenheimer considers the contenders in Slate:
  • Women: Not technically a minority, which means that if
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Antonio Villaraigosa • Ed Rendell • Rahm Emanuel • Claire McCaskill • President • Kathleen Sebelius • ethnic diversity • Sarah Palin • Eric Cantor • Election 2012 • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Democrats See On-Edge Exurbs as Election Key

Economic unease, shifting demographics sap GOP strength

Oct 20, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Economic anxiety may give Democrats a chance to advance into traditionally Republican outer suburbs this year, the Washington Post reports. In many key states, especially Virginia, the downturn and housing-market meltdown have severed the outer edges of metropolitan areas from the GOP. Largely centrist voters in exurban Virginia have driven... More »

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Barack Obama • Virginia • exurbs • ethnic diversity • Election 2008 • swing states • Patio Man

Economic Crisis Translates to Bad News for Ethnic Media

Dip in advertising hits hard in print journalism's one bright spot

Oct 3, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ethnic newspapers and magazines, until recently a bright spot in the gloomy print-journalism industry, are feeling the pain of the economic crisis, New America Media reports. Ethnic publications rely on ads from local businesses—like real estate brokers—and as their business goes downhill, so do the papers'. “I... More »

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newspaper • Southern California • magazine • publishing • American media • ethnic diversity • advertising sales

Obama's Accepting Outlook Forged in Diverse Hawaii

Island state's tolerant spirit helped shape candidate's worldview

Aug 7, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama spent his formative years in Hawaii and islanders say the unique and diverse nature of the 50th state helped shape the candidate's outlook on life, the AP reports. Obama's racial identity was forged in the state where everybody belongs to a minority group, and the accomodating nature of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hawaii • tolerance • ethnic diversity

Wal-Mart Gets Halal Makeover

Execs confer with Arab community to open Mideast-themed Michigan megastore

Mar 4, 08 2:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Tahini, olives and frozen falafel line the shelves in a new Michigan Wal-Mart in Dearborn that caters to local customers: in this case, the nation's largest Arab-American community. The 200,000-square-foot megastore, which opens today, even has a section for Halal meats culled in accordance with Islamic law, Newsweek reports. More »

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Arabs • Dearborn, Michigan • retail stores • ethnic diversity • Wal-Mart • Arab-Americans

¿Como Se Dice ‘Caucus’ En Español?

Nevada's booming diversity makes it a whole new ballgame from Iowa or NH

Jan 19, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Iowa and New Hampshire may get most of the crowning glory, but Nevada's demographics make its "First in the West" contest a significant political battleground, the Las Vegas Sun says. As the state caucused today, the hometown paper polishes off the differences between the Silver State and its two... More »

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Iowa • New Hampshire • Democratic caucus • Nevada • Hispanic • Nevada caucus • racial diversity • ethnic diversity

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