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  • July 2008

    • AMA to Apologize for Racist Past

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 10, 08 8:17 AM CDT

      AMA to Apologize for Racist Past

      The American Medical Association is to offer a full apology today for more than a century of racism against African Americans, reports the Washington Post. The country's largest medical association effectively barred black doctors for many years and stayed silent while the country was divided on efforts to end racial discrimination. More »

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      doctor  • racism  • civil rights  • African Americans  • discrimination  • apology  • American Medical Association

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • US Money Discriminates Against Blind, Court Rules

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 20, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      US Money Discriminates Against Blind, Court Rules

      A federal appellate court agreed today with a lower court’s ruling that the US must change its paper money to accommodate the blind, who are unable to tell the current, single-size bills apart, the Washington Post reports. The court ruled that the bills violate the Federal Rehabilitation Act, rejecting Treasury's argument that the blind could get along on assistance from others. More »

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      money  • Henry Paulson  • discrimination  • currency  • Treasury Department  • blindness  • Department of the Treasury

    • US Must End Ban on HIV-Positive Immigrants

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 14, 08 6:06 PM CDT

      US Must End Ban on HIV-Positive Immigrants

      The US is one of only 12 countries (including Sudan, Moldova and Libya) that flouts UN law by barring HIV-positive visitors or immigrants—and the restriction must end, writes Andrew Sullivan in the Washington Post . The HIV-positive Sullivan, a senior editor at Atlantic magazine, remains in the US only with the help of “great lawyers, a rare O visa…a government-granted HIV waiver” and endless legal fees—and he’s one of the lucky ones. More »

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      George W. Bush  • immigration  • discrimination  • HIV/AIDS  • Andrew Sullivan

    • Rap Anti-Gay? Try Oh-So-Gay, Claims Exposé

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 11, 08 7:36 PM CDT

      Rap Anti-Gay? Try Oh-So-Gay, Claims Expos&eacute;

      Many rappers tout anti-gay attitude, but some are secretly gay too—or so claims a former MTV exec in his upcoming memoir. “The book is not about outing people,” said Terrence Dean, author of Hiding in Hip Hop . “I wrote it so that people realize the industry has a gay subculture and we are part of this music.” His exposé uses code names to keep artists’ double-lives hidden—unless readers can read between the lines. More »

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      hip-hop  • discrimination  • rap music  • MTV  • memoir  • homophobia  • bigotry

    • Secret Service Bosses Shared Racist Jokes

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 10, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      Secret Service Bosses Shared Racist Jokes

      Secret Service supervisors exchanged racist remarks in emails made public yesterday in a lawsuit filed by black agents, the New York Times reports. The messages were shared between at least 20 top agents between 2003 and 2005. One anecdote jokes about assassinating Jesse Jackson. And, according to the lawsuit, the head of the Presidential Protective Detail sent a crude joke about interracial sex to a colleague. More »

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      racism  • email  • discrimination  • Jesse Jackson  • Secret Service  • racist

  • April 2008

    • Senate Passes Bill Banning Genetic Bias

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 24, 08 5:20 PM CDT

      Senate Passes Bill Banning Genetic Bias

      The Senate unanimously approved a bill today banning discrimination by employers and health insurers based on the results of genetic tests, the Los Angeles Times reports. Senators hope the measure will encourage testing for those who have abstained out of fear of professional or financial repercussions. The bill is expected to pass easily in the House, and President Bush supports it. More »

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      Congress  • House of Representatives  • DNA  • discrimination  • genetic testing  • genetic discrimination

    • Roomie Site Can't Match by Gender, Sex Preference

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 4, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Roomie Site Can't Match by Gender, Sex Preference

      Roommates.com is violating fair-housing laws by asking users their gender, sexual preference, and whether they have children, and using that information to match them,  a US Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. Judges said such questions would be illegal if a real estate agent asked them over the phone and don't "magically become lawful when asked electronically," the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • civil rights  • website  • housing  • discrimination  • Craigslist  • classified ads  • liability

  • January 2008

    • Human 'Pet' Not Allowed on UK Bus

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jan 23, 08 8:04 PM CST

      Human 'Pet' Not Allowed on UK Bus

      A British teenager who calls herself a "human pet" is complaining of discrimination after she and her boyfriend/owner were kicked off a public bus. "We don't let freaks and dogs like you on," the driver allegedly told Tasha Maltby, whom fiancé Dani Graves leads by a leash. "It is definitely discrimination, almost like a hate crime," Maltby told the Daily Mail . More »

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      discrimination

  • December 2007

    • Rule Threatens Retiree Health Benefits

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 27, 07 5:00 AM CST

      Rule Threatens Retiree Health Benefits

      A new policy will let employers cut or drop medical benefits for retirees once they pass the age of 65 and qualify for Medicare. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has created a specific exemption from age discrimination rules that will allow employers to create two classes of retirees with different benefits, the New York Times reports. More »

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      discrimination  • Medicare  • retirees  • AARP  • employers

    • US Race Record Is 'Abysmal'

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 9:42 PM CST

      US Race Record Is 'Abysmal'

      From racial profiling to voting discrimination and Hurricane Katrina, US race relations are "abysmal," according to a new report. The Human Rights Network, an umbrella organization of some 250 nonprofits, found that minorities aren't given the same educational resources and are disproportionately represented in prisons. The findings counter Washington's own report on race relations to the UN last spring. More »

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      United Nations  • Hurricane Katrina  • racism  • discrimination  • minorities  • racial profiling

  • September 2007

    • McNabb: Double Standard Favors White QBs

      newser  |  ESPN  |  Sep 19, 07 8:17 AM CDT

      McNabb: Double Standard Favors White QBs

      Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb told HBO yesterday that black QBs are subjected to harsher criticisms than whites. The causes of the uneven treatment, according to McNabb, are the low ratio of blacks to whites taking the snap, and that "people didn't want us to play" in the position. Five of the NFL's 32 starting  quarterbacks are African American. More »

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      NFL  • discrimination  • Philadelphia Eagles  • Donovan McNabb  • quarterback

  • August 2007

    • China to Punish Parents Who Abort Girls

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 25, 07 2:29 PM CDT

      China to Punish Parents Who Abort Girls

      China is designing new rules to stop parents from aborting female fetuses, the BBC reports. Parents are currently allowed only one child and often abort girls, worried that they won't be able to support the family. This back-room practice is creating a growing gender imbalance: Now Beijing plans stricter punishments on doctors and parents who engage in the illegal abortions. More »

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      China  • children  • abortion  • discrimination  • sexism  • gender politics  • gender roles

    • Muslim Donut Franchisee Fights Pork

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 1, 07 4:49 PM CDT

      Muslim Donut Franchisee Fights Pork

      The owner of two Chicago-area Dunkin' Donuts is locked in a legal dispute with the company over conflicts between his religious beliefs and his breakfast menu, the Chicago Tribune reports. A franchisee since 1979, Walid Elkhatib has never served pork products; it wasn't until 2002 that Dunkin' Donuts insisted he toe the line or lose stores. More »

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      lawsuit  • food  • religion  • Islam  • discrimination  • Muslim  • Dunkin' Donuts  • pork  • Arabs  • franchise  • breakfast sandwiches  • donut

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Dems Fret Over School Ruling

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 29, 07 8:10 AM CDT

      Dems Fret Over School Ruling

      The Supreme Court decision limiting the role of race in public-school assignments was the talk of the town yesterday—even at the Democratic debate. The agenda at historically black Howard University was minority issues, and although attention naturally fell on Barack Obama, his seven competitors also had their moments in the spotlight, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • Democrats  • US Supreme Court  • race  • AIDS  • poverty  • discrimination  • Joe Biden  • Mike Gravel

    • High Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignments

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jun 28, 07 12:06 PM CDT

      High Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignments

      Taking race into consideration in school assignments is unconstitutional because it violates students' rights under the equal protection clause, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark decision that could cause upheaval in K-12 education. The decision, by an increasingly familiar 5-4 vote, invalidates diversity plans in Louisville and Seattle but affects systems across the country. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • race  • student  • school  • John Roberts  • Seattle  • discrimination  • Louisville  • equality

    • Bottoms Up! La. Town Gets Down and Dirty

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 14, 07 6:20 PM CDT

      Bottoms Up! La. Town Gets Down and Dirty

      In Delcambre, La., showing your skivvies is about to come with criminal consequences, thanks to a new ordinance that prohibits residents from wearing low-hanging pants. Saggy-trousered offenders may be fined $500 and risk 6 months in jail. “They’re better off taking the pants off and just wearing a dress,” the mayor says of the low-riders. More »

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      fashion  • race  • Louisiana  • discrimination  • indecency  • pants  • indecent exposure  • baggy pants  • Delcambre

    • UK Gingers See Red Over Harassment

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 6, 07 4:13 PM CDT

      UK Gingers See Red Over Harassment

      The UK is ignoring a vicious form of discrimination, the BBC reports—one based not on skin color but hair color. Britain's red-headed schoolkids face bullying, women feel stereotyped, and auburn-haired Britons report harassment with epithets like carrot-top, copper-top, ginger-nut, and even Ronald McDonald. More »

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      Great Britain  • discrimination  • hate crime  • hair  • redhead  • Ronald McDonald

  • May 2007

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