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  • December 2007

    • US Race Record Is 'Abysmal'

      Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 9:42 PM CST

      US Race Record Is 'Abysmal'

      (Newser) - 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

  • November 2007

    • Michelle Obama Tests Racial Boundaries

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Nov 27, 07 2:20 PM CST

      Michelle Obama Tests Racial Boundaries

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has been careful to present himself as a post-racial candidate, but not so Michelle Obama, at least in South Carolina, where she has been testing the boundaries of racial campaigning. In a speech last week she said black voters—who make up as many has half the state's Democrats—are falling prey to the conventional wisdom that America’s not ready for a black president. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Michelle Obama  • racism  • South Carolina  • blacks

    • Protesters Fail to Stop Debate

      BBC  |  Nov 26, 07 6:08 PM CST

      Protesters Fail to Stop Debate

      (Newser) - An Oxford Union debate is underway despite 30 students who rushed inside and delayed proceedings with a sit-down protest, BBC reports. Five hundred more are picketing outside and blocked about half of attendees from entering. Students chanted "Keep Oxford fascist-free! Shame on you!” in opposition to right-wing leader Nick Griffin and holocaust denier David Irving speaking at the event. More »

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      racism  • free speech  • Oxford University  • Oxford Union  • David Irving

    • A&E Houses 'Dog' After Slur Leaked Online

      Associated Press  |  Nov 3, 07 4:07 PM CDT

      A&amp;E Houses 'Dog' After Slur Leaked Online

      (Newser) - Star bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman is off-air after his "N" word-laced rant hit the Internet this week, ABC News reports. A&E has shelved his series, Dog The Bounty Hunter , and civil rights leaders are pushing to have it canned for good. One Los Angeles coalition called the comments "a vicious attack on and call to end interracial relations, as well as an incitement to violence." More »

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      racism  • National Enquirer  • Dog the Bounty Hunter

  • October 2007

    • Freed Wilson Set on College

      CNN  |  Oct 27, 07 6:54 AM CDT

      Freed Wilson Set on College

      (Newser) - "I've got a new life," Genarlow Wilson said yesterday as he left prison after two years behind bars for a teen sex conviction. "You will not be disappointed," he vowed to his supporters. "I plan on succeeding in life." Wilson was released after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled yesterday that his 10-year sentence for consensual oral sex at age 17 with a 15-year-old girl was "cruel and unusual," CNN reports. More »

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      Georgia  • teenagers  • racism  • Atlanta  • Genarlow Wilson  • Rev. Al Sharpton

    • Senate OKs Judge Opposed by Civil Rights Groups

      New York Times  |  Oct 24, 07 5:10 PM CDT

      Senate OKs Judge Opposed by Civil Rights Groups

      (Newser) - The Senate today confirmed a judge opposed by civil rights groups to a seat on a federal appeals court in the South. Judge Leslie Southwick will serve on the 5th Circuit, which comprises Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, the New York Times reports. A civil rights leader called the appointment  “a slap in the face to African Americans,” but Southwick's defenders say his detractors exaggerate. More »

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      Senate  • gay rights  • racism  • federal courts  • nominee

    • DNA Pioneer Ignites Furor Over Race and Intelligence

      Independent (UK)  |  Oct 17, 07 12:05 PM CDT

      DNA Pioneer Ignites Furor Over Race and Intelligence

      (Newser) - One of the most decorated modern scientists has ignited an explosion after telling the Independent that white people are smarter than black people—a view also reflected in his new book. James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, claimed Western policies towards Africa should not assume "that their intelligence is the same as ours." Politicians and scientists alike are decrying Watson's propositions. More »

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      racism  • James Watson

    • Noose on Columbia Prof's Door Viewed as Hate Crime

      Associated Press  |  Oct 10, 07 12:57 PM CDT

      Noose on Columbia Prof's Door Viewed as Hate Crime

      (Newser) - Columbia University erupted today after a noose was found hanging from the door of Madonna Constantine, a black professor who often writes about racism. The New York Police Department said it is investigating the incident as a hate crime. Columbia’s president called it “an attack on all of us,” and students vowed to wear black and rally. More »

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      race relations  • racism  • hate crime  • Columbia University  • noose

  • September 2007

    • Aging Brain, Not Racism, Explains Elderly Gaffes

      Newsweek  |  Sep 26, 07 2:03 PM CDT

      Aging Brain, Not Racism, Explains Elderly Gaffes

      (Newser) - Grandma’s verbal faux pas might signal not that she’s more prejudiced than younger relatives, but rather that she’s unable to disguise or overcome stereotypes, a study shows. Anecdotal evidence suggests, and earlier studies confirmed, that older Americans are more racist, but new research shows age-related brain shrinkage may be behind “social inappropriateness,” Newsweek reports. More »

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      racism  • elderly  • Generation X  • Baby Boom generation  • frontal lobe

    • Jena Braces for Thousands of Protesters

      USA Today  |  Sep 20, 07 7:35 AM CDT

      Jena Braces for Thousands of Protesters

      (Newser) - Tiny Jena, LA, is bracing for the tens of thousands of activists expected to descend on the town of 3,000 today to protest the handling of six black high school students charged with attempted murder for beating a white classmate in December. Led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, protesters say the teens, who've become known as the "Jenna Six," were treated harshly after responding to racial taunting. More »

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      protests  • race  • race relations  • Louisiana  • racism  • Al Sharpton  • Jena Six  • segregation

    • Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

      Economist  |  Sep 16, 07 8:15 PM CDT

      Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

      (Newser) - Israel may seem an odd place for anti-Semitism, but as more immigrants claim Jewish heritage to gain citizenship through the loose "law of return," though they aren't technically Jewish, neo-Nazism is on the rise. Poverty, unemployment and social exclusion mark the lives of many non-Jews in Israel, reports the Economist , and those frustrations explain why some youths fall under the spell of racist ideologies. More »

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      Israel  • immigration  • racism  • Nazi  • anti-Semitism  • Neo-Nazi  • Nazism  • Israeli Arabs

    • Officer Resigns After Racist YouTube Rants

      Columbus Dispatch  |  Sep 15, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      Officer Resigns After Racist YouTube Rants

      (Newser) - The Ohio patrol officer who made racially charged comments in homemade videos posted on YouTube resigned yesterday, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Susan Purtee, who was reassigned to desk duty after the videos drew national attention, will resign effective Sept. 22 and seek retirements from an unnamed disability. “Clearly, she does not deserve to wear the badge,” Columbus’ mayor said. More »

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      YouTube  • police  • racism  • anti-Semitism  • Bill O'Reilly

    • Swiss Party Aims to Boot Immigrants

      Associated Press  |  Sep 1, 07 11:27 AM CDT

      Swiss Party Aims to Boot Immigrants

      (Newser) - Using the image of three white sheep kicking a black sheep out, Switzerland’s biggest political party has begun a campaign to institute mandatory deportation of criminal immigrants and their families. Though critics compare the proposal to Hitler and Stalin practices, the party is expected to prevail in October elections. "We haven't had any complaints," said the party president. More »

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      election  • racism  • Nazi  • immigrant  • Switzerland  • xenophobia

  • August 2007

    • Apartheid Officials Escape Jail Time in Murder Plot

      BBC  |  Aug 17, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      Apartheid Officials Escape Jail Time in Murder Plot

      (Newser) - After pleading guilty, five former security officials in South Africa received suspended jail sentences today for their involvement in a bizarre, apartheid-era murder plot. Onetime law and order minister Adriaan Volk and four others admitted they had tried to kill Frank Chikane, a priest and anti-apartheid activist, in 1989 by lining his underwear with a deadly nerve toxin. More »

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      murder  • South Africa  • trial  • racism  • civil rights  • hate crime  • apartheid

    • The Ump's Not Blind (But He May Be Racist)

      Time  |  Aug 14, 07 11:58 AM CDT

      The Ump's Not Blind (But He May Be Racist)

      (Newser) - Major League Baseball umpires call more strikes when they share a race with the pitcher, and they call more balls when they don’t. The disturbing trend mostly benefits white players, since 71% of pitchers and 87% of umps are Caucasian, Time reports. Documented race-based misjudgments only occur in 1% of pitches, but that's enough to make a ballgame. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • racism  • NBA referees  • umpire

    • Editor's Murder Shows Failure of Tolerance

      Slate  |  Aug 7, 07 2:47 PM CDT

      Editor's Murder Shows Failure of Tolerance

      (Newser) - The notoriously irreligious Christopher Hitchens decries the Oakland police's tolerance of Your Black Muslim Bakery, one of whose employees has been arrested for the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. In an op-ed for Slate Hitchens writes that the bakery is in fact a front for jihadism and that Bay Area law enforcement is guilty of "official apathy— amounting to collusion." More »

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      murder  • racism  • jihad  • Muslim  • Oakland  • Chauncey Bailey  • tolerance  • Christopher Hitchens  • Your Black Muslim Bakery

    • Mitt's Reading List Reveals Wingnut Mentor

      National Review  |  Aug 6, 07 1:46 PM CDT

      Mitt's Reading List Reveals Wingnut Mentor

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney tried to unburden himself of some left-wing baggage in a talk-radio interview this weekend—but the National Review ’s Mark Hemingway says he may have gone too far. In praising the work of W. Cleon Skousen, his former BYU professor and an “all-around nutjob," Romney may have overcorrected in his attempt to shore up conservative cred. More »

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      list  • Mitt Romney  • racism  • Mormon  • Salt Lake City  • Brigham Young

  • May 2007

    • Study Sees Racial Bias In NBA Refs

      New York Times  |  May 1, 07 10:39 PM CDT

      Study Sees Racial Bias In NBA Refs

      (Newser) - in the NBA, white referees call up to 4.5% more fouls against black players than against white players, according to a study by Justin Wolfers and Joseph Price, a Penn professor and a Cornell graduate student. And the opposite is also true: black refs call more fouls on white players, though the discrepancy isn't as large.  More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • racism  • discrimination  • referee

  • April 2007

    • Fired Imus Meets Players

      CNN  |  Apr 13, 07 9:17 AM CDT

      Fired Imus Meets Players

      (Newser) - Don Imus sat down with the Rutgers women’s basketball team last night, hours after he became a former radio star for calling them “nappy-headed hos.”  The meeting, which included their coaches and parents, took place at the New Jersey governor’s mansion, whose proprietor, Jon Corzine, was en route when he was seriously injured in a car crash. More »

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      CBS  • racism  • radio  • New Jersey  • Don Imus  • Rutgers

    • CBS Pulls the Plug on Imus

      CBS  |  Apr 12, 07 5:41 PM CDT

      CBS Pulls the Plug on Imus

      (Newser) - CBS  has fired Don Imus, in a surprise move a week after the jockey called the Rutgers womens' basketball team "nappy headed hos," provoking a war of words over race in America. CBS Prez Les Moonves finally announced the decision today, citing the feelings of "young women of color trying to make their way in this society." More »

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      CBS  • racism  • radio  • MSNBC  • Don Imus  • Al Sharpton

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