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2010-03-15: Headlines

2010-03-14: Headlines

  • BlackAthlete.net: Oh brother, where are thou? 2010-03-14
    ILLINOIS -- Torii Hunter says he's not racist; his comments were taken out of context in the USA Today article that appeared on this past Wednesday as part ...
  • Xinhua: Countries dismiss US human rights report as intervention 2010-03-14
    BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Egypt and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have joined Russia in dismissing as intervention the US human right ...
  • Detroit Free Press: Chaplains help where police officers can't 2010-03-14
    ... black residents against a largely white police force that was viewed with hostility because of years of heavy-handed -- and often racist -- policing.
  • Ottawa Citizen: Language of the home 2010-03-14
    There were a few thoughtful comments, but the depressing majority were venomous and hate-filled, a pool of ignorant - and safely anonymous -- bigotry.
  • Green Left Weekly: Art as militant satire 2010-03-14
    His latest exhibition, I'm not racist, but … , is a weapon of wit aimed at white middle-class mores. His painting Much ado, Abbott nothing depicts Liberal ...
  • Green Left Weekly: Far right attempts to hijack internet censorship rally 2010-03-14
    During the incident, a spontaneous chant of “no room for racism” won wide support among the crowd. In post-rally commentary, the Nationalist Alternative ...
  • Green Left Weekly: Socialist candidate: 'We urgently need a radical transition' 2010-03-14
    ... action on climate change; stopping imperial wars; expanding rights for marginalised communities; expanding workers' rights; and eradicating racism.
  • BlackAthlete.net: Straight No Chaser: Breakfast of Chumps 2010-03-14
    Whose to say . . . in a nation where sexist, racist and very elitist punks like Rush and Glenn Beck are so-very popular amongst one segment of the U ...
  • Mirror.co.uk: COUNCIL BOSS WHO'S NAZI PIECE OF WORK 2010-03-14
    A £90000-a-year housing boss leads a sordid secret life - dressing up as a Nazi for sick racist sex games.
  • Mirror.co.uk: BNP faces poll battle with Front 2010-03-14
    Nf activists claim their membership has surged by 70 per cent, swelled by BNP defectors angry at attempts to force them to comply with anti-racism laws.
  • Austin American-Statesman: Austin filmmaker gives life to singer's story 2010-03-14
    This cancer (of racism) has not been eradicated as of yet, and we keep making the same mistakes over and over again," she said. "Why keep making the same ...
  • Arab Times: Albarn takes center stage in Gorillaz 'Plastic Beach' 2010-03-14
    ... the creative spirit of Marvin Gaye as it conveys the search for inner peace amid the everyday challenges of recession, war, racism and relationships.
  • Indianapolis Star: Interpreters, technology team up to bring past to present 2010-03-14
    Crispus Attucks High School is described as a product of racism that became a symbol of pride. A poster shown in the film promotes a mid-1960s civil right ...
  • The Tennessean: Radical groups blur civil debate on issues 2010-03-14
    ... recent months cannot fairly be considered extremist groups, but they are shot through with rich veins of radical ideas, conspiracy theories and racism.
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Hitler Youth visited Britain in '30s 2010-03-14
    The Hitler Youth group aimed to instill the Nazis' racist and xenophobic ideals into young Germans, through a mix of indoctrination, outdoor activities ...
  • NewsOK.com: 'Major Pettigrew' takes a stand against bigotry 2010-03-14
    It is a love story, but it also provides insight into bigotry, avarice, race relations, religion and development's encroachment on quiet country villages.
  • Fort Worth Star Telegram: Pacquiao dominates Clottey for decision 2010-03-14
    We enjoy lively debate on the issues of the day, but we ask that you refrain from using profanity, racist or hate speech, engaging in personal attacks ...
  • Janesville Gazette: Sunshine Week 2010-03-14
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal ...
  • MyWestTexas.com: Texas textbook discussion turns into racial standoff 2010-03-14
    It also approved an amendment that deletes a requirement that sociology students "explain how institutional racism is evident in American society.
  • Toronto Sun: 'The Pacific' examines the horrors of war 2010-03-14
    “The war in the Pacific was more like the wars we've seen ever since: A war of racism and terror, a war of absolute horrors, both on the battlefield and ...
  • The Press Association: Whittle: I'll cry over soap exit 2010-03-14
    You've got Zak (Kent Riley) saying some racist things and over the next couple of months it's all going to piece together and that one episode is going ...
  • California Chronicle: Streetwise: Broadway hit ?Avenue Q' heads to Pueblo 2010-03-14
    Song titles such as "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist," "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" and "It Sucks to be Me" offer a glimpse of what audiences can expect ...
  • Troy Record: Alan S. Chartock: The GOP needs some grand old names 2010-03-14
    He is certainly no hero to many diverse populations in New York which think, to put it too kindly, his policies were tinged with racism.
  • The Detroit News: Terrorists who defy our biases 2010-03-14
    He is accused by a young aide of being "racist" because he thinks his airport security line will move more efficiently because it has Asian businessmen ...
  • Chicago Reader: Gene Siskel Film Center 2010-03-14
    Battle Lines An unlikely coalition may wipe racist boundaries off the ward map. by Ben Joravsky May 28, 1998 Do the Right Thing It's not easy for three ...
  • Fort Worth Star Telegram: Warriors hand reeling Raptors fourth straight loss 2010-03-14
    We enjoy lively debate on the issues of the day, but we ask that you refrain from using profanity, racist or hate speech, engaging in personal attacks ...
  • Ventura County Star: Strickland makes it official 2010-03-14
    Whitman is severing ties with an elected official who described himself as a "proud racist." The Whitman campaign issued a statement Saturday disavowing ...
  • Poughkeepsie Journal: Racial suit's $1.25 million verdict stuns Pine Plains board 2010-03-14
    ... aspects of ongoing litigation, the board said it wanted the public to know the district continues efforts to combat racism and all forms of harassment.
  • NorthEscambia.com: Northview Splits Doubleheader With PHS 2010-03-14
    No comments that slander another, no racism, no sexism, no personal attacks. (2) No Harrassing Comments. If someone says something bad about you ...
  • Bismarck Tribune: South Dakota crash changed survivor's life 2010-03-14
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK, and forgive people their spelling errors.
  • HitFix: Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' - Jerry Seinfeld nearly upstages Judd Law ... 2010-03-14
    ... character Mindy Grayson ruining the game stopped being funny after the first time through, and outside of some nice throwaway racism (my favorite kind!
  • News & Observer: Back to the issues 2010-03-14
    What about accusations of racism? I challenge the Rev. William Barber to tell us exactly how the current system benefits poor black children, since the test ...
  • Japan Focus: American Police Training and Political Violence: From the Philippines Conquest ... 2010-03-14
    Racism was another prominent factor. Henry T. Allen, the first chief of the constabulary, characteristically referred to Filipinos resisting the United ...
  • Montreal Gazette: 'We're not all the same' 2010-03-14
    Government bureaucrats who insist there are problems with discrimination and racism are swiftly muzzled, he says, researchers have a hard time getting ...
  • Arizona Daily Star: HBO's 'Pacific' equals power of 'Band of Brothers' 2010-03-14
    Some attention is paid to keep things on the near side of racism - the Japanese soldier, Basilone tells a platoon of eager recruits, is not "a bucktooth ...
  • Ottawa Citizen: Many ways to see the world 2010-03-14
    The accusation of misogyny has long been considered the curtain-dropper behind the ideological barricades; like the accusation of "racism," or "homophobia," ...
  • News & Observer: Racial busing illegal 2010-03-14
    ... against the Wake school board should be dismissed out of hand, and the NAACP should apologize to the board for its unwarranted accusations of racism.

2010-03-13: Headlines

  • Center for Media and Democracy: Texas Spins History, Again 2010-03-13
    ... of the anti-Japanese racism that led to exponentially greater numbers and proportions of the population of Americans of Japanese heritage being stripped ...
  • truthout: Antiwar Activists Plan Nationwide Protests to Mark Seventh Anniversary of Iraq ... 2010-03-13
    Thayer is a representative of the Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism and the Gay Liberation Network. He spoke to Truthout earlier this week about ...
  • Yemen News Agency: President Saleh lectures on unity, urges opposition to engage in dialogue 2010-03-13
    ... those who have genuine claims, which we will warmly welcome and work to address, but we refuse to create a culture of hatred, racism and regionalism.
  • Mirror.co.uk: Gordon Brown has Nicolas Sarkozy's vote 2010-03-13
    And a photocall with David Cameron couldn't hide the President's anger over the Tory leader jumping into bed with Europe's nasty, racist fringe parties.
  • Pioneer Press: Twins sign Denard Span to 5-year contract 2010-03-13
    ... a place for spirited exchanges of opinion. So those who persist with racist, defamatory or abusive postings risk losing the privilege to post at all.
  • Palestine Monitor: Jerusalem burns 2010-03-13
    Racist policies that allow the eviction of Palestinian families, house demolitions and settlement expansion continue to scar the landscape.
  • Palestine Note: Fighting discrimination against American Arabs a very slow process, especially ... 2010-03-13
    Again, what else is new in New York City, the capitol of hate and bigotry when it comes to American Arabs? The reporter cast Almontaser as a "jihadist," ...
  • Westport-News: Celluloid dreams: local documentarian gets 'nothing wrong"™ 2010-03-13
    In the '20s, '30s and beyond segregation was prevalent and the teams had to deal with racism in the north and the south. They played for teams such as ...
  • Nehanda Radio: Prof Moyo unashamed eloquent charlatan | read this item 2010-03-13
    One of the results of this racism, the judge said, was that 'support for SA rugby teams was generally to be found only amongst white people and open ...
  • St. Thomas Times-Journal: War in Pacific series debuts Sunday night 2010-03-13
    "The war in the Pacific was more like the wars we've seen ever since: A war of racism and terror, a war of absolute horrors, both on the battlefield and ...
  • Vancouver Sun: Religious groups get security boost 2010-03-13
    ... to what's happened at the Sikh temple, where a three-year barrage of racist graffiti ended after security cameras were installed earlier this month.
  • Palm Beach Post: Marco Rubio's high-roller political spending 2010-03-13
    At PalmBeachPost.com, we want to avoid comments that are obscene, hateful, racist or otherwise inappropriate. If you post offensive comments, we will delete ...
  • E Canada Now: Dan Rather's Watermelon Comment Racist? 2010-03-13
    If the right says it, it is sheer, unadulterated racism. What's worse is the author referring to the Huffington Post as a popular website. Funny.
  • California Chronicle: Guess again 2010-03-13
    "This film's look at racism on one hot day in New York, as a metaphor for race relations in the US, is truly brilliant in all areas," Jenson White said.
  • Asbury Park Press: NJ getting soaked by another major storm 2010-03-13
    Users who make racist, defamatory or abusive comments risk losing the privilege to post at all. If you think a post violates these standards, don't escalate ...
  • The Onion: Racial Slur Development Not Keeping Pace With Mixed-Race Births, Nation' ... 2010-03-13
    Once brimming with xenophobic put-downs, the average racist's lexicon can barely keep up with America's growing diversity. WASHINGTON—A coalition of ...
  • California Chronicle: Mouth of Mencia 2010-03-13
    He recalls family disapproval of one of his sisters bringing home a black boyfriend and the racism he saw in that reaction later.
  • Post-Bulletin: Torii Hunter vows to watch what he says to reporters 2010-03-13
    Although his comments were assailed by some as racist and divisive, many came to the defense of Hunter, who has won numerous awards for community service ...
  • Ottawa Citizen: To hell and back 2010-03-13
    It was a war of racism and terror, a war of absolute horrors, both on the battlefield and in the living conditions the soldiers endured.

2010-03-12: Headlines

  • New Statesman: Teachers will not be banned from BNP membership 2010-03-12
    Report concludes that banning school workers from joining groups that promote racism would be "disproportionate". Teachers in England should not be banned ...
  • Free Speech Radio News: 9/11 responders health care suit settled for $657 million 2010-03-12
    Since the 1980s, crack cocaine offenses have been punished at a much higher level – a difference many activists called systemic racism because crack ...
  • Los Angeles Times: 'The Pacific's' Tom Hanks: The right wing's new boogeyman 2010-03-12
    In a separate interview, Hanks referred to the war in the Pacific as one of "racism and terror." Well, that was enough to set off alarm bells everywhere ...
  • Washington Post: Andre Carter is not unhappy with situation with Redskins 2010-03-12
    I'm still rotflol over "ageism is bigotry!" now my point is that she wanted that something to happen and so did Ben. She is clearly a skanky little girl ...
  • Macleans.ca: Howard Stern is a jerk—with a point to ponder 2010-03-12
    Stern was pilloried for being racist. He was also attacked for getting his facts wrong: Sidibe has been cast in the new Showtime comedy The C Word and ...
  • Telegraph.co.uk: Claims of racism by football referees debunked by researchers 2010-03-12
    "This may also reflect the fact that referee behaviour is heavily informed by the anti-racist initiatives that have characterised the professional game ...
  • Telegraph.co.uk: Teachers can keep BNP membership, Government review says 2010-03-12
    His review of measures to prevent racism in schools, commissioned by Ed Balls, the children's secretary, recommended against a ban because he said there w ...
  • Ventura County Star: Before the modern media age painters helped tell tales of American life 2010-03-12
    Though the artists selected in the Civil War section avoided bloody depictions, or overt comments on Reconstruction and racism, Homer's “The Veteran in ...
  • Boston Globe: The making of 'The Pacific' 2010-03-12
    It was a war of racism. We hated them, they were 'yellow.' They hated us, we were 'lazy white devils.' They had a different concept of what the here ...
  • Catholic News Service: Our Family Wedding 2010-03-12
    Explicit bigotry is absent, and racial badinage is kept to a pleasant minimum in favor of physical comedy, although that includes a crude sequence about ...
  • Radio 1: Man guilty for racial attack on Borehamwood rail worker 2010-03-12
    A rail passenger has been found guilty of grabbing and racially abusing a ticket inspector in Hertfordshire. Charles Law, 50, of Stratfield Road ...
  • www.worldbulletin.net: Russia: US guilty of its own abuses in Afghanistan 2010-03-12
    ... leading to the murder of children, including those adopted in Russia", as well as "racism and xenophobia towards migrants, and Islamophobia," it said.
  • DeHavilland: Today - NASUWT's Keates comments on BNP membership issue 2010-03-12
    The conclusion of an independent review into racism in schools, commissioned by the Government, says that teachers should not be banned from membership ...
  • DeHavilland: Good Morning Wales - NASUWT's Phillips critical of racism in schools review ... 2010-03-12
    Do you want people that belong to parties or organisations that stand for all white Britain policies that are steeped in bigotry, intolerance and hatred ...
  • Press and Journal: Portlethen pupils use poetry to challenge prejudice 2010-03-12
    ... cultural experience which celebrates Scotland and poetry and also provides a platform for messages which rise to the challenge of racism and prejudice”.
  • Northampton Chronicle & Echo: Girl raped in street, jury hears 2010-03-12
    I'm not being racist because he is African and difficult to understand but he seemed a bit weird. I didn't feel comfortable walking with him and said I ...
  • ESPN.co.uk: When sport gets political: Top ten sporting boycotts 2010-03-12
    The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, have boycotted the event since 2001, when they claimed they were victims of racist chanting.
  • Bismarck Tribune: Reclaimed mine land topic of presentation March 15 2010-03-12
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK, and forgive people their spelling errors.
  • WMU News: RACE exhibit manager to host community talks 2010-03-12
    ... Web site and other educational materials that explore the origins and manifestations of race and racism in everyday life in America.
  • College News: Harvard Housing Day T-Shirts reportedly mock 9/11 2010-03-12
    No racism, sexism or any other –isms. That includes ironic racism. Trust us, bros, your “satire” isn't nearly as funny as you think it is.
  • I-Newswire.com: Cimarron Alliance Denounces Oklahoma Bill Allowing “Opt-Out” of Federal Hate ... 2010-03-12
    It is the very bigotry that kept women from voting and African-Americans at the back of the bus. Will our legislature next decide to opt-out of federal ...
  • Tulsa World: mouth of mencia 2010-03-12
    He recalls family disapproval of one of his sisters bringing home a black boyfriend and the racism he saw in that reaction later.
  • Longview Daily News: Government-managed care preferred 2010-03-12
    His not-so-subtle equating of the Tea Party movement with George Wallace's early racist behavior insults a number of my white friends whom I know ...
  • phillyBurbs.com: 'I found that the enemy doesn't exist' 2010-03-12
    "I face racism and discrimination all the time. We've been raised to hate them. The first few days, I couldn't accept that the Jewish girls were being nice ...
  • Mid Columbia Tri City Herald: Divorce yourself from 'Our Family Wedding' 2010-03-12
    Riva's character, Sonia, has a perfectionist dad, a mom in a mid-life crisis, an anti-marriage sister and a racist grandmother.
  • Santa Barbara Independent: Diagnosing The God Virus 2010-03-12
    My grandmother and grandfather were among the most devout and religious people I knew when growing up, yet their racism and hatred of anyone who disagreed ...
  • The Associated Press: Texas ed board adopts social studies standards 2010-03-12
    Berlanga also bristled when the board approved an amendment that deletes a requirement that sociology students "explain how institutional racism is evident ...
  • Kansas CW: NYC socialite Mortimer launches reality TV show 2010-03-12
    Entertainment News from AP AP Entertainment News Video More>> AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters 'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim, whose career w ...
  • Fromtheold: I now pronounce you Black and White 2010-03-12
    ... black girlfriend, Jackie Msolisi (Astara Mwakalumbwa) announce their engagement to each other, but Simon's racist, white parents are more than furious.
  • Sun-Sentinel: Obama's popularity wanes because of wrong decisions, not racism 2010-03-12
    Does racism continue to exist in America? Of course. At this point in human development, a small segment of the population will be drawn to the racist ...
  • Jamaica Observer: Russians sentenced for race hate killing 2010-03-12
    A total of 74 people were killed in racist attacks in Russia in 2009, a drop from the 120 people killed in 2008, according to the Moscow Bureau for Hum ...
  • Heeb Magazine: Bar Refaeli—Dump Leonardo Di'Caprio! Settle Down With A Nice Jewish Boy 2010-03-12
    Whether Lehava are most likely the same fundamentalist extreme racist assholes that settle in the West Bank and shit in everyone's cornflakes is immaterial.
  • Calgary Herald: History abused 2010-03-12
    ... to come close to experiencing, the Palestinians are not enduring any suffering because of extremist racism running rampant in the Israeli government.
  • Janesville Gazette: Illinois upsets No. 13 Wisconsin 2010-03-12
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal ...
  • The American: Are Some Races More Equal Than Others? 2010-03-12
    Putting aside the question of racism, disorder and violence in an inner-city school has become educational business as usual.
  • Calgary Herald: Staying In: Your Home Entertainment Guide 2010-03-12
    ... co-executive producer Tom Hanks says the fighting in that theatre was a presage of today's conflicts, that is, "a war of racism and terr ...
  • Politico: Hayworth ties to ALIPAC questioned 2010-03-12
    "Let's be clear: Congressman [JD] Hayworth's continued flirtation with extreme groups that condone racism only opens the door for liberals to falsely paint ...
  • Bismarck Tribune: Getting to the church on time when daylight saving time hits 2010-03-12
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK, and forgive people their spelling errors.
  • Fort Worth Star Telegram: Miami stuns Virginia Tech 70-65 in ACC tourney 2010-03-12
    We enjoy lively debate on the issues of the day, but we ask that you refrain from using profanity, racist or hate speech, engaging in personal attacks ...
  • Vancouver Sun: foreign-born population to forge 'new Canada' 2010-03-12
    Richard Day, a professor of sociology and global development studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., objects to using the "basically racist" term ...
  • Gawker: Is Jules Kirby a Racist Homophobe or Does She Just Play One on TV? 2010-03-12
    She's not a racist, she's just a w-word. Plus she was responding to a black guy (Malik the Sheik, also from the show), so she can't be racist.
  • Wicked Local Foxborough: Sneak Preview: 'Green Zone' and other new movies 2010-03-12
    ... woman (America Ferrera) falls for a handsome black man (Lance Gross), much to the chagrin of their two racist dads (Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia).
  • Express Buzz: The right moves in Jaffna 2010-03-12
    Sinhala racism is easily aroused in any case. News about the consulate has already stirred blogosphere paranoia, with one post describing it as 'chilling'.
  • Janesville Gazette: Rahm Emanuel - The Enforcer 2010-03-12
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal ...
  • Asbury Park Press: Judge rules on evidence in NJ incest case 2010-03-12
    Users who make racist, defamatory or abusive comments risk losing the privilege to post at all. If you think a post violates these standards, don't escalate ...
  • Hurriyet Daily News: A word to the wise 2010-03-12
    That explained his extreme knowledge about Turkish geography, history and the current political scene, as well as his blatant racism toward Arabs.
  • Sun-Sentinel: Some oppose health care reform because of racism toward Obama 2010-03-12
    To avoid being accused of bigotry, they use language that is code for race: He's a socialist, Hitler, wasn't born in America, isn't one of us.
  • Hornets247.com: Game On: Nuggets @ Hornets 2010-03-12
    Racist, sexist or any kind of derogatory comments will not be tolerated. Don't even waste your time. Stay on topic. If you feel like taking off on a tangent ...
  • Lankaweb: Tamil Tigress in UN 2010-03-12
    It has to be investigated, if her reluctance to act against Tamil racism is due to her Tamil ethnicity. She did nothing against USA that continue to abuse ...
  • Greensboro News & Record: Editorial: Too hot to handle? 2010-03-12
    Trash disposal in Greensboro is a politically and emotionally charged issue, fraught with overcooked rhetoric and charges of racism.
  • GwinnettHerald.com: Kid's Cabaret auditions in Duluth 2010-03-12
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that is degrading. * 5. Help us get it right. If you find a factual error or typo ...
  • Tulsa World: guess again 2010-03-12
    "This film's look at racism on one hot day in New York, as a metaphor for race relations in the US, is truly brilliant in all areas," Jenson White said.
  • Prague Daily Monitor: Ultra-right radicals distance themselves from DS, its successor 2010-03-12
    The AN says the DSSS, successor to the extra-parliamentary DS which the court banned as extremist and racist in February, has a "pathetic programme" based ...
  • Janesville Gazette: Janesville man suspected of ninth OWI in court 2010-03-12
    No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal ...
  • Gotham Gazette: A Discrimination Finding Aginst DOE 2010-03-12
    In a written statement, Levine said “To its everlasting shame, the DOE did the bigot's work. Now the EEOC has reminded us that it is the responsibility ...
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