links for 2007-04-13
April 13th, 2007 by Jen and Carmen
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Thx Ike! “Indiana University officials are considering whether to keep the name of a longtime school trustee on a gymnasium following a student newspaper article about 1940s letters in which he advocated racial segregation.”
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Even by the New York Post’s low standards, this is a ridiculously homophobic piece of crap of an article.
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“North Carolina’s attorney general declared three former Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper innocent of all charges on Wednesday, ending a prosecution that provoked bitter debate over race, class and the tactics o
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“MSNBC has canceled its simulcast of CBS Radio’s “Imus in the Morning” following a long line of advertisers pulling their support of the show yesterday and today. “
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Imus’s producer: “If the N.B.A. were peopled by a bunch of Romanians, we’d be making fun of Romanians. To not satirize someone just because of their race, I think that would be patronizing and racist in itself.”
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“The cop allegedly assaulted a Sikh American man while yelling racial epithets, right in front of his wife and six-year-old child…All this, because Mr. Nag parked a van with expired tags in his own driveway.”
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Thx Tereza! ” the University of Florida voted to deny Jeb Bush an honorary degree, citing concerns about some of Bush’s education initiatives, including his dismantling of affirmative action programs in the state”
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Thx Tereza! “It’s not as convenient to hate the corporations or the politicians, to do something about the political negligence towards the regulation of the American companies, when there’s the “other” right in front of us, easy to pick out by ear and by
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Thx Ananser! “The suit alleged that FedEx Express discriminated against its African-American and Hispanic workers by passing them over for promotion, paying them less than white workers and treating them unfairly in evaluation and disciplinary proceedings
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Thx Ananser! “the black boys at Brookside, are set apart, in a way, by a special mentoring program that pairs them with black teachers for one-on-one guidance outside class, extra homework help, and cultural activities during the school day.”
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“When dealing with the issue of diversity (or lack thereof), we should zoom in on the board rooms, not just the shows. Change has to start at the executive level, among the people who set the high earnings bar for the bottom line.”
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Thx Gang Shik! “fuels a zero tolerance for failure. Many Asian Americans suffer this Model Minority affliction everyday, some have taken their lives as they are unable to stack up to this racial pecking order where we MUST be at the peak of our game.”
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“”Imus is no different from “haters on black talk radio who regularly praise and play Louis Farrakhan tapes.” I am not aware of any black talk radio haters who have the audience Imus does. And I’m not living in a culture of Black Supremacy, either.”
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