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Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson to resign: report
By Doyle Murphy The embattled chief of the Ferguson Police Department will resign on Wednesday, according to a report. Chief Tom Jackson will step down from his post leading the controversial squad less than one day after the city manager … Continue reading
Ferguson City Manager Cited in Justice Department Report Resigns
By John Eligon The city manager of Ferguson, whom a Department of Justice report blamed as one of the officials responsible for much of the questionable conduct by the police and the courts here, has agreed to resign. The announcement … Continue reading
Justice Speaks
By Editorial Board of The Washington Post THE JUSTICE Department said two things about Ferguson, Mo., last week, both of which should make Americans uncomfortable. First, federal officials announced that they did not have evidence showing that police officer Darren … Continue reading
Twelve Tips All Educators Must Know About Educating African American and Latino Students
By Quassan Castro In order to achieve success in the classroom with African American and Latino students, the educator must understand the population that he/she teaches, as well as consistently analyze if his/her teaching practices are effective. If you do not understand … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, bias, discrimination, education, Hispanics, race, school, stereotypes, teachers
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Trayvon Martin And Why The Right-Wing Media Spent 16 Months Smearing A Dead Teenager
By Eric Boehlert Appearing on Fox & Friends in the wake of a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, Geraldo Rivera’s claim that Martin brought about his own death by dressing in a hooded sweatshirt the … Continue reading
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Tagged bias, Daily Caller, Florida, Fox & Friends, Geraldo Rivera, race, racism, Trayvon Martin, twitter
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Putting Casual Racism on Trial
By Aura Bogado During her now-infamous CNN appearance, Zimmerman case Juror B37 made clear that, in her opinion, most people would have reacted the way that George Zimmerman did the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. If she meant that a … Continue reading
NZ sexism row: EMA boss Alasdair Thompson sacked
Alasdair Thompson deserved to be fired for his comments. They were sexist (by his own admission), crude, and disrespectful. Women have many obstacles in the workplace and to attribute a woman’s lack of performance on natural processes is beyond belief. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alasdair Thompson, BBC News, bias, discrimination, employment, New Zealand, sexism, women
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Hampton Inn accused of paying blacks less
Can you say L-A-W-S-U-I-T? I smell a nice, big out of court settlement on the horizon for the black and hispanic workers at the hotel. This is a black eye (literally) for a hotel brand I frequented when I … Continue reading
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Tagged bias, business, discrimination, EEOC, Hampton Inn, Hilton Worldwide, Hotel, Indiana, Indianapolis, jobs, Lodging
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Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries
Some people wonder if we live in a post-racial country. Here is another nail in the coffin that we do not. It is a given that African-Americans do not excercise our constitutional right to vote en masse. Yet when we … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, bias, black, courts, law, race, racism
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Oprah faced not just fashion retail racism, but size bias too
By Heidi Moore Oprah Winfrey is a successful billionaire with an empire worth $3bn, a woman whose public reputation has been built on self-empowerment. She has been frank about the stresses in her life – racism and sexism figure often … Continue reading →