from “Black People Loot, White People Find?” at boingboing.net
excerpted from “Black Looters, White Finders - Is The Media Racially-Biased About Hurricane Katrina?” at BlackNews.com, 9/2/05.
A recent report from DiversityInc.com found one picture by an AFP/Getty Images photographer and another by The Associated Press (AP) - and each had a different caption when published. The […]
excerpts from “Tyson Foods Sued For Maintaining Segregated Work Areas” BlackNews.com, 8/31/05
Whites Only Sign and Padlock Placed on Bathroom Door
Ashland, AL (BlackNews.com) - A lawsuit alleges that Tyson Foods, Inc. is responsible for maintaining a segregated bathroom and break room, reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, in its Ashland, Alabama chicken processing plant.
Thirteen […]
excerpt from “40th Anniversary of Watts,” DemocracyNow.org, 8/11/05
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Watts uprising in Los Angeles. A white California Highway Patrol officer named Lee Minikus pulled over 21(twenty-one) year-old Marquette Frye, who was black, on suspicion of drunk driving. Frye had been driving in the car with his brother and additional officers […]
By John Grogan
Inquirer Columnist
The caller, a middle-aged man, wanted me to know just how upset he was by what happened last month at Abington Memorial Hospital.
The husband of a maternity patient had demanded that only white staffers be allowed to participate in the delivery of the couple’s baby - and hospital administrators, to avoid an […]
by Caroline E. Mayer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 1, 2003; Page E01
African Americans were almost three times as likely as whites to be charged markups on loans financed by General Motors Acceptance Corp., according to an analysis by an expert working for minority borrowers in a lawsuit against the nation’s second-largest auto lender.
When charged a […]
The Birmingham Pledge:
I believe that every person has worth as an individual.
I believe that every person is entitled to dignity and respect, regardless of race or color.
I believe that every thought and every act of racial prejudice is harmful; if it is my thought or act, then it is harmful to me as well as […]
By J. Y. Smith
Special to The Washington Post
Friday, June 27, 2003; Page A01
Strom Thurmond, a South Carolina Republican who forged one of the most remarkable careers in American public life while becoming the longest-serving U.S. senator in history and the oldest person to serve in Congress, died last night in his home town of Edgefield, […]
According to this story, the Republican Party — in the guise of Bill Frist — has (finally?) put the issue of racism on the political table. Of course it is a cynical, rather than a principled move, but it does really throw open the door for principled criticisms of, say, the way Republicans use the […]
By Deborah Kong
AP Minority Issues Writer
March 14, 2003, 3:15 PM EST
Following complaints from activists, Internet auction giant eBay said Friday it will caution sellers against describing items using a racial slur.
When a seller uses the n-word in an item description, a new box will automatically pop up on the computer screen. It will tell the […]