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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
December 4, 2006
 
Deaf boy denied human rights, parents claim ( http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/richmondnews/display.var.1053137.0.deaf_boy_denied_human_rights_parents_claim.php )
Wimbledon Guardian - Wimbledon,London,UK
A deaf toddler refused a hearing implant that could allow him to attend a mainstream school has been denied his human rights, according to his frustrated ...
 
Shining Light on Campus Discrimination ( http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A424308 )
Austin Chronicle - Austin,TX,USA
BY MICHAEL MAY. The University of Texas administration has publicly condemned acts of racism on campus when they've occurred, such ...
 
Activists hopeful about gay-rights legislation ( http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hatecrime3dec03,0,7002347.story?coll=la-home-headlines )
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Congress, some of its other legislative goals appear within reach — including making violence against gays a hate crime and outlawing workplace discrimination ...
 
PSG players pained by racism at matches ( http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=339041&ssid=90&sid=SPO )
Zee News - Noida,India
... The incident has sparked a nationwide debate in France on how to rid soccer of violence and racism, and prompted a change in policy on ticket sales. ...
 
Suzanne Elms Barclay: Racism emerges at ballot box ( http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/OPINION02/612030559/1087/opinion )
Lansing State Journal - Lansing,MI,USA
... Affirmative action, devised to try to compensate for the sorry history of racism in this country, was one way for Michigan to provide an increasingly educated ...
 
Racism: We have not come as far as we think ( http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20061203/OPINION/112030100 )
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
The n-word - a word that has become more vulgar than any other profanity. Even the f-word has become mild with age as the n-word ...
 
Kentucky Fried Globalization ( http://www.hnn.us/articles/32375.html )
History News Network - Seattle,WA,USA
... of China during Clinton's presidency? First, equating globalization with Americanization. Second, assuming that American products ...
 
SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS: Hmong not getting the help they need ( http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/NEWS05/612030587/1007/NEWS )
Detroit Free Press - United States
BY DAN CORTEZ. On a quiet morning last month, Kou Thao sat in the Leaps and Bounds learning center in Warren, one of seven Hmong ...
 
More Immigrants, Less Crime? ( http://warrenreports.tpmcafe.com/blog/warrenreports/2006/dec/02/more_immigrants_less_crime )
TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA
... Perhaps one of the most common arguments is that immigrants, particularly illegal immigrants, lead to higher crime rates. But what if this isnâ€*t true? ...
 
Civil Rights Project moving from Harvard to UCLA, will take on ... ( http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/30/america/NA_GEN_US_Civil_Rights_Project.php )
International Herald Tribune - France
LOS ANGELES: One of the most prominent US research centers on civil rights is moving to the University of California, Los Angeles and will expand its focus to ...
 
Brian Lehrer: Whites should see the shooting through black lens ( http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/476564p-400949c.html )
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... With my white privilege, it's easy to say the police are less racist now than when James McBride was a kid, which I believe they are. ...
 
Public Enemy Lifts Boycott On Arizona ( http://www.playfuls.com/news_00001769_Public_Enemy_Lifts_Boycott_On_Arizona.html )
Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania
... When asked about what he thought about the current state of racism in the United States, Ridenhour told the Star he thinks there is a lot of white guilt. ...
 
Unconventional Wisdom | Racism's modern complexion ( http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/16145444.htm )
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... We no longer lynch; 21st-century racism is "racism among the well-intentioned," according to John Dovidio, a scientific psychologist at the University of ...
 
Fighting La Choya The Secret Toxic Dump on the Border ( http://www.counterpunch.org/nauman12022006.html )
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
... including the International Indian Treaty Conference, Indigenous Environmental Network and Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice have joined the non ...
 
'Barriers' for minority cops ( http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2006/12/02/2591205-sun.html )
Toronto Sun - Canada
Women, non-white, aboriginal and gay and lesbian cops are too few in number, endure ongoing harassment and face systemic and attitudinal barriers to promotion ...
 
`2 Americas'? Yes, and 1 of them lives on credit ( http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/16146534.htm )
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... The deepest roots of homophobia, as with racism, sexism and classism, rest in this masculine over-identification with God, the resulting patriarchy and the ...
 
World AIDS Day and Latinos in the US ( http://vivirlatino.com/2006/12/01/world-aids-day-and-latinos-in-the-us.php )
VivirLatino - New York,NY,USA
... scarier. The Latino community needs to get over its homophobia that surrounds AIDS because AIDS is not a disease just for "patos". ...
 
Zimbabwe: Women Human Rights Defenders Bear Brunt of Govt ... ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200612010821.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
AS the world commemorated International Women Human Rights Defenders Day this week, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) takes the opportunity to highlight ...
 
Tutu leads UN human rights fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip ( http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=491931 )
AngolaPress - Angola
... of Cape Town and winner of the 1984 Peace Prize for his fight against Apartheid is expected to report back to the Geneva-based UN human rights council by 15 ...
 
European human rights body says slavery is back in Europe ( http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0612024044182847.htm )
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... beings, but the fact is that slavery is back in Europe, and that our governments are not doing enough to fight it," said the pan-European human rights body the ...
 
Report: Brandeis tenure track shows gender disparities ( http://www.thehoot.net/?module=displaystory&story_id=1696&format=html )
The Brandeis Hoot - West Orange,NJ,USA
The American Association of University Professorsâ€*s (AAUP) gender equity statistics comparing professor status by gender at various universities, including ...
 
Discrimination helps AIDS disease ( http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,48572.html )
Trinidad News - Port of Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
THE Non-Governmental Organisa-tion South AIDS Support celebrated World AIDS day yesteray at the San Fernando General hospital (SFGH) with South-West Regional ...
 
 
 
 

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