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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
December 24, 2006
 
How Privilege Falls in the Land of Opportunity (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/byron-williams/how-privilege-falls-in-th_b_37038.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... It is easy, too easy in fact, to morph privilege into a euphemism
for "white privilege." I suspect that a number of the students at
Foothill High, by any ...
 
Homeless but not hopeless in Africa (
http://www.swradioafrica.com/pages/homeless231206.htm )
SW Radio Africa - Zimbabwe
... This truth brings back to us with great force the dignity of
human beings. A dignity that cries out to us from the depths of
suffering, oppression and pain. ...
 
Disappearing world: Global warming claims tropical island (
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2099971.ece )
Independent - London,England,UK
Environment Editor Geoffrey Lean reports. Rising seas, caused by
global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island
off the face of the Earth. ...
 
Study: Bears Have Stopped Hibernating Due To Global Warming... (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/12/23/study-bears-have-stopped_n_37016.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... Global warming cause bears to stop hibernating. Those ...
Annoying global warming denial trolls also deny voting for Bush,
TWICE! Global ...
 
GOPers silent-to-approving of Goode racism (
http://houseoflabor.tpmcafe.com/blog/k_j_liberal/2006/dec/23/gopers_silent_to_approving_of_goode_racism
)
TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA
... And with Rove still playing Claudius and pouring
"run-to-your-base" poison in Bush's ear, one can understand their
reluctance to condemn Goode's racism. ...
 
MIT professor vows hunger strike over tenure (
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/23/mit_professor_vows_hunger_strike_over_tenure
)
Boston Globe - United States
An MIT professor says he will go on a hunger strike if the university
does not quickly acknowledge that he was denied tenure because of
racism. ...
 
Couple awarded for homophobia (
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3356.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
A retired couple have won out of court damages after being questioned
by police regarding their views on homosexuality. Devout Christians
...
 
Black 'saints' cannot deliver whites from racial inertia (
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/12/23/black_saints_cannot_deliver_whites_from_racial_inertia
)
Boston Globe - United States
... There are millions of would-be Patricks whose dreams are being
swallowed up by achievement gaps, health disparities, and subtle job
discrimination. ...
 
Neo-Nazis try to recruit in Macomb Co. (
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061222/METRO/612220366/1003
)
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
ROSEVILLE -- Macomb County is being targeted by a neo-Nazi group
whose members are distributing fliers bearing swastikas and messages
of white supremacy. ...
 
Apartheid through education (
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=36607 )
The News - International - Pakistan
... Pakistan. But this is only the tip of the iceberg once we start
discussing the problems inequity in education is engendering. Equally
...
 
Commentary: Racism in Texas more than skin deep (
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/21/racism.guestcommentary/ )
CNN - USA
... She was a member of the audience at the December 19 CNN Town Hall
"Out in Open: Racism in America.". ... ("Out in the Open: Racism in
America," December 19). ...
 
Czech Romanies face discrimination at work, school -- report (
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=227534 )
Czech Happenings - Pragues,Czech Republic
According to the report by the European Network Against Racism
(ENAR), there is both latent and open discrimination in the Czech
Republic and it is most often ...
 
Teachers can get free copy of Gore global warming documentary (
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061222/NEWS04/61222006
)
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
For one month only, teachers can nab a free copy of "An Inconvenient
Truth," a documentary on global warming by former Vice President and
Tennessee native Al ...
 
 
 
 

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Paul C. Gorski
Hamline University
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