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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
April 22, 2007
 
Decline and fall (
http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=mitra%2Fmitra243.txt&writer=mitra
)
Daily Pioneer - New Delhi,India
Even those who detested the concept of white supremacy within and
outside Britain bowed to the moral authority of Empire. Within
Britain, the Empire ...
 
Imus Humiliated? Big Deal (
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=12628
)
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
The deeper, entrenched societal - historical and institutional racism
* the structurally imposed white supremacy lives on despite the
occasional, ...
 
Thousands hold demo against Government over discrimination (
http://www.timesnews.co.ke/22april07/nwsstory/news3.html )
Kenya Times - Kenya
“We demand an end to discrimination. We accuse the provincial
administration of favouring one community,” said 70-year-old Adan
Dagane, who claims to have ...
 
Banks stop account discrimination (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/moneybox/6579231.stm )
BBC News - UK
Withholding goods or services from people as a result of their
disability breaches the Disability Discrimination Act. The legislation
covers people who can ...
 
Religion should not be used to justify discrimination (
http://www.bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=33428&TM=13216.95
)
Bermuda Sun - Bermuda
Discrimination has many historical forms that have been a plight on
humanity. Religious justification for discrimination has been used for
as long as ...
 
Experts study depression in young female Ismaili immigrants to US (
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C04%5C22%5Cstory_22-4-2007_pg12_8
)
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
Their social networks may not be as extensive as the younger
immigrants resulting in less support for these individuals. All
these factors may contribute to ...
 
Current Study Reveals Gap Between the Economic Status of US ... (
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/4/prweb520260.htm )
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Current study conducted by Ali Bergman of Americagreencard.org
reveals the gap between the economic status of United States
immigrants and United States ...
 
Persevere in the Struggle for Full Rights For All Immigrants! (
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/21/18403032.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR) firmly stands for
and demands amnesty and full rights for all immigrants and for family
reunification ...
 
Imus and media can work as agents of change to eradicate sexism (
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070421/OPINION/704210307/1047
)
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
We challenge Imus to work as an agent of change to eradicate sexism
and racism. He has raised awareness and been an agent of change for
the causes of sudden ...
 
NEW! Conference on discrimination ends (
http://www.gazette.com/articles/conference_21481___article.html/people_fields.html
)
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Fields spoke to college students, scholars and others Saturday at the
White Privilege Conference, which examines discrimination. ...
 
Barbara Jordan, 1936-1996: A Powerful Voice for Justice and Social
... ( http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2007-04-21-voa2.cfm )
Voice of America - USA
During her long political career, Barbara Jordan worked for social
change. She sought to use her political influence to make a difference
for all Americans. ...
 
Pairing environmentalism, economic justice (
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/04/21/pairing_environmentalism_economic_justice
)
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Within the last decade or so, the phrase "environmental justice"
crept into the green vocabulary, marrying the goal of protecting
nature with that of ...
 
VIEW: Being a ‘real’ Pakistani * Rafia Zakaria (
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C04%5C21%5Cstory_21-4-2007_pg3_5
)
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
Changez’s pursuit of “whiteness”, his pretensions and near-pathetic
submissiveness to the dictates of the American moneyed class, make an
interesting thesis ...
 
"Islamophobia’s” roots in anti-black racism (
http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islamophobias_roots_in_anti_black_racism/0013821
)
American Muslim - Bridgeton,MO,USA
Their counterparts are doing the same here, except here most of them
veil their white nationalism and racism. But we should remember that
the two usually ...
 
Reflections on Virginia Tech, the Media, Racism (and Al Franken) (
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5163/1/253/ )
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
The first is that racism is a tactic the rulers of this nation will
not hesitate to employ, and the fact that the widespread outrage over
the comments Don ...
 
Palestinians & Gay Orthodox Jews Find Common Ground: Homophobia (
http://www.queerty.com/queer/israel/palestinians-gay-orthodox-jews-find-common-ground-homophobia-20070420.php
)
Queerty - New York,NY,USA
Early this morning an area just outside of Jerusalem was shaken by a
planted explosive device that left at least one person injured and in
need of medical ...
 
Homophobia in football is still a problem (
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/redir.php?from=ec&to=1343722&l=homophobia_in_football_is_still_a_problem
)
Bolton News - Bolton,UK
THE report about homophobia in football (The Bolton News, April 16,)
refers correctly to Justin Fashanu as the only professional footballer
to "come out" as ...
 
Complaints of housing discrimination on rise, officials say (
http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=15883 )
Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont,CO,USA
In fact, the 10300 housing-discrimination complaints the US
Department of Housing and Urban Development and 100 affiliated local
agencies received last year ...
 
Judge suspended for jailing of immigrants (
http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070420/NEWS02/704200370/1014/NEWS02
)
Kentucky Post - Covington,KY,USA
LOUISVILLE - A western Kentucky judge was suspended without pay for
15 days for jailing 17 Hispanic immigrants indefinitely after asking
federal authorities ...
 
A Yellow Lab for President (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-sacks/a-yellow-lab-for-presiden_b_46389.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
In education, George W. Bush conspires with gutless Democrats to "get
tough" on schools by passing an Orwellian law known as the No Child
Left Behind Act, ...
 
Hate crimes on the rise in Russia (
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=188&id=9125&t=Hate+crimes+on+the+rise+in+Russia
)
Spero News - USA
Xenophobia is growing in Russia. Last year there were 53
ethnically-motivated murders with the authorities doing little or
nothing to solve them. ...
 
Women beware! Office sexism is alive and well (
http://www.bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=72&SubSectionID=205&ArticleID=33392&TM=73613.19
)
Bermuda Sun - Bermuda
In a chapter of an etiquette book published in 1921, men doing
business with women states: "A man, in receiving a woman caller who is
a stranger to him in ...
 
 
 
 

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