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<div align="center"><font face="Arial"><b>EdChange Social Justice News</b><br>
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<b>from Paul C. Gorski</b><br>
<b>October 9, 2009<br>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/latimes/news/nationworld/nation/%7E3/lfdIrhz64UI/la-na-hate-gays9-2009oct09,0,3652953.story&ct=ga&cd=pWjBB4boM2U&usg=AFQjCNFDRLHYqHS6SMwl02l1Iu5sQdemUg">House
OKs measure to make anti-gay violence a hate crime</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Los Angeles
Times</font><br>
The Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, said the vote puts the
bill "closer to becoming law than ever before." "It's a very exciting
day for us here ...<br>
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</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hj4Q2pdqZHVVfQcbXxokISeln93QD9B7OP200&ct=ga&cd=pWjBB4boM2U&usg=AFQjCNHRSFEejKfCpfaw-Y8iPejtcF5lmw">Palestinians
want urgent UN rights debate on Gaza</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">The
Associated Press</font><br>
GENEVA — Palestinian diplomats in Geneva said Friday they are pushing
to bring forward a UN Human Rights Council debate on alleged war crimes
committed by ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1815163,CST-NWS-obamagays09.article&ct=ga&cd=pWjBB4boM2U&usg=AFQjCNGpkYzeRDNdSq-4uCQItIgxNGSC3A">Gay
rights activists growing impatient with Obama</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Chicago
Sun-Times</font><br>
BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com">Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com</a> Many of
the gay rights activists who will hear President Obama speak at the
Human Rights ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zahra-khan/racial-healing-conquering_b_315862.html&ct=ga&cd=hfaqd_CIDPQ&usg=AFQjCNF9c6n5Yh930SW2FORJfTLu18uY6w">Racial
Healing: Conquering the "Legalized Lies" of Racism</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Huffington
Post (blog)</font><br>
His comment clearly implicated an underground racism, a seething foam
of intolerance that bubbled under many lily white skins. This
undercurrent reminded me ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php%3Fch%3Dnews%26sc%3D%26sc2%3Dnews%26sc3%3D%26id%3D97486&ct=ga&cd=sdxKmqWmuE4&usg=AFQjCNFG4-7uCX2zDMH1N-Rh5EvmIwTIEg">Montana
Judge Upholds Parental Rights of Woman's Female Ex, Denounces Homophobia</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">EDGE Boston</font><br>
What's more, a state supreme court justice issued a strongly-worded
condemnation of homophobia in his opinion, calling it a "societal
cancer. ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/09/no-homo-bryan-safi-explor_n_315035.html&ct=ga&cd=sdxKmqWmuE4&usg=AFQjCNFF5wuupetLhXnkuH23-l9UHgGUdA">'No
Homo': Bryan Safi Explores Homophobia In Rap Music (VIDEO)</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Huffington
Post (blog)</font><br>
Bryan Safi took on the phrase "no homo" this week in his InfoMania
segment "That's Gay." Turns out if you're ever afraid of sounding gay
you can just stick ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/10/the_new_yorker_throws_tibet_un.asp&ct=ga&cd=EddJ1Nwf1PM&usg=AFQjCNHQ9g8-ELmnE0v1_XdI4A7KdDH6vQ">The
New Yorker Throws Tibet Under the Bus</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">The Weekly
Standard</font><br>
The first principle is anti-imperialism. China's policy toward Tibet is
classic imperialism. The Chinese conquered and are holding Tibet
against the will of ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/two-out-of-every-three-blind-in-india-are-women_100257967.html&ct=ga&cd=3C0yTrKQGis&usg=AFQjCNG6IYJJayA0Pzqj08WzsqDF992M_Q">Two
out of every three blind in India are women</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Thaindian.com</font><br>
As a beginning, five pilot projects in poor socio-economic strata of
society could be started to demonstrate gender equity, which then could
be replicated, ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/08/content_12193528.htm&ct=ga&cd=PdXwZo5iRrY&usg=AFQjCNE9DU2NLhVC9JCn4w7B_vI3yOzrbw">Inequality
remains L. America's great challenge: ECLAC</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Xinhua</font><br>
SANTIAGO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Inequality remains a great obstacle in the
development of Latin America and the Caribbean region, a report
published by the ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://allafrica.com/stories/200910080942.html&ct=ga&cd=UCiGgaetP9E&usg=AFQjCNFYZKttkoEwd6-HY8i8uy6TrxGZiw">South
Africa: Xenophobia Deja Vu and Human Rights in South Africa</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">AllAfrica.com</font><br>
Once again, these demonstrations led to a resurgence of xenophobia in
South Africa. Reports from the Sowetan newspaper show that threats were
being made to ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/07/AR2009100701204.html&ct=ga&cd=-a1-m3zoGfc&usg=AFQjCNFmfxKmDz_bkqblwUQ9s5_6ct99Rg">Activists
Work to End Human Trafficking in dc</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Washington
Post</font><br>
Over the past decade, organizations have been joining forces to end
what they are calling modern-day slavery in the District. The DC Human
Trafficking Task ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/10/08/news/local/doc4ace6633f1f6a427634711.txt&ct=ga&cd=-a1-m3zoGfc&usg=AFQjCNGuSNRbX4umjq6C-T3Ij23HOLX6YA">Exploring
John Brown's powerful legacy</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Glens Falls
Post-Star</font><br>
By WILL DOOLITTLE The legacy of John Brown, the anti-slavery crusader
who lived and is buried in Lake Placid, is relevant today, in a world
in which 27 ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9B73UBG0.html&ct=ga&cd=GvgJzzcvrz4&usg=AFQjCNGZfsjWgQzW3FpXYVLFLKGXnn6nqQ">Judge
to be first Latina on Texas Supreme Court</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Dallas
Morning News</font><br>
By MONICA RHOR / AP A judge whose Mexican immigrant mother earned only
a third grade education and worked as a cleaning woman was named to the
Texas Supreme ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/08-16&ct=ga&cd=Kr4uq98BeEQ&usg=AFQjCNF57Vy4WLuAsGfsdf8DfRy2Z45Vvg">Human
Rights First Praises Final Passage of Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Common Dreams
(press release)</font><br>
Human Rights First noted that, in 2007, the Federal Bureau of
Investigations documented 7624 US hate crimes directed against
institutions and individuals ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.nfl08oct08,0,3462073.story&ct=ga&cd=kvU0sYmy0wU&usg=AFQjCNH8B5wzNMev8W6A9qk9jjqH9PxVnw">Tackling
homophobia</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Baltimore Sun</font><br>
Why is homophobia
so prevalent in pro football? Former NFL player Dave Meggyesy lists a
series of reasons: "Male culture, fear of weakness, being different. ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLqnpRlOC6GXrc4Ff7_6fVDn05NQD9B75MG80&ct=ga&cd=2ZMP20UlO5Y&usg=AFQjCNEouTzY88a4Bp8rS4aFj1ayhz5O0w">Women
more likely to be expelled under 'don't ask'</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">The
Associated Press</font><br>
... policy against gays in uniform, according to government figures
released Thursday that critics said reflect deep-seated sexism in the
armed forces. ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/08/same-sex-marriage-make-it-happen-in-the-district/&ct=ga&cd=G1FS8HGVW7g&usg=AFQjCNHegc8ERa6fFqSmHGgx5PU_wHNq3w">Same-sex
marriage: make it happen in the District</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">The
Georgetown Voice</font><br>
In spite of this, millions of gay and lesbian couples around our
country are denied their constitutional right to get married.
Approximately 8.1 percent of ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailyfreepress.com/inequity-increasing-in-globalization-age-prof-says-1.1942838&ct=ga&cd=depxdZPvzmE&usg=AFQjCNGcJUKWXrGUnLooDZQmjV7ZnSdE6w">Inequity
increasing in globalization age, prof. says</a><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><font color="#666666">Daily Free
Press (subscription)</font><br>
By Lauren Price Inequalities and stratifications among world
populations are increasing in the light of globalization, Harvard
University professor Ulrich ...<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a style="color: blue;"
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/op_ed/article/addressing_an_injustice/46865/&ct=ga&cd=AzqLlWfjb04&usg=AFQjCNHi9rE0ItN7pXXlmWM0RqT1Ap8vVw">Addressing
an injustice</a><br>
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<font size="-1"><font color="#666666" face="Arial">Charlottesville
Daily Progress</font><font face="Arial"><br>
Even though the injustice is half a century gone, its impact still
resonates. The US Supreme Court had ruled against segregated schools in
1954, </font><font face="Arial">...<br>
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