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Miss Germany shares anti-racism message - Missisauga News Online


Malton students heard that plea today from a German beauty queen who, 15 years ago, watched a neo-Nazi gun down her father on her front doorstep. Asli Bayram, Miss Germany in 2005, was at Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School to perform vignettes ...


21 Nov 2008

Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies - Charleston Gazette


COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Bob Jones University has apologized for racist policies including a one-time ban on interracial dating that wasn't lifted until nine years ago and its unwillingness to admit black students until 1971. The private fundamentalist ...


21 Nov 2008

Colbert: I say Obama won because 'racism is over' - Raw Story


Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert wants to proclaim that "Racism is Over," and he celebrated that victory on Thursday with a cascade of uniformly pale gray balloons. "Obama's election is just the latest of many victories for a new generation of ...


21 Nov 2008

Bob Jones U. Apologizes For Racism - CBS News


(CBS/AP) Bob Jones University is apologizing for racist policies that included a one-time ban on interracial dating and its unwillingness to admit black students until 1971. In a statement posted Thursday on its Web site , the fundamentalist ...


21 Nov 2008

Hollywood star Jackson faced racism - Crewe Guardian


Hollywood film star Samuel L Jackson revealed that he was the victim of racism while growing up in the US. In an interview with the Prince of Wales's charity, The Prince's Trust, he described having to face barriers as a youth. The 59-year-old actor ...


21 Nov 2008

The End of Racism? - Common Dreams


Author of The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom and other books, Smith said today: "In the wake of Barack Obama's historic election there is a lot of talk about racism suddenly becoming a thing of the past. It is true that ...


21 Nov 2008

The Fives: Racism, murder charges and weather on the brain in the week that was (Rapid City Journal)


YAHOO - The Fives: Racism, murder charges and weather on the brain in the week that was (Rapid City Journal)Bad weather. It looks like it might stick around, which is bad news for commuters, but generally good news for us.


21 Nov 2008

Hollywood star Jackson faced racism (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)


YAHOO - Hollywood star Jackson faced racism (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)Hollywood film star Samuel L Jackson revealed that he was the victim of racism while growing up in the US.


21 Nov 2008

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: 50 years ago, UB stood against racism (Niagara Gazette)


YAHOO - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: 50 years ago, UB stood against racism (Niagara Gazette)Willie Evans doesn’t know if his mind is failing or whether he’s repressed the memories of what happened 50 years ago. For the life of him, Evans is unable to remember the fateful team meeting at which he felt the bite of racism and learned about the power of friendship to overcome it.


20 Nov 2008

Sitting Down and Discussing Racism (WKTV Utica)


YAHOO - Sitting Down and Discussing Racism (WKTV Utica)UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - The YWCA of the Mohawk Valley and the Oneida County District Attorney's Office held a community forum on racism today in downtown Utica's Radisson Hotel.


20 Nov 2008

Popular racism class cancelled (The Heights)


YAHOO - Popular racism class cancelled (The Heights)The University's recent cancellation of the popular course "History and Development of Racism" has left many students concerned and confused. The course, which was canceled about two weeks before spring registration began, has been a staple of the philosophy department for 28 years. The University plans to reincorporate the course, after taking this semester to revise it, within the African and ...


19 Nov 2008

FM: Israel to boycott UN racism conference (People's Daily)


YAHOO - FM: Israel to boycott UN racism conference (PeopleIsraeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday announced that her nation has decided to boycott an upcoming United Nations conference on racism, amid fears that it would become a platform for anti-Israeli sentiment again. Referring to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, to be held in Geneva in April, Livni was quoted by local daily ...


19 Nov 2008

Hulu - The Colbert Report: Racism Is Over - Cory Booker


Video description: Cory Booker says we make a mistake if we ignore the wonderful differences that embody America.


21 Nov 2008

Samuel: I was victim of racism - | MSN News UK - news & weather


Samuel: I was victim of racism. Samuel L Jackson has revealed that he was the victim of racism while growing up in the US. In an interview with the Prince of Wales's charity, The Prince's Trust, he described having to face barriers as a ...


21 Nov 2008

The Raw Story | Colbert: I say Obama won because 'racism is over'


Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert wants to proclaim that "Racism is Over," and he celebrated that victory on Thursday with a cascade of uniformly pale gray balloons. "Obama's election is just the latest of many victories for a new ...


21 Nov 2008

Momma's Boys cast member's racism prompts her to seek police ...


A woman appearing on NBC's upcoming Momma's Boys, a series that lets mothers pick romantic partners for their sons, contacted police in her hometown, as did a producer for the show, because they're fearful about the response to her ...


21 Nov 2008

Boro stars launch new anti-racism DVD - Gazette Live


PAST and present Boro stars spoke openly of their experiences of racism to a group of Teesside youngsters.


21 Nov 2008

Solomon's Mindfield: SOAS Love Music Hate Racism gig TODAY. All ...


Love Music Hate Racism: Free Gig Friday Returns! This Friday we at the LMHR society are presenting you with our second gig night in the JCR. This time the bar is open until 1am, and will be accompanied by the 1st SOAS beer festival ...


21 Nov 2008