Also Try Civil Rights and Security News -07-23-09 Police Sergeant Refuses to Apologize (CNN News) "The commissioner of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police department said Thursday he 'deeply regrets' the arrest of prominent black Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., but stands by the procedures followed by his department." "Obama defended Gates Wednesday night, while acknowledging that he may be 'a little biased,' because Gates is a friend." " 'But I think it's fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry; No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, No. 3 ... that there's a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately.' " "The incident, Obama said, shows 'how race remains a factor in this society.' " 07-09 -09-21-07 Questions of Bias in Jena 6 Case (Christian Science Monitor) "Despite a narrowing of the racial gap in the past decade, the average black juvenile remains far more likely to be arrested and convicted than his white counterpart. But researchers are divided on whether race or other factors, such as poverty, are the driving factor." 09-07 Antiracism and Social Justice News (Antiracismnet.org) Provides news related to social justice. 2-04 Race in America (MSNBC News) Provides news and history related to issues of race and ethnicity. Papers -Editorial: Resurgence of Racism in Confederate Symbols (CNN News) "Today, Confederate history is as much about 1965 and the Voting Rights Act as it is about 1865 and Lee's surrender. The long history of the ways Confederate symbols have been used and Confederate history has been evoked to support racist violence and African- American oppression haunts Gov. McDonnell's declaration of Confederate History Month." "Confederate history cannot be separated from the issue at the center of the Civil War, slavery. But it also cannot be separated from the history of segregation, massive resistance, and the fight against the civil rights movement." "Historically, Confederate versions of the past and Confederate symbols have meant opposition to equal rights for all Americans. In officially recognizing Confederate History Month, Gov. McDonnell is asking Virginians to join together in celebration of this history of white supremacy." 04-10 -Editorial: Where Are the Protests Against the Killing of Shaima Al Awadi? (Time.com) "A muslim mother of four gets beaten to death in her California home and left with the message 'Go back to your country, you terrorist.' But there won't be a million hijab march for her." "The police in El Cajon are still looking for Al Awadi’s killer, whose family reported that they had found a similarly menacing note tacked to their door a week before the attack, which they had dismissed as a joke. The hijab is not the hoodie—yet. Police do not profile muslim women as they most certainly do black men. But only when we see people for their humanity and not their clothes or religious beliefs are we living up to the principles on which this country was founded and should now be evoking." 04-12 -Editorial: Why Obama Will Never Call Out Racism (Time.com) "Barack Obama is not a black leader. He’s a leader who’s black. This is not an insignificant distinction." 03-12 -Study: Racial Inequalities Sobering News (CNN News) "Social and economic gaps between whites and blacks persist in the United States despite an atmosphere that led to the election of President Obama, an Urban League report said." "Blacks remain twice as likely to be unemployed, three times more likely to live in poverty and more than six times as likely to be imprisoned compared with whites, according to the group's annual State of Black America report issued Wednesday." 03-09 Black Philadelphia Police Sue Over Message Board (CNN News) "A group of black Philadelphia police officers filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against their department, alleging an online forum geared toward city police is 'infested with racist, white supremacist and anti-African-American content.' " "The suit alleges white officers post on and moderate the privately operated site, Domelights.com, both on and off the job." 07-09 Issue - Civil Rights (CNN News) Provides a chart comparing the views of candidates for president. 1-04 Justice Department Plans to Sue Sheriff Arpaio (Time.com) "Federal authorities said Wednesday that they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos." 05-12 Major League Baseball Gets an "A" for Racial Diversity (CBS News) "On the 62nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, the Major Leagues scored an "A" for its racial hiring practices, according to The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport." 04-09 Senate Approves 25-Year Extension of Voting Rights Act (New York Times) "The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the landmark Voting Rights Act for another 25 years, as lawmakers of both parties said federal supervision was still required to protect the ability of minorities and the disadvantaged to cast ballots in some regions of the country." 07-06 Strongly Held Stereotypes (ABC News) "Most adults claim they don't have these biases, but psychologists who study stereotypes say they do." 09-06 The Impact of Your Name (ABC News) "Since the content of the resumes was identical, it would make sense that they'd get the same attention. However, the resumes with the white-sounding names were actually downloaded 17 percent more often by job recruiters than the resumes with black-sounding names." UN Criticizes USA for Racial Discrimination (United Nations Committee to End Racial Discrimination) Provides a summary of UN findings against the United States. What Dolls Can Tell Us About Race (ABC News) "A new short film by a New York City high school student asks how far our society has come in its attitude toward race since the 1940s." 10-06

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