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STORIES FROM THE WCAR IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
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Definition of Racism, Other Terms
Is the definition of racism all that different from the many related terms? Definitions of racism, prejudice, reverse and racial discrimination, bias, xenophobia.
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Discrimination in Thailand
Discrimination does exist even in this land of smile. It may not hurt you, but you should be aware of it.
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Displacement of the Urban Poor
Interstate highways and urban renewal programs often destroyed inner city housing units which inadvertently segregated urban neighborhoods throughout the country.
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Does Racism Against Whites Exist?
Unless and until the meaning of racism and related terms is clarified, Americans will continue to argue about whether or not racism against whites truly exists.
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Genuine Communication: When Dialogue Is Not Dialogue
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II of X: The Int'l Day for the Elimination of Racism
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination marks the day on which the much of the world agreed that racism in all its forms and manifestations must be condemned in all parts of the globe.
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RACISM AFFECTS AFRICAN AMERICANS' HEALTH
Stress and frustration as a result of living in a racially biased society is a danger to the health of its victims.
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Abuse Discussed at the World Conference Against Racism
A UN world conference held in South Africa in September 2001 focused on women abuse.
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Australia On UN's Black List
Since 1999, the Australian Government has been on CERD's agenda of urgent business, but the government has categorically failed to acknowledge this.
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Howard and Aboriginal Australia
The record of John Howard's interaction with Australian Aborigines from 1996 to 2007 reveals an aggressive colonial agenda.
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Multiple Discrimination
UK law does not yet adequately recognise the plight of those who suffer disadvantage due to discrimination against more than one protected characteristic.
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Physicist, Hubert Mack Thaxton
Hubert Mack Thaxton, an African American physicist who did fundamental work in nuclear physics and applied work in electronics and acoustics, faced racial discrimination.
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Racial Bias for Black Prisoners
Statistics are shocking showing the large discrepancies of race in the United States prison population. This is an obvious case of racial discrimination.
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Reverse Racism?
When we explore the logic of "Reverse Racism", we begin to question the word "race" itself. Read about my personal experiences of racism from different ethnic groups.
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The Darker Shades of REDD Mechanism
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) mechanism is aimed at sustainable management of forests to reduce green house gases.
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The Gift of Inclusiveness
A typical United Methodist congregation is pretty diverse in political viewpoint, attitude toward public issues, and theological orientation. However, there was a time when a church was virtually a segregated institution.
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V of X: From Indonesia to Mdm. Mary Robinson (i)
Indonesia's Solidarity for the Motherland and Nation actively participated in the fifty-sixth Session of The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, at The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights in Geneva. Read the item 6 intervention addressed to Mdm. Mary Robinson.
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African-American Men during the Age of Obama
Although most African American men are excited about Obama's presidency, discrimination in the judicial system and workplace still exists in most of their lives.
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Anniversary of Chinese Immigration
Railway, mine and laundry workers, Chinese performed hard labour. Most were paid poorly, racially mistreated, yet they plodded on to build a strong Canada.
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Black History Month: Elijah McCoy
A young black man, Elijah McCoy didn't let discrimination deter abilities. Educated in Scotland as an engineer, his lubrication devices enhanced the Industrial Revolution
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Inadequate Legal Protection
Anti-discrimination legislation can be under-inclusive if it fails to provide a ground of discrimination that adequately reflects the adverse treatment suffered.
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Marian Anderson, Great American Contralto
There have been many famous African-Americans who have succeeded in business, sports, politics, acting and music, but Anderson was one of the first.
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Multiple Discrimination in the UK
In cases of both direct and indirect discrimination in the UK claimants tend, despite suffering multiple grounds of discrimination, to plead only a single ground.
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Selecting a Comparator
One of the most basic principles of British anti-discrimination legislation is that likes must be treated alike.
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The Collective Shadow in Jungian Psychology
When groups indulge in ethnic, religious, racial stereotyping they are using groupthink and practicing a dangerous shadow projection of the collective unconscious.
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The Comparator Paradox?
It has been claimed that attempts to address the problems caused by the comparator requirement necessarily result in a legal paradox.
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UK Anti-Discrimination Legislation
The failure of UK law to adequately address the issue of multiple discrimination has had a threefold adverse affect on claimants.
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IX of X: Racism, A Definition by Ester I. Jusuf
The following definition of <b>racism</b> is developed by <b>Ester Indahyani Jusuf</b>, a prominent Indonesian human rights attorney whose works and advocacies have been known worldwide. She has attended numerous international conferences on human rights, racism and discrimination, including those organized by the United Nations. Being a triple-minority herself (she is of Chinese ethnic, Christian and female), she has been representing the minorities in Indonesia to speak out to the world for years. She is the Chairperson of <b>Solidarity for The Motherland and Nation-Indonesia</b>, a respected non-profit human rights organization in Indonesia.
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VI of X: From Indonesia to Mdm. Mary Robinson (ii)
Indonesia's Solidarity for the Motherland and Nation actively participated in the fifty-sixth Session of The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, at The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights in Geneva. Read the item 12 intervention addressed to Mdm. Mary Robinson. (Note: This item was not delivered due to the time constraint.)
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Power reporting
A quick tour of Power Reporting, a Web site created by Bill Dedman and colleagues.
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Suriname
Suriname is one of the least known countries on the continent, but there's more than coconuts to this former Dutch Colony.
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Aborigines and Free Trade
In Australia a free trade agreement with the United States means bad news for Aboriginal communities, just as it was for First Nations in Mexico, Chile and Canada.
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Laboring at the UN Conference on Racism
The UN Conference on Racism has turned into a mess - Israel and the US withdrew because of the vehement hatred towards Israel's treatment of Palestinians even though it is mostly unwarranted as a central focus of the conference.
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Taking Offense
Have we gotten too touchy to get along together?
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The Barbary Plague
The author takes a look at the devastating disease, the Bubonic Plague, and how it brought death and destruction to Chinatown in the City by the Bay.
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The John F. Kennedy Presidency
An overview of the foreign and domestic policies followed by Kennedy during his short time as President of the United States.
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World Conference Against Racism September 2001
Issues and stories presented at the WCAR Conference held in South Africa in 2001
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African American Lawyers in Spokane, Washington
Although Carl Maxey is often regarded as the first African American lawyer in Spokane Washington, the evidence is clear that he was not.
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Dispensation From the ACLU
Does the ACLU turns a blind eye to political allies?
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From War to Windrush
The stories of West Indians living in Britain during the First and Second World Wars are told through personal memorabilia, photos, documents, music and film footage.
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Helen Herron Taft
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943), the wife of twenty-seventh president William Howard Taft, was interested in the social issues of her day and acted upon this interest.
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Kinsley on Racial Profiling
Michael Kinsley of Slate Magazine falls short in is attempts to determine when racial profiling in "Okay."

Lesson Plans For March
Creative classroom activities for teachers that capitalize on March as a springboard for activities and lesson plans tied to significant historical and social "firsts."
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Martin Luther King & Barack Obama's Ancestors
But for the works of ancestors such as Rosa Parks and John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama may not have become who they are, Dr. King's friend has said.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. In striving for civil rights for Blacks he was jailed and received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Martin Luther King’s Challenges
In 1963, Dr. King made his legendary "I Have a Dream" speech and set forth standards to change American's mind-set. In 2008 we ask, did he succeed?
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Racism on 6th Street in Austin, Texas
Many consider Austin, Texas an oasis of enlightenment, thriving in a desert of dumb conservatism. But even in this liberal enclave, an underground racist ethic prevails.
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Statecraft as Soulcraft

The Death Penalty as Just Punishment
Although some believe capital punishment deters future crime, others feel it is biased, wrong, and unjustly sending innocent men and women to their deaths.
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