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TWO Muslim religious leaders say they were removed from a commercial airliner in Memphis on Friday and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard.

Date : Fri, 6 May 2011 19:25:14 PDT Ottawa Citizen, Canada May 3, 2011 Tuesday Final Edition Whitton's controversial past under microscope again Former mayor an anti-Semite, say Jewish groups opposed to city plan to name archives building after her BY: Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen The controversial views of former Ottawa mayor Charlotte Whitton ...

Some things are unforgivable Ottawa Citizen And there we have the stubborn evidence of her anti-Semitism. What to do? Should the discovery of clay feet erase the shining elements of a legacy? In a Washington Post piece recently, journalist historian Hampton Sides discussed the central dilemma ...

Whitton used authority to cause devastation Ottawa Citizen Her blatant anti-Semitism continued into the 1960s when, in 1964, she refused to accept a $500000 donation to the Civic Hospital from Bertram Loeb simply because she didn't want the name of a Jewish family on an Ottawa building. ... and more »

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Racist Telemundo Skit Mocks "Afro-Monkey" News One MEXICO-A Telemundo skit that aired in Mexico a year and half ago has gone viral due to its racist content. In the skit an African foreign exchange student is mocked as a monkey, told he was a shadow, that his mother used shoe shine grease on his skin ...

When your President is a failure and running the country into the ground just lie, cheat, scratch, and claw as much as needed to paint him in a different light.

Open house planned today at The Cove ASHEVILLE - The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove, along with Camp Cedar Cliff and 106.9 The Light, invites the community to its annual open house, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today.

Activists protest in Atlanta after police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston in November 2006.

AFP/Washington Prominent Native Americans are furious over the use of Apache leader Geronimos name in a message confirming the death of Osama bin Laden, and some have demanded an apology from President Barack Obama.

"We're not lost; we're just finding our way." Shirley Henderson, Zoe Kazan and Michelle Williams in "Meek's Cutoff." Director Kelly Reichardt freely admits when her cast and crew were done filming "Meek's Cutoff," they were more than ready to see the back of her.

Will Smith has emerged as the frontrunner to star in Quentin Tarantino 's next film, Django Unchained , a spaghetti Western about a slave in the Old South who teams with a German bounty hunter to search for his wife.

Will Smith WENN.COM Will Smith has emerged as the frontrunner to star in Quentin Tarantino's next film, a spaghetti Western about a slave in the Old South who teams with a German bounty hunter to search for his wife.

From left to right: Jerry Seinfeld, Donald Trump, and Robert De Niro. There's a new celebrity pastime that's been sweeping the land.

A richly textured examination of racism Ottawa Citizen That racism is hateful, corrosive and self-perpetuating is hardly news. A play which captures that self-evident truth in fresh, robust and frequently funny fashion, however, is something ...

A SWAT situation that kept some Rio Rancho residents from their homes for several hours Thursday night ended just after midnight Friday.

After more than five hours of deliberating on Friday, a jury reached a verdict in the trial of one of the men accused of branding a swastika on a mentally challenged Navajo man.

Will Smith has emerged as the frontrunner to star in Quentin Tarantino's next film, a spaghetti Western about a slave in the Old South who teams with a German bounty hunter to search for his wife.

Neighbors scrubbed away messages of hate on a Rochester home saying their community will not accept racism.

Clegg Sr. claims son confessed to crime he didn't commit. By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com Racism, insurance fraud and thrill-seeking are less common reasons for people to burn down a church.

A new media boot camp will be held later this month a day before the Mekong Tourism Forum in Pakse, Champasak, Laos. The event will gather travel bloggers who are expected to learn more about the tourism potential of the Mekong region. Written by Mong Palatino · comments (0) Share:...

Anilnetto links to an article published by Aliran about the amount needed to wipe out poverty in Sarawak, Malaysia. Written by Mong Palatino · comments (0) Share: facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

The House of Opium in Thailand features the history of opium and its trade in The Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia. It also has a collection of materials which celebrate the culture of north Thailand. Written by Mong Palatino · comments (0) Share: facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon...

Independent media network The Democratic Voice of Burma reports that 17 of its video journalists are under detention in Myanmar. Some are serving sentences of 27 years for reporting about the real situation inside Myanmar. Written by Mong Palatino · comments (0) Share: facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon...

The website of Singapore's National Art Gallery features interactive games and other educational resources to teach children and the general public about art. Written by Mong Palatino · comments (0) Share: facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

Mexican citizens are on alert over a reform to the National Security Law. After much pressure, the project is now on hold. According to human right groups, political annalists, lawyers and even some politicians, the reform would legalize the abuses of the army against civilians in the name of national security.

Thousands took part in the 2010 edition of the "Duck Race to End Racism" and organizers expect an even bigger crowd this year.

UC Santa Cruz students and faculty held an impromptu rally Friday after graffiti was discovered Thursday in a Cowell College men's bathroom that read "Stop the Invasion" and threatened Mexicans.

Recently, one of our Penn undergraduates - Christopher Abreu - was the victim of two separate incidents of racist treatment while walking through campus in the early hours of the morning.

This week is the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, when beginning on May 4, 1961, a group of 13 people boarded two buses in Washington and drove into the deep South to confront racism, segregation and violence against African Americans.

Two Muslim leaders who were removed from a commercial airliner in Memphis said they were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard.

Racist graffiti sparks protest at UC Santa Cruz San Jose Mercury News Students say racist and bigoted graffiti is a persistent problem on campus. In March, graffiti was found in another men's room that contained swastikas and threatened violence. A student group that is organizing for an ethnic studies program has been ... More Racist Graffiti Found at UCSC Encourages KillingKIONrightnow.com all 4 news articles »

An adaptation, with a cast of 37 young and adult actors, of Harper Lee's classic novel about a lawyer named Atticus Finch, who took a stand against racism, and the life lessons learned by his daughter, Scout.--Don Aucoin, Globe Staff

Research tells us again and again that when students do not achieve, their underachievement is a function of the opportunities that they either have - or have not had.

HURTS I read the Sun online daily, and there is almost always an article concerning First Nations people every week.

Nobody said why they wouldn't love Cruise, though the thought must have crossed some minds since the overt gushiness came off a little bit phony.

Harlyn Geronimo never got to meet his great-grandfather, Geronimo, but he said there is nothing more disrespectful than linking this historic Apache leader to a terrorist.

Actor Gordon Tootoosis is superb as the title character in the play Gordon Winter, loosely based on the life of the late First Nations leader David Ahenakew.

The future of French football coach Laurent Blanc hangs in the balance amid reports that he had discussed introducing a quota to restrict the number of dual-nationality players coming through their national training programmes.

Sexual stereotypes of Asian men hit the fan in Byron Abalos's Brown Balls, a funny and entertaining piece that manages, by its end, to be quite moving as well.

A Virginia - People should not own Pit bulls if they do not want to experience a form of hatred known as "breedism" - the canine equivalent to racism.

Two Muslim religious leaders say they were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis on Friday and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard.

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Police training exchange compounds US, Israeli racism San Francisco Bay View Photo: WA Bridges Jr., Atlanta Journal-Constitution The racism of the American “war on drugs,” especially in the South, is notorious. So is the racism faced daily by Palestinians. In Atlanta, a university program allows these two manifestations of ...

Nation, Wichita remember Freedom Riders 50 years later KWCH This week is the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, when beginning on May 4, 1961, a group of 13 people boarded two buses in Washington and drove into the deep South to confront racism, segregation and ... and more »

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Walkerville students hold anti-racism rally in Windsor Windsor Star Protesters Kallen Jeffs, Livia Scebba and Shanice McAbee (left to right) take part in an anti-racism rally in front of Walkerville high school in Windsor on Friday, May 6, 2011. ... Hate messages prompt Walkerville rallyCBC.ca all 4 news articles »

There seems to be a good deal of passionate intensity on both sides of this cat fight. Accusations of racism and hidden racism are exchanged; claims of dark Communist plots are countered by shrill claims of police-state brutality; the establishment is ...

A jury in New Mexico has found a man guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated battery for branding a swastika into the arm of a mentally disabled Navajo man.

Ying Ma is an interesting and very accomplished Asian-American woman. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Hoover Institution.

The New Mexico Department of Public Safety confirms to KOB Eyewitness News 4 Cowgirl BBQ in Santa Fe and a bartender have been cited for over serving alcohol to a driver that died in a crash in December of last year.

A government map shows an incredibly large area of New Mexico has very little access to fresh food sources and supermarkets.