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George Zimmerman Supports Hate Crime at Ohio State University

Posted on April 10, 2012 | 4 Comments

Last week, Ohio State University Police issued a hate crime alert to university students after vandalism was sighted on a university building. The graffiti on the building read “Long Live Zimmerman.” Not long after, vandalism was reported at a Barrack Obama Mural off-campus, which featured swastika symbols and read “Niggers!”

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Where is the Love: Has America Become Insensitive to Tragedy?

Posted on April 5, 2012 | 2 Comments

Senseless killings continue to plague the United States. The Mississippi State University family is currently mourning the tragic shooting death of student John Sanderson in the school’s dormitory. The country is also mourning the death of Trayvon Martin,an unarmed 17-year-old boy shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman as he walked to his father’s fiancé’s house from a local store.

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Are Single Parent Homes to Blame for High Murder Rate in Black Community?

Posted on April 3, 2012 | 2 Comments

Is there a genocide occurring in the black community? African Americans represent 12.6 percent of the nation’s population, but account for 50 percent of the murder victims. African American men are incarcerated in prison at alarming numbers. With African American men turning up either dead or incarcerated this leaves the African American family household irreparable.

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Trayvon Martin Case: Racism Caught Red Handed?

Posted on April 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

Racism in 2012 has taken on a new form. Racism doesn’t just entail lynchings and denying someone from sitting in the front of bus. Racism now has been intricately controlled in present-day by restricting and denying the advancement of minorities. What Trayvon Martin experienced that faithful night on Feb. 26 was no different.

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HPV Infections Harder to Treat in College-age African American Women

Posted on April 2, 2012 | No Comments

The human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus from the papillomavirus family that can potentially cause cancer, is harder to treat in college-aged African American women, according to a study by The American Association for Cancer Research. The study findings say African American women are also likely to have an abnormal Pap test than European-American women.

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Woman is News Reporter by Day and Stripper by Night

Posted on March 28, 2012 | No Comments

They say times are tough. Today’s economy has many 9-5ers opting to pick up a second job. A society events reporter for the Houston Chronicle in Texas has done just that as she picked up an unconventional profession for a woman in her field. Sarah Tressler, 29, is a reporter by day and a stripper by night.

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