Trayvon Martin Wrongfully Murdered Because He Looked ‘Suspicious’
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March 14,
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Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain Miami-Dade teenager Trayvon Martin, held a news conference Sunday, March 11 at a Miami Gardens church for her son, who was murdered by a neighborhood watchman. George Zimmerman shot the 17-year-old Krop High School junior as he walked to his father’s fiancés home from buying Skittles and an Arizona drink. He first called police to report a “suspicious person in the area” before following the youth in his vehicle.
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50-Year Recession for African Americans
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March 14,
2012 |
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There has been old phrase that when the country catches a cold, African Americans catch the flu. In this instance, African Americans have been trying to kick the flu bug for nearly 50 years.
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UCLA Students May Be Asked Their Sexual Orientation on Application
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March 13,
2012 |
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Earlier this year, the University of California’s Academic Senate recommended students having the option to identify sexual orientation. Despite some optimism, the UC Board of Admissions and Relations with School conclude the information would allow them to collect important statistical information.
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Colorado High School Removes Lesbian Couple Photo from YearBook
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March 13,
2012 |
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There is controversy surrounding a high school yearbook. A lesbian couple’s photo was removed from a Colorado high school yearbook for showing too much “PDA.”
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African American Women HIV Rates on the Rise, Rivals African Women
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March 13,
2012 |
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The Center for Disease Control estimates that 1 out of every 32 black women will be infected with HIV during her lifetime. Although black women represent only 14 percent of the US female population, they constitute 66 percent of all new HIV infections. The infection rates of black women in the United States rival those in the Congo and Kenya.
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Minority Students Face Harsher Punishments than Whites
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March 12,
2012 |
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More than 70% of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American. A report that will be released Education Department Tuesday raises questions on the severity of treatment minorities receive when facing disciplinary action. Black students are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled.
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Florida College Student Threatens to Kill President Obama on FaceBook
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March 12,
2012 |
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A Miami-Dade college student has been accused of sending death threats to President Barack Obama on Facebook. Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr, a Miami-Dade college student has been accused of sending death threats to President Barack Obama on Facebook.
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Is African American Slavery Day Needed?
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March 12,
2012 |
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Alyce Lyle of Springfield, IL wrote an interesting op-ed for the State Journal- Register. She proposed the question, “Is African American Slavery Day Needed.”
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School Officials Humiliate Pregnant 8th grader in Front of Entire Student Body
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March 9,
2012 |
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A 15-year-old girl from Gallup, NM was subjected to public humiliation by Wingate Elementary school officials upon learning of her pregnancy. She was first kicked out of the school and later returned to have her pregnancy broadcasted in front of the entire student body by school officials in an assembly.
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Wisconsin Senator Glenn Grothman Says Single Mothers ‘Expect Government Handouts’
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March 8,
2012 |
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Wisconsin state senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) appeared on Fox New Talk Radio with Alan Colmes to discuss his proposed Senate Bill 507, which would consider single parenthood to be a contributing factor to child abuse. Grothman blamed the government for “pushing the single parenthood lifestyle” and said they are doing it with all the “benefit programs, which primarily benefit single motherhood.”
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Parents Sue School District for Abuse and Death of Special Needs Son
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March 8,
2012 |
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The parents of a former special needs student at an Atlanta high school are suing the district and 15 Fulton County public school employees for $10.5 million for the death of their son Aaron Hatcher. The lawsuit alleges Aaron, who died last March, suffered abuse by middle school and high school teachers.
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