May 21, 2013

Organization Attempts to ‘Drive a Wedge Between Gays and Blacks’

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*The leading national organization opposing same-sex marriage has sought to split the Democratic Party base by pitting African-Americans and Hispanics against gay-rights groups, according to confidential strategy memos made public by court officials in Maine. “The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks – two key Democratic constituencies,” [...]




New Census Data Shows Black Population Growing; but Hispanics and Asians Soaring

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*Here is the way the Census Bureau summarizes the nation’s population trends in a report released last week: “The number of Hispanics and Asians is soaring, the number of blacks is growing slowly and whites are almost at a standstill.” As far as blacks are concerned, the report showed that over the past 10 years, [...]




Racial Tensions Sparked by Gang Rape of 11-Year-Old Hispanic Girl by (At Least) 18 Black Males

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*The alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl by at least 18 boys and young men has sparked shame and outrage in a tiny Texas town, but it has also stirred racial tensions that threaten to split the East Texas hamlet. All of the defendants arrested are African-American and the girl is Hispanic. The hardscrabble [...]




Lakers and NBA Detail Outreach to Latino Market

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*On Monday the team announced a 20-year agreement with Time Warner Cable to create the nation’s first Spanish-language regional sports network, with the Lakers as its centerpiece, starting with the 2012-13 season. The groundbreaking partnership is just the latest in a series of efforts by the Lakers and the NBA as they reach out to [...]




Study Finds Child Poverty Reaching 20-Year High

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*According to the annual report from the Foundation for Child Development, more than 20 percent of all American children live below the government’s official poverty line. The figure stands at its highest level in 20 years and translates into 15.6 million children living in poverty. The report, entitled 2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index, asserts [...]




Video: Mother Beats Stranger’s Children in Chuck E. Cheese Beatdown

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*What is it about Chuck E. Cheese and violence that go hand in hand?  This isn’t the first incident we’ve reported concerning mothers going wild at the establishment.  The woman in this beatdown was not identified nor was she reprimanded by the management of Chuck E. Cheese or the authorities. A 14-year old hispanic girl, Flavia [...]




Pew Research Finding: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic

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*According to Pew Research, a record 14.6% of all new marriages in the U.S. in 2008 — including 9% of whites, 16% of blacks, 26% of Hispanics and 31% of Asians — were between spouses differing in race or ethnicity. That figure is about six times the estimated intermarriage rate among newlyweds in 1960 and [...]




Study Finds Black and Hispanic Senior Citizens Are Near Financial Collapse

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*A new study concludes that millions of African American and Hispanic senior citizens are “living on the edge of financial collapse.” The report released last Wednesday is entitled “Severe Financial Insecurity among African American and Latino Seniors.” It was compiled by the public policy organization Demos and the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at [...]




Study Suggests Discrimination in Brain Tumor Treatment

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*A newly released study strongly suggests that Black, Hispanic and poor patients in America are far less likely than whites to be referred to the best hospitals for treatment of brain tumors. The study was the work of researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. It was published in last month’s [...]




Obama Meets With Black and Hispanic Leaders

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*President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line. Back-to-back White House meetings with representatives from the black and Hispanic communities were evidence of the long list of priorities that challenge Obama and [...]