News archive from May 2008
Friday, May 30
Obama's Church: Why Hillary Cried—Father Michael Pfleger, YouTubeObama Distances Himself from another Clergyman, AP
The ‘Diversity’ Threat to California Charity, Wall Street Journal
Home-Schoolers of Color, News & Observer (Raleigh)
Richardson Urges US on Aid Package for Mexico, AP
Japanese are Loath to Rebuild Workforce through Immigration, Washington Post
Low Level of Immigrant Integration Highlighted, Irish Times (Dublin)
Migrants Pose Threat to Cheaper Housing , Courier Mail (Brisbane)
Indian Tribesmen Bring Delhi to Standstill, Guardian (London)
Making Sense of the Past, AR Classic Article
Thursday, May 29
In Miami, Spanish Is Becoming the Primary Language, AP‘All Whites Racist’ Indoctrination Revived!, WorldNetDaily
Some US Farms Outsourced to Mexico, AP
Changing Face of Student Populations, Victorville (California) Daily Press
Racial Conflicts Surface at Berkeley School, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California)
Feds Order Town of Two Languages to Bridge the Gap, Los Angeles Times
MTA Offers Students Monetary Incentive, Baltimore Sun
A Confusion of Tongues, City Journal
BNP Seeks to Make a Martyr of Activist Killed by Muslim Elder, London Times
Citizenship Figures Fuel Debate Ahead of Vote, swissinfo.ch
Wednesday, May 28
Del Rio Adopts ‘Catch And Detain’ Policy on Border, Houston & Texas NewsIn Praise of Liberal Guilt, Slate Magazine
Multiracial Americans Surge in Number, Voice, MSNBC
Racism, Security Threats Issues for Obama, ABC News
Black Campers Recruit Against History, Stereotype, AP
S.F. Schools Take On Racism, Classism, San Francisco Chronicle
Ex-Rep. Watts Pushing Black News Network, NewsMax
Muslim Women: Dress Code Violates Faith, Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Jail Staff ‘Fear Muslim Inmates’, BBC News
Don’t Catch Any More Thieves—The Prisons Are FULL, Say Guards, Daily Mail (London)
Italy Condemned for ‘Racism Wave’, BBC News
Tuesday, May 27
Changes Urged in Transracial Adoption, APPrisons Prepare to Integrate Cellmates, San Francisco Chronicle
South L.A. Backyards Are Becoming Barnyards, Los Angeles Times
Group Started to Give Sanctuary to Illegal Immigrants, AP
What Is Missing From This Indy Driver Photo?, Black Athlete Sports Network
Racism Claimed at Alabama School, AP
‘Splash’ Group Helps Kids of Color Learn to Swim, CNN
S.A. Civil Rights Attorney Misused Money, WOAI-TV (San Antonio)
Fire Service That Held ‘Non-White’ Open Days Hires Just ONE Ethnic Minority Recruit, Daily Mail (London)
Motorist Told Flag Could Be Racist, This Is Wiltshire
Town Moves Against Islamic School, BBC News
Friday, May 23
Raza Studies Gives Rise to Racial Hostility, Tucson CitizenRodeo Rejects Mediation Request Over Minorities, Houston Chronicle
Race-Related Newspaper Magazine to Launch, Folio Magazine
UMKC Education Program to Focus on Urban Ed, Kansas City Star
Police Make Life Hell for Youth of Color, Axis of Logic (New York)
Race and Conspicuous Consumption, Forbes
Bloody Attack at Cafe, Edmonton Sun
Norway Turns to the Right, Aftenposten (Oslo)
South Africa Says Apartheid Foes Fan Violence, Reuters
The Evolution of Racial Differences in Morality, American Renaissance
Thursday, May 22
New Temporary Worker Visa Procedures to Cut Bureaucracy, Los Angeles TimesLee: Eastwood Omitted Black Troops in WWII Films, AP
Racist Posters in Parts of Phila. Deemed Legal, Philadelphia Inquirer
Getting Comfortable With a ‘Confrontational’ MLK Statue, Washington Post
Aztec Massacre, PBS
Africentric School to Open in 2009, Toronto Star
Our Primary Concern, Oldham Advertiser (UK)
Credit Crunch ‘Will Cause Ethnic Violence’, London Telegraph
We’re Not Racist, Say the Club Whose Manager Claims: The Fans Won’t Let Me Sign as Black Player, This Is London
Soldiers Sue S Africa Over Aids, BBC News
Hostels Raided in South Africa Clampdown, CNN
Cheerleaders ‘Told They Were Too Dark’ For Indian Show, This Is Lonodon
Wednesday, May 21
Hispanic Lawmakers Upset With Democrats, Houston ChronicleNew Report Examines Race, Gender Gaps in Academic Achievement, AXcess News
Sent Home: The Suspension Gap, Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Proposal to Count Illegal Immigrant Students Fails, Frederick (Maryland) News-Post
Hispanics Sue Over English-Only Rule at Catholic School, AP
Employers Find Puerto Rico, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hijab No Threat to Quebec, Report Says, Canwest News Service
Two Million Britons Emigrate in 10 Years, London Telegraph
Calls to Rename East End Station, BBC News
‘Witches’ Burnt to Death in Kenya, BBC News
Tuesday, May 20
War Supplemental Bill Includes Amnesty for Illegal Ag Workers, NumbersUSAThe Fear of White Decline, Los Angeles Times
Myth of the White Working-Class Voter, Christian Science Monitor
New York Bans Use of Noose to Intimidate, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)
Supreme Court OKs Racial Profiling, In These Times (Minneapolis)
Bachelor’s and Beyond, Houston Chronicle
Students Fail—and Professor Loses Job, Inside Higher Education
Push Is Set for Workplace Diversity, Boston Globe
Tempest Over a Student’s T-Shirt, Staten Island Advance
Rights Group Attacks Dutch Immigration Policy, AP
‘PC Bullies’ Smothering Pacific Islands Debate—Lecturer, New Zealand Herald (Auckland)
Monday, May 19
Desmond Tutu: Equality of U.S. Blacks an ‘Illusion’, Chicago TribuneIn Multiracial Hawaii, Obama Faced Discrimination, AP
Immigrants Are Fitting In More Quickly, Mexicans Lag Behind, McClatchy-Tribune
Making of a Sports Legend: High School Track Star Wins State Team Title—All By Herself, MTV News
Time for Quebecers to Be More Open: Report, Montreal Gazette
US Warns Tourists of ‘Small-Unit Combat’ at Mexico Border, Cyber News Service
Gypsy Shanty Towns Burn in Naples As Italian Police Swoop on Illegal Immigrants, London Times
Afrikaners ‘Go International’, News24
South Africa Police Say 22 Killed in Anti-Foreigner Attacks, Voice of America News
‘Snipers Primed’ in Zimbabwe Plot, BBC News
Friday, May 16
U.N. Racism Investigator to Visit U.S. from Monday, ReutersSenate Panel Adds Immigration Measure to Iraq Supplemental, The Hill
Record Numbers of New Citizens Created, AP
Missouri Senate Passes Wide-Ranging Immigration Bill, KWMU Radio (St. Louis)
Immigrant Workers in New Orleans Start Leaving, AP
Intel Agencies Seek Help Recruiting Immigrants, AP
Call for Probe into Police after Apology to Channel 4, Birmingham Post
‘Hidden’ Migrants Drive Ethnic Change, Australian
Dutch Cartoonist Arrested for ‘Insulting People’, AP
What Science Says About Diversity (Part II), AR Classic Article
Thursday, May 15
Council Members Face Recall Petitions, Detroit Free PressKilpatrick Enacts Policy to Limit Access to the City’s Text Messages, Detroit Free Press
The Messy Truth of Race, Rape, and Class, (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
Let’s Get Rid of Victoria Day, The Star
Lloyd’s Is Hit by Slavery Lawsuit, Edinburgh News
Town Halls Should Map Race and Religion to Identify ‘Tension Hotspots’, Says Hazel Blears, Daily Mail (London)
Britain Gets First South Asian Female Lord Mayor, AFP
Permanent Migrants on the Rise, Sydney Morning Herald
African Leaders Praise Govt on Apology, The Age (Melbourne)
Danish Government in Row Over Head Scarves in Court, AP
Italy Arrests 400 in Illegal Immigrants Swoop, AP
Wednesday, May 14
La. Furniture Salesman Guilty of Spying for China, APHate Crimes Rise Against Hispanics and the Disabled, Tennessean (Nashville)
Black, Republican—And Voting for Obama, Houston Chronicle
Commentary: No Racism in the Presidential Election?, CNN
Omitting Race: Politically Correct or Good Crime Reporting?, Quill (Society of Professional Journalists)
Stephen Hawking in Hunt for Africa’s Hidden Talent, London Times
Beach Disputes Study on Racial Bias in Arrests, Aaron Applegate, Virginia-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia), May 6, 2008
Negative Images Harm Black Youth, Forum Told, Windsor Star
Migrant Clampdown ‘Will Leave Fruit to Rot’, London Telegraph
Mexico Finds It’s Not Easy to End Violence Against Women, McClatchy Newspapers
Blacks to Outnumber Whites in Brazil, AP
Tuesday, May 13
Racism Alarms Obama Backers, Washington PostMorehouse Valedictorian Stands Out—He’s White, AP
Feds Combing Jails For Illegal Immigrants, Seattle Times
Predictable Trend Seen Across U.S., Tulsa World
SCSU Student Leaves Training at Technical High School, St. Cloud (Minnesota) Times
Stop of Black NYPD Chief Stirs Racial Tension, AP
School Accused of Favoring Muslim Students, UPI
Newspaper Cartoon a Hate Crime, Islamic Group Claims, CBC News
‘British Values Mean Nothing to Me,’ Says the Gipsy Mother Who Forced Her Daughter to Marry At 13, Daily Mail (London)
Federation Eases Stance on Foreign Quotas, Reuters
South Africa Faces Up to ‘Wage Apartheid’, AFP
Monday, May 12
Shaker Students Score National Merit Scholarships, Cleveland Plain DealerRadical Chicano Group Gets Millions In Earmarks, Judicial Watch Blog
Up to 700 Arrests Estimated in Postville Raid, Des Moines Register
Locke High School in South Los Angeles Locked Down After Huge Brawl, Los Angeles Times
Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Wants San Diego Highway Sign, AP
A Video Portrait of Barack Hussein Obama, Eyeblast.com
In These Primary Numbers, Warnings for the Fall, Washington Post
O Father, Where Art Thou?, Newsweek
3 Arrested After Teen Attacked at Forrest H.S., WJXT-TV (Jacksonville, Florida)
Pagan Prisoners Allowed Twig Wands in Cells, The Scotsman (Edinburgh)
Friday, May 9
Happy Mother’s Day: Woman Pregnant With 18th Child, APHate Radio’s Bigotry Against Hispanics, American Progress Action
Hill Drops a Racial Bomb, New York Post
Damsel of Distress, Wall Street Journal
Black America: Nearer to Overcoming, The Economist
Put Your UW Devotion Into Words … For $1,000, Seattle Times
Woman Needs Green Card to Get UPS Package, UPI
Updated: Mitchell High Principal Responds to "Rape Dance" Investigation, WREG-TV (Memphis)
British Airways Takes Beef off the Menu to Avoid Offending Hindus, This Is London
Multiculturalism and the War Against White America, AR Classic Article
Thursday, May 8
Border Busts Coming and Going, Los Angeles TimesGroups Struggle to Clean Up Mess Illegal Immigrants Leave Behind, FoxNews
Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland, Washington Pos
Supervisor Says County Spends More Than $1 Billion a Year on Benefits To Illegals, KHTS-AM (Los Angeles)
AG: Close Colleges to Illegal Immigrants, News Observer (Raleigh)
Idaho Student Says Teacher Tossed His Mexican Flag in Trash , AP
Middle School Scene of Attack, Baltimore Sun
Canada’s Top Problem Is Filling Labour Shortage, Canwest News Service
UK ‘Reaping Benefit’ of Immigration, Press Association (UK)
Barroso: Islam Is Part of Europe, Khabrein.com
Wednesday, May 7
Missouri Civil Rights Initiative Suspends 2008 Ballot Effort, Missouri Civil Rights InitiativeExamining the United Church of Christ, Real Clear Politics
Immigrants Feel Less Welcome in Frederick, Washington Post
Sharp Rise in Jail’s Black Population, San Francisco Digest
VH1 Ventures Into Latin Content With "Viva Hollywood", Reuters
U.S. Firm Fined for Violations Related to H-1B Program, IDG News Service
Buried Prejudice: The Bigot in Your Brain, Scientific American
Canada Can’t Find 41,000 People It Wants to Deport, Reuters
Britain Tightens Visa Regulations, AP
Girls May Get Morning After Pill for Free, New Zealand Herald
The Unspoken Truths About Aids, London Times
Tuesday, May 6
Not Black and White: Rethinking Race and Genes., slate.comIs Worse Better? Some Surprising White Support for Obama, VDARE.com
Critics of Old Guard Take Black Activism Online, Washington Post
Black Teens Feel the Chill of 'Bilingual Preferred', Inland Empire
More Killer Germs Resisting World’s Antibiotics, McClatchy
U.S. May Punish Nations That Refuse Their Ex-Cons, Austin American-Statesman
Thug Culture Celebrates The Worst Possible Examples, Yahoo! News
Autonomy Vote Bares Bolivia’s Deep Divisions, AP
White Zimbabweans Bring Change to Nigeria, Christian Science Monitor
Terror of Rhodesian Bush War Days Returns, allAfrica.com
Monday, May 5
Stupidity Foils the Black Prince, Sydney Morning HeraldRace on Campus: Beyond Obama, The Unity Stops After Campaign Rallies,, Wall Street Journal
Farmer Reparations, Human Events
Black Kids on Buses May Slip onto MPS Lore, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
‘Insensitive’ Letter Sparks Apology From Stark State, The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
Begging to Cross U.S.-Mexico Border, AP
The District’s Quarter Finalists, Washington Post
Seminole County School Workers Ordered to Speak Inglés Only, Orlando Sentinel
Love Music Hate Racism Carnival, Victoria Park, London, Independent (London)
Schools Made Up of Only Ethnic Minorities, London Telegraph
Drug-Resistant TB on Rise in Britain: Study, Reuters
Friday, May 2
Crackdown Means Fewer Illegal Migrants, APDomestic Insurgents—Not Protesters—Seized Control of Iolani Palace Yesterday, Hawaii Reporter (Honolulu)
‘Context,’ You Say? A Guide to the Radical Theology of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, National Review
About 200 Join May Day March in Santa Ana, Los Angeles Times
Minority Population in Md. Grows, White Population Shrinks, AP
60 Percent of Black Children Can’t Swim, AP
African Refugees Make Iowa Home, WHO-TV (Des Moines)
Texas Man Tries to Cash $360,000,000,000 Cheque, The Register (London)
BNP Wins and Holds 100 Seats for First Time Ever, British National Party News
Skilled Migrants Creating Probs: Study, AAP
Rome’s New Mayor Promises Purge of Migrants, London Telegraph
Catastrophe in Kansas City, AR Classic Article
Thursday, May 1
CIA Chief Sees Unrest Rising With Population, Washington PostSurge in U.S. Hispanic Population Driven by Births, Not Immigration, Wall Street Journal
Business Joins May Day Reform Cry in L.A., Los Angeles Times
Census: Fewer Non-Hispanic Whites Moving to Florida, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale)
Hawaiian Sovereignty Activists Barricade Iolani Palace, Hawaii Reporter (Honolulu)
Blacks Wrestle With Obama-Wright Rift, Christian Science Monitor
Mandela Is on US Terrorist Watch Lists, USA Today
Half EU Migrants ‘Have Left UK’, BBC News
Solving Europe's Population Crisis, BBC News
Mexican Lawmakers Decriminalize Migrants, AP
Mugabe Declares Runoff in Defiance of Electoral Commission, AP
