After the United States released a report last week that lashed China for widespread human rights violations, the Chinese government turned the tables on the U.S. today and issued its own report on the human rights record of the U.S., focusing on the rampant gun violence, racial discrimination and the use of political donations to [...]
Wells Fargo’s $175 Mil Racial Discrimination Settlement: Too Little, Too Late?
July 20, 2012 | Posted by
The mortgage crisis of 2008 has revealed the true color of money: black and white. On July 12, Wells Fargo — the largest residential mortgage lender in the United States — agreed to a $175 million settlement in a racial-discrimination suit brought by the Department of Justice. The case originated with charges first alleged by [...]
Black Women Say Title IX Discriminates Against Them
June 11, 2012 | Posted by
At a gathering in Harlem last week at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, several African-American women came together for a forum during which they accused the federal Title IX law of discriminating against black women. Women of all ages and backgrounds were at the meeting, from an 88-year-old grandmother to a 21-year-old [...]
London Airport Discriminating Against White Passengers
May 12, 2012 | Posted by
In what appears to be a bizarre attempt at equality, there are reports out of London that white airline passengers have been discriminated against in order to avoid complaints from black passengers. This report came on the heels of a government inspection of London’s Gatwick Airport. John Vine, chief inspector of the U.K. Border Agency, [...]
