Anti-Racism
Jewish advocates pressure social media platforms, Congress to regulate online anti-Semitic speech
Jewish advocates pressure social media platforms, Congress to regulate online anti-Semitic speech
Jewish advocates on Wednesday called on social media companies and Congress to take more steps to regulate online anti-Semitic speech after the number of anti-Semitic incidents has increased in the past year.
Jewish representatives spoke during a congressional hearing to highlight the efforts the federal government can take to combat anti-Semitism and domestic terrorism in the wake of several attacks against the Jewish community, from the shooting in Pittsburgh last year to the stabbing in Monsey, N.Y. last month.
“This is not the time for thoughts and prayers,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said. “We need resources and actions.”
Several representatives, including Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), brought up concerns that online anti-Semitic posts have inspired attacks in the U.S.
“The distinction between the real world and the virtual world is blurry. Anti-Semitic rhetoric on the internet can and does inspire actual deadly attacks,” Clarke said before asking the advocates how social media companies have done so far and what Congress can do.
Jewish representatives spoke during a congressional hearing to highlight the efforts the federal government can take to combat anti-Semitism and domestic terrorism in the wake of several attacks against the Jewish community, from the shooting in Pittsburgh last year to the stabbing in Monsey, N.Y. last month. “This is not the time for thoughts and prayers,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said. “We need resources and actions.” Several representatives, including Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), brought up concerns that online anti-Semitic posts have inspired attacks in the U.S. “The distinction between the real world and the virtual world is blurry. Anti-Semitic rhetoric on the internet can and does inspire actual deadly attacks,” Clarke said before asking the advocates how social media companies have done so far and what Congress can do.
Racism is a daily reality for Black teens and linked to depression
“It can happen when you least expect it. I was playing an online game and I guess my voice gave me away. The next thing I knew my opponent called me the ‘N-word.’ It surprised me. That wasn’t the first time. Your voice gives you away,” 17-year-old Lyndell Coles told The Final Call.
“I also experience racism when White people talk about Black people around me. I’m very light skinned so they don’t always know I’m Black and I often hear them say rude things to Black people they don’t say to White people. I just have to listen and be quiet. It makes me sad but there’s nothing I can do about it,” he lamented.
Black teenagers experience daily racial discrimination, most frequently online, which can lead to negative mental health effects, according to a new study.
Researches surveyed 101 Black youth between the ages of 13 and 17 from predominantly Black neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., every day for two weeks about their experiences with racial discrimination and measured changes in their depressive symptoms during that period. Eighty-eight percent of participants identified as African American or Black, one percent identified as African, one percent identified as Afro-Latino, two percent identified as biracial/multiracial, and eight percent identified as “other,” noted the study.
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Prof says Meghan Markle is leaving Britain because of British racism
Meghan Markle, the first biracial member of the British royal family, is leaving Buckingham Palace behind because of the racism she has endured, according to a California professor.
Afua Hirsch, a journalism professor at the University of Southern California, pointed to bias in the royal family against people of color.
“In Britain’s rigid class society, there is still a deep correlation between privilege and race,” wrote Hirsch in the New York Times. “The relatively few people of color — and even fewer if you count only those who have African heritage — who rise to prominent success and prosperity in Britain are often told we should be ‘grateful’ or told to leave if we don’t like it here.”
Meghan Markle, the first biracial member of the British royal family, is leaving Buckingham Palace behind because of the racism she has endured, according to a California professor. Afua Hirsch, a journalism professor at the University of Southern California, pointed to bias in the royal family against people of color. “In Britain’s rigid class society, there is still a deep correlation between privilege and race,” wrote Hirsch in the New York Times. “The relatively few people of color — and even fewer if you count only those who have African heritage — who rise to prominent success and prosperity in Britain are often told we should be ‘grateful’ or told to leave if we don’t like it here.” “The relatively few people of color — and even fewer if you count only those who have African heritage — who rise to prominent success and prosperity in Britain are often told we should be ‘grateful’ or told to leave if we don’t like it here.”
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib cry racism amid unconfirmed reports of expanded WH travel ban
Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib invoked the worn-out Race Card again amid unconfirmed reports that the White House is considering expanding its travel ban to include seven more countries. A few of those nations are allegedly Muslim-majority.
President Trump’s 2017 temporary travel ban restricted travel from 44 countries identified by the Obama Administration as terrorist hotspots. The 90-day travel ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2018.
Ilhan Omar — a Somali refugee who has repeatedly trashed the United States — kicked off the grievance-mongering by tweeting …
Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib invoked the worn-out Race Card again amid unconfirmed reports that the White House is considering expanding its travel ban to include seven more countries. A few of those nations are allegedly Muslim-majority. President Trump’s 2017 temporary travel ban restricted travel from 44 countries identified by the Obama Administration as terrorist hotspots. The 90-day travel ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2018. Ilhan Omar — a Somali refugee who has repeatedly trashed the United States — kicked off the grievance-mongering by tweeting: Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib invoked the worn-out Race Card again amid unconfirmed reports that the White House is considering expanding its travel ban to include seven more countries. A few of those nations are allegedly Muslim-majority. President Trump’s 2017 temporary travel ban restricted travel from 44 countries identified by the Obama Administration as terrorist hotspots. The 90-day travel ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2018. Ilhan Omar — a Somali refugee who has repeatedly trashed the United States — kicked off the grievance-mongering by tweeting: The 90-day travel ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2018. Ilhan Omar — a Somali refugee who has repeatedly trashed the United States — kicked off the grievance-mongering by tweeting:
Oklahoma woman charged with racist vandalism pleads guilty
An Oklahoma woman has pleaded guilty to spray-painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices and other properties in central Oklahoma in 2019.
The Oklahoman reports that Allison Christine Johnson, 46, of Norman pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of malicious injury to property, three misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property and one misdemeanor count of malicious intimidation or harassment as part of a plea deal.
“My actions do not reflect how I really feel,” Johnson told District Judge Michael Tupperman. “It was out of character.”
An Oklahoma woman has pleaded guilty to spray-painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices and other properties in central Oklahoma in 2019. The Oklahoman reports that Allison Christine Johnson, 46, of Norman pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of malicious injury to property, three misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property and one misdemeanor count of malicious intimidation or harassment as part of a plea deal. “My actions do not reflect how I really feel,” Johnson told District Judge Michael Tupperman. “It was out of character. An Oklahoma woman has pleaded guilty to spray-painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices and other properties in central Oklahoma in 2019. The Oklahoman reports that Allison Christine Johnson, 46, of Norman pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of malicious injury to property, three misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property and one misdemeanor count of malicious intimidation or harassment as part of a plea deal. “My actions do not reflect how I really feel,” Johnson told District Judge Michael Tupperman. “It was out of character. An Oklahoma woman has pleaded guilty to spray-painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices and other properties in central Oklahoma in 2019. The Oklahoman reports that Allison Christine Johnson, 46, of Norman pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of malicious injury to property, three misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property and one misdemeanor count of malicious intimidation or harassment as part of a plea deal. “My actions do not reflect how I really feel,” Johnson told District Judge Michael Tupperman. “It was out of character.
Environmental Racism Is Killing Black Communities In Louisiana
In 1959, the Dow Chemical Company moved into Plaquemine, Louisiana, and began making vinyl chloride, a colorless cancer-causing gas used to produce a variety of plastic products. Twenty years later, after years of chemical-related poisoning, vinyl chloride was found in the wells of nearby Morrisonville.
The predominantly Black River Parishes along the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge are overrun with over 150 plants and refineries. This area was once dubbed Cancer Alley by residents and media because of the clusters of cancer patients in the area. Now residents are calling it Death Alley because of the significant amount of deaths by cancer and other illnesses among the residents who live near the industrial pollution.
“You put poison in the land, water and in the air, the result is sickness and death. The planned killing of any group is genocide,” Pat Bryant, the son of sharecroppers and a resident of New Orleans, said frankly. Bryant started Justice and Beyond in 2012 as a response to social and environmental injustice along the Louisiana parishes.
In 1959, the Dow Chemical Company moved into Plaquemine, Louisiana, and began making vinyl chloride, a colorless cancer-causing gas used to produce a variety of plastic products. Twenty years later, after years of chemical-related poisoning, vinyl chloride was found in the wells of nearby Morrisonville. The predominantly Black River Parishes along the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge are overrun with over 150 plants and refineries. This area was once dubbed Cancer Alley by residents and media because of the clusters of cancer patients in the area. Now residents are calling it Death Alley because of the significant amount of deaths by cancer and other illnesses among the residents who live near the industrial pollution. “You put poison in the land, water and in the air, the result is sickness and death. The planned killing of any group is genocide,” Pat Bryant, the son of sharecroppers and a resident of New Orleans, said frankly. Bryant started Justice and Beyond in 2012 as a response to social and environmental injustice along the Louisiana parishes. Killing Black Communities Killing Black Communities Killing Black Communities v Killing Black Communities Killing
Lawmaker, immigration activists claim discrimination at U.S. / Canadian border
Lawmaker, immigration activists claim discrimination at U.S. / Canadian border
Iranian-American U.S. citizens claim they were held at the international border in Blaine, Washington for extra scrutiny Saturday night and into Sunday morning.
Immigrant rights activists believe their civil rights may have been violated. The allegations come just days after a U.S. military strike killed an Iranian military general in Iraq.
“Negah is a citizen herself, and everybody in her car was a citizen,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal during a Monday morning press conference at her Seattle office.
Negah Hekmati says she her husband and their two children were held at by border agents in Blaine hours Saturday night all because, according to her, of where she was born.
“As soon as they realized we were born in Iran, they led us to the office and held us there for five hours,” said Hekmati.
Iranian-American U.S. citizens claim they were held at the international border in Blaine, Washington for extra scrutiny Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Immigrant rights activists believe their civil rights may have been violated. The allegations come just days after a U.S. military strike killed an Iranian military general in Iraq. “Negah is a citizen herself, and everybody in her car was a citizen,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal during a Monday morning press conference at her Seattle office. Negah Hekmati says she her husband and their two children were held at by border agents in Blaine hours Saturday night all because, according to her, of where she was born. “As soon as they realized we were born in Iran, they led us to the office and held us there for five hours,” said Hekmati. “As soon as they realized we were born in Iran, they led us to the office and held us there for five hours,” said Hekmati.
Tennessee inmates ask court to stop execution scheduling, argue death penalty rooted in racism
One African American defendant was forced by a judge to represent himself at trial. Another was shackled in front of an all white jury during a sentencing hearing. And a third black defendant facing the death penalty is intellectually disabled.
Those are some of the arguments made by defence attorneys in documents filed this week with the state U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to stem the pace of executions in Tennessee, which has surged to the forefront nationally in its application of the death penalty. They also argue Tennessee’s use of capital punishment is rooted in a racist past and is still plagued with inherent racism.
Attorney General Herbert Slatery is seeking to set dates for the nine death row inmates, all men, to die. Four of the nine are African American. Attorneys for the inmates point out that the justices could keep Tennessee moving in the opposite direction of the country as a whole or could join the ranks of most states in trending away from executions.
One African American defendant was forced by a judge to represent himself at trial. Another was shackled in front of an all white jury during a sentencing hearing. And a third black defendant facing the death penalty is intellectually disabled. Those are some of the arguments made by defence attorneys in documents filed this week with the state U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to stem the pace of executions in Tennessee, which has surged to the forefront nationally in its application of the death penalty. They also argue Tennessee’s use of capital punishment is rooted in a racist past and is still plagued with inherent racism. Attorney General Herbert Slatery is seeking to set dates for the nine death row inmates, all men, to die. Four of the nine are African American. Attorneys for the inmates point out that the justices could keep Tennessee moving in the opposite direction of the country as a whole or could join the ranks of most states in trending away from executions.
Life Care Centers of America, Inc. Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $170K
Life Care Centers of America, Inc., along with its affiliate, South Hill Operations, LLC recently agreed to pay $170,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit with a former employee. The suit itself was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and argued that the employee was working “as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) for Life Care Centers in Puyallup, Washington” when she became pregnant.
During the employee’s pregnancy, Life Care “refused to accommodate her request not to lift anything heavier than 15lbs. for the last part of her pregnancy.” At the time, the company said it “only provided light duty to employees injured on the job.” As a result, the employee was placed on involuntary, unpaid leave. To make matters worse, the suit alleged “Life Care supervisors told her to reapply for a CNA job once she was ready to return to unrestricted duty, which she understood to mean that she was fired.”
Life Care Centers of America, Inc., along with its affiliate, South Hill Operations, LLC recently agreed to pay $170,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit with a former employee. The suit itself was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and argued that the employee was working “as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) for Life Care Centers in Puyallup, Washington” when she became pregnant. During the employee’s pregnancy, Life Care “refused to accommodate her request not to lift anything heavier than 15lbs. for the last part of her pregnancy.” At the time, the company said it “only provided light duty to employees injured on the job.” As a result, the employee was placed on involuntary, unpaid leave. To make matters worse, the suit alleged “Life Care supervisors told her to reapply for a CNA job once she was ready to return to unrestricted duty, which she understood to mean that she was fired.”
Racist Cop Who Kicked in Black Woman’s Door Is Still a Cop: But Why Though?
You may remember reports of New York City police officer Michael J. Reynolds landing in Nashville, Tenn. in July 2018, according to court records. Reynolds was attending a 3-day bachelor party with six other men, two of whom were also identified as NYC officers.
Reynolds was staying in an Airbnb, one door down from a black woman, Conese Halliburton, and her four sons. At around 2:30 a.m. on July 9, 2018, Reynolds is seen, via video surveillance from a neighbor’s RING camera, kicking in Halliburton’s door in an apparent drunken rage.
In an interview with The Tennessean, Halliburton recalls the events.
“This is my motherf*cking house,” Reynolds shouted, Halliburton told the paper. The video shows Reynolds shouting at the family “Try to shoot me, and I’ll break every f*cking bone in your f*cking neck.” He also is shown in the footage calling the family “F*cking [n-words].”
You may remember reports of New York City police officer Michael J. Reynolds landing in Nashville, Tenn. in July 2018, according to court records. Reynolds was attending a 3-day bachelor party with six other men, two of whom were also identified as NYC officers. Reynolds was staying in an Airbnb, one door down from a black woman, Conese Halliburton, and her four sons. At around 2:30 a.m. on July 9, 2018, Reynolds is seen, via video surveillance from a neighbor’s RING camera, kicking in Halliburton’s door in an apparent drunken rage. In an interview with The Tennessean, Halliburton recalls the events. “This is my motherf*cking house,” Reynolds shouted, Halliburton told the paper. The video shows Reynolds shouting at the family “Try to shoot me, and I’ll break every f*cking bone in your f*cking neck.” He also is shown in the footage calling the family “F*cking [n-words].” Racist Cop Racist Cop Racist Cop Racist Cop Racist Cop