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Racist recruiting? Marine Corps ad draws fireNavyTimes.com, VA - Jun 12, 2008
The Marine Corps’ newest recruiting commercial
aimed at targeting minorities tackles a long-running and often-controversial debate involving black American
Latinos Favor Obama Over McCain
by: Peter Wallsten, The Los Angeles Times
06/07/08
The latest polls show he has a surprising advantage over McCain and is favored by
up to 62% of voters.
Washington - It was called "un mensaje personal a Puerto Rico," a television
spot in which Barack Obama spoke to the camera in stilted but effective Spanish.
Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region
by: Kevin Sack, The New York Times
06/07/08
Race and place of residence can have a staggering impact on the course and quality of the
medical treatment a patient receives, according to new research showing that blacks with diabetes or vascular disease are
nearly five times more likely than whites to have a leg amputated and that women in Mississippi are far less likely to have
mammograms than those in Maine.
This is an open letter to those white women who, despite their proclamations
of progressivism, and supposedly because of their commitment to feminism, are threatening to withhold support from Barack
Obama in November. You know who you are.
I know that it's probably a bad time for this. Your disappointment
at the electoral defeat of Senator Hillary Clinton is fresh, the sting is new, and the anger that animates many of you--who
rightly point out that the media was often sexist in its treatment of the Senator--is raw, pure and justified.
4 Jun 08
The slump in the construction industry has taken a heavy toll on Latino workers.
From a historic low in late 2006, the unemployment rate for Latinos rose sharply in 2007 and currently stands well above the
rate for non-Latinos. Immigrant Latino workers have been hit especially hard.
Prisons might be affecting job statsColumbus Dispatch, OH - Jun 6, 2008
... jobs and therefore counted
in the unemployment statistics, she said. Among black men, the rate would have pushed up from 9.6 percent to
10.6 percent. ...
UN probes racism in AmericaThe South Florida Times, FL - Jun 6, 2008
From May 18 until
June 6, Dične has gathered facts, interviewed activists and compiled statistics regarding racism in America. In addition
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Exposing American RacismFinalCall.com, IL - Jun 4, 2008
The expert on racism came to Harlem
May 21 to hear testimony about America’s racial divide and possible solutions from New Yorkers and others.a
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