| Racism has been used as an excuse
for personal irresponsibility and inaccountability. While racism (in all
forms) does exist, cultural mores are very difficult to adapt. Much as
been made of multi-culturalism without addressing this particular issue. |
'Hate Crimes' Not Big Problem in Race Relations
| VIOLENT CRIMES LIKE MURDER, assault, robbery, and rape cause far more
damage to U.S. race relations than officially recognized "hate crimes,"
a study based on federal crime statistics concludes. The study reports
that some 1.7 million violent interracial crimes involving blacks and whites
are committed annually. But in 1997 only 4,105 of those were deemed "hate
crimes" under the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990, according to a study
by the New Century Foundation, based in Oakton, Va.
Although Americans most often think of "hate crimes" as acts by whites
against racial minorities—such as last year's killing of James Byrd in
Texas by three white ex-convicts—the majority of violent crime across racial
lines are committed by blacks against whites, the study finds.
Robert
Stacy McCain
The Issue - Racism |
150 DEMOCRATS VOTE AGAINST
CONDEMNING RACISM
Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson
today sharply criticized 150 Democrats who opposed
a
resolution that would have condemned racism,
anti-Semitism, ethnic prejudice and religious
intolerance.
"The 150 Democrats who went on record yesterday
against
a resolution condemning 'hatred and bigotry wherever
and
in whatever form they may be found,' have demonstrated
a
willingness to give common decency a back
seat to strident
partisan politics," Nicholson said.
RNC
Commentary
Bleeding heart white liberal racists
John
Doggett
WorldNetDaily
Investment maager called a "bigot"
by Texaco executive
"As someone that invests in Texaco and invests
for clients in Texaco, my concern was, is Texaco hiring the best people
for the job, or was the company simply aggressively pursuing" a
race- and gender-based agenda without giving
consideration to employing qualified
personnel. Mowen said his clients would have
an interest in whether or not Texaco was hiring
the most qualified personnel.
Jon
E. Dougherty
Bill Lan Lee: Flouting the law
The Civil Rights Division filed briefs in the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit defending the constitutionality of contracting
preferences on the basis
of race and sex in Houston Contractors Association
vs. Metropolitan Transit
Authority of Harris County. Lee also filed a
brief in the Sixth Circuit in Safeco
Insurance Co. of America vs. City of White House,
Tenn., defending an
Environmental Protection Agency regulation requiring
contractors to "assure
that small, minority and women's businesses are
used when possible as
sources of supplies, construction and services.''
The division argued that the
regulation is "outreach'' and "does not require
race-conscious decision-making
affecting any individual.'' Sure, like that Buddhist
temple fund-raiser was
"outreach'' by Vice President Al Gore.
Cal
Thomas
Look who supports a people-of-color
tax
Linda
Chavez
Moseley-Braun puts foot in mouth,
again
Has
to apologize for use of racial epithet
--Chicago Tribune
The
Brown bomber strikes Justice Thomas
---Larry Elder
Mother
Nature's unfairness
--Walter Williams
Reason Magazine - Affirmative
Action Articles
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Columnist
Admits to Fabrications
Afrocentrism
Not
out of Africa reviewed by Lynne Cheney
Willful
distortions of history by Mary Lefkowitz
The
myth of a 'Stolen Legacy' by Mary Lefkowitz