The priest said his dog had had a bad experience with a black person so is aggressive toward strangers, especially African Americans. The Diocese of Memphis said no racial discrimination occurred.
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Americans in Mexico uneasy as anti-Mexican rhetoric rises in the U.S.
A common worry among U.S. residents in Mexico is whether President Donald Trump’s virulent xenophobic, anti-immigrant rhetoric will reawaken Mexico’s own rabid nationalism.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Racism at Edward Little highlighted in The Boston Globe
Auburn officials say racial issues at high school deserve more attention but insist the city’s high school is typical in the problems it faces.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Kennebunk grapples with another racial incident involving students
A video allegedly depicts two teenage girls drinking and one repeatedly using a racial slur.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
School district settles with former Kennebunk teacher over racist incidents
RSU 21 agreed to settle with former Kennebunk High School teacher Rosa Slack, who filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission in January 2018.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Leaders: Empowerment key to overcoming racism
The executive director of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition gave the keynote address Saturday at the YWCA event, “Immigrant Justice is Racial Justice: No Hate. No Fear.”
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Editorials
Destroying ourselves
This has to stop. Hate speech, cloaking itself in Free Speech. Calls to “arms” against each other. And then the “arms” become real. Pipe bombs. Shootings. Are we a perfect society? Of course not. Are we populated with negative thoughts against others? Yes. It is part of the human condition when a lack of knowledge […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Creating a more peaceful tomorrow
The Lewiston-Auburn community has seen a recent rise in tension and violence that raises the necessary question, “What can we and our elected officials actively do to promote positive change and healing?” On June 12, ongoing disputes between two groups in Kennedy Park escalated into a brawl and led to the beating of Donald Giusti. […]
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TV used to unite Americans; now it divides them
ABC made the right decision when it canceled the sitcom “Roseanne” after the show’s eponymous star posted racist and other offensive tweets. Her hateful language has no place in our society. Yet the show’s removal is part of a larger trend of audience Balkanization that could have negative consequences. Television shows like “I Love Lucy” […]
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Racism in America is a white problem
Racism is a white problem. I know that many white people will instinctively and emphatically resist that observation. They’ll note the self-evident truth that prejudice is confined to no one culture or color. Having known more than a few African-American bigots, homophobes and anti-Semites, I’ll be happy to concede the point. But racism is more […]