I am fed up with ignorant, bigoted, intolerant individuals who continually bash the Somali (or other immigrant people) and the church groups that bring them here and support them, claiming the immigrants are just welfare abusers. I recently reminded such an individual that there are people who make millions of dollars bringing in drugs, etc., […]
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Posted inLetters, sj-web
Love one another, not hate
Saturday morning is usually my time to sit quietly and read the newspaper. Not so much March 17. Tears came to my eyes as I read about the response to the Holocaust play being put on by a community theater group in Falmouth. Where did so much hate come from? To read that there had […]
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IHOP Auburn denies discrimination, apologizes for making teens prepay
[UPDATES: IHOP waitress says asking teens to prepay has ‘nothing to do with any race’ | IHOP president apologizes for racial incident] AUBURN — The manager of a local IHOP has issued a public apology to his restaurant’s patrons after a server asked a group of black teenagers Sunday to pay upfront for their meals. Manager Melvin […]
Posted inOxford Hills, sj-web
Celeste quits SAD 17 school panel after he’s accused of racism
Under fire for alleged racism, the final straw for Robert Celeste came late last week when a van from a television station blocked his driveway in Harrison just as Celeste and his ailing wife were about to head out for a drive. As Celeste spoke with a reporter, his wife, Cecily, who is beginning to […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Divisive messages have no place in Maine
Congratulations to the people of Jackman and the Board of Selectmen for doing the right thing and firing the town’s racist town manager. He has embarrassed the town and the state as a whole. His language and prejudices are exactly the wrong things for Maine and America. Maine is a small state with an aging […]
Posted inMaine
Jackman town manager says he won’t quit over posts on racial separation
Jackman Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski said Saturday his days as an employee of the small northwestern Maine town are probably numbered after he came under fire Friday for his views on racial separation and anti-Islamic comments. But he said he has no plans to quit his job. Kawczynski also said he was sorry for any […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
ESPN says it accepts Jemele Hill's apology for Trump tweets
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN says it has accepted the apology of its “Sportscenter” host Jemele Hill for tweeting earlier this week that President Donald Trump was a “white supremacist” and “bigot.” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday called Hill’s comments outrageous and something that could be considered a fire-able offense by […]
Posted inNational Sports, sj-web
Fans denounce racism with sign above Green Monster
A banner is unfurled over the left field wall during the fourth inning of a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. BOSTON — A few fans seated above the Green Monster dropped down a sign denouncing racism during the fourth inning […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Donald Trump denounces KKK and neo-nazis: 'Racism is evil'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump denounced the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis by name Monday and announced that the Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the killing of a counterprotester at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend as he sought to tamp down mounting criticism of his initial […]
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Try standing up for justice in real time
The Groveland Four finally received a little justice last week. Nearly seven decades after a white woman in Central Florida leveled a false charge of rape, the state legislature apologized for what was done to four young African-American men as a result. For 16-year-old Charles Greenlee being hung nude from a pipe in the basement […]