Racial equity results when you cannot predict an outcome by race.
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Equality
Anderson rips guy who wrote anti gay Ariz. bill
CNN’s Anderson Cooper gets into a heated exchange with Ariz. Republican State Sen. Al Melvin over what is discrimination.
See on www.cnn.com
Racial diversity still lacking in Hollywood’s major films
“The numbers are troubling still in the prestigious Academy Awards. Only three black men have won awards in the Best Leading Actor category from 1958 to 2013, and only one black woman, Halle Berry in 2001 for her role in Monster’s Ball, has ever won the award for Best Leading Actress.
Despite the praise and success of these films, there is still a major problem in representation of black talent in Hollywood. The main issue is that they are casted for roles that are racially limiting in nature rather than what The Huffington Post’s Senior Editor Kia Makarechi calls “non-racially coded characters.” 12 Years, Fruitvale, Mandela, and The Butler demand black actors to fill in black roles.
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Community Village‘s insight:
The lack of racial diversity in Hollywood is more evidence of discrimination in employment, which in turn keeps those salaries out of the hands of people of color.
It’s 2014 now and it seems each ethnic group needs to create it’s own industry of careers in order to get full employment. But even then, it’s still the mass media and the big budget blockbusters where the bigger money is, so the discrimination and favoritism is a form of oppression.
Laverne Cox Producing Powerful New Doc About Trans Prisoner CeCe McDonald
Transgender actress and “Orange Is The New Black” breakout star Laverne Cox is currently co-producing an important and compelling new documentary about the life and incarceration of CeCe McDonald.
See on www.huffingtonpost.com
Black & Hispanic students get fewer advanced classes and science labs at city high schools
An analysis of Education Department data from the 2011-12 school year found that on average, white and Asian students attend high schools with twice as many Advanced Placement courses and almost twice as many science labs as schools attended by black and Hispanic students.’
See on www.nydailynews.com
Exporting the American Dream: Thoughts on “Free” Trade Agreements
“NAFTA, like most free trade agreements, is nothing remotely close to free. This policy singlehandedly destroyed the rural economy in Mexico and the lives of millions of regular working people.”
See on www.racefiles.com
Waitress denied tip for ‘gay lifestyle’ – CNN.com Video
Waitress Dayna Morales says she was stiffed on a $93 bill because the family she served didn’t approve of her lifestyle.
Community Village‘s insight:
I see. The customer was happy to be served by this woman who they didn’t approve of, but then didn’t want to pay for the service.
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Why are black murder victims put on trial?
LZ Granderson says if a black man said he shot an unarmed white teenage girl in “self defense” he would be in jail. Black victims don’t get the same justice
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SPLC sues Mississippi town for prohibiting gay bar | Southern Poverty Law Center
The SPLC filed a federal lawsuit today against the town of Shannon, Miss., its mayor and its aldermen for unjustly denying a business license to a bar catering to the LGBT community.
See on www.splcenter.org
Gay Mormons: Wendy And Tom Montgomery Lead Push To Change LDS Church Stance On Homosexuality
Gay Mormons: Wendy And Tom Montgomery Lead Push To Change LDS Church Stance On Homosexuality.