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Shanghai: racist rhetoric in building's Olympic security warning
From the blog at Shanghaiist.com comes an interesting glimpse into the culture of China's state security. Shanghaiist obtained an Olympic security document posted publicly in Tomorrow Square, the fifth-tallest building in Shanghai and the home of the Marriott hotel. The... Canada Feds Profiling: Those Who Toke & Drive !
OpinonBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's Bill C-2 has many Bummed Our Man, as many who enjoy a Joint while cruising fear they will be profiled by the police for their lifestyle. One man says, "I look... Gene test gives early alert for breast cancer
This story ring me a bell to one patient. She has to pay a lot of money for the medicine. "All women could soon be offered a genetic test which would tell them whether they were likely or unlikely to contract breast...Winnipeg Rapper Blames Arrest on Racial Profiling
Understandably, rapper Fresh I.E. is not happ-i.e. about getting arrested for driving one of these with his Starbucks soy chai latte in hand. It sounds like the Winnipeg cops were more than a little jealous that their own rap careers hadn't yielded more stylish results. "A... The geography of power - how communication has become a global currency and w...
A fascinating article appeared in a recent edition of Newsweek called Emotional Connections. The article describes an installation at the New York Museum of Modern Art called New York Talk Exchange. Here, MIT... Phoenix Mayor Gordon calls for FBI investigation of Sheriff Arpaio
In his letter, Gordon says, "I understand these are serious allegations," Gordon said in his letter to the nation's attorney general. "As mayor of the city of Phoenix, I must speak out when the rights of our residents are violated and the safety of our neighborhoods... Exhibition Closed, Artist Censored
Iraqi-born, Chicago-based artist Wafaa Bilal has had his exhibition shut down by administrators at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute in Troy, New York.The work, Virtual Jihadi, uses the trope of video games to... Civil rights experts raise cautions on Vt. effort on illegal drugs
" Civil rights watchers and legal experts say officials in Rutland and other cities need to remember not to trample Constitutional rights or engage in racial profiling while rooting out illegal drug...Racial bias rising post 9/11, says study
UBC Journalism student and NowPublic contributor Cynthia Yoo offers an early look at a report on the rise of racial profiling. It shows how the world is changing due to the so-called War on Terror."BC residents are feeling less safe and facing more discrimination, says...L.A. Police: scraps plan to 'map' its Muslims
One wonders what LALA Land is thinking when the self important who are rich by everyones imagination feel they are valued targets by Muslim extremists. One would think mapping of gangs and criminal...UK: Racial profiling encouraged
"How bad must it be in Britain for a senior police officer, the President of the National Black Police Association, no less, to be calling for a dramatic increase in the use of a policy which amounts to racial profiling? The story from Guardian UK: " Speaking at the... Tasering of students is it becoming common practice?
In Light of the University of Florida tasering of Andrew Meyer yesterday while in an open question and answer forum of guest speaker of U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. I questioned what is this practice of taser guns and their use to restrain our students on the... On Spock.com you can be a President and a PM (also an idiot and a d*ckhead)
A few days ago I was talking via e-mail to an editor for an Italian technology website I contribute to.
I proposed a few themes for new articles; I thought all of my four proposals would have been of some interest;... Cops will ask: Are you legal?
"Cops will ask: Are you legal?""After Newark killings, AG orders police to check suspects' immigration status Thursday, August 23, 2007 BY RICK HEPP AND BRIAN DONOHUE Star-Ledger Staff Police in New Jersey are now...Senator Blocks the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act
"Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn (a physician) has put a hold on [a] bill ... that would protect individuals with genetic disorders (and their blood relatives) from discrimination in insurance coverage and in the workplace ... The bill ... has been passed in the House of...
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