September 2010
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Feds sue racist Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio →
The U.S. Justice Department has sued Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio after the lawman refused for over a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations about discrimination, unconstitutional searches and seizures, and jail policies that discriminate against people with limited English skills.
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Exploring the psychological motives of racism →
Psychology Today goes over a list of psychological motives that appear to contribute to racism, among them: boosting their own self-esteem, giving their own group self-importance, anxieties about a changing world, survival motives, and seeking status hierarchy.
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Seattle man attacked shopkeeper, called him a... →
35-year-old Seattle resident Brock Stainbrook is facing assault and hate crime charges following allegations that he accosted a clerk at a convenience store. A detective testified in court that Stainbrook threw change on the floor near the victim’s feet, punched him in the side of the head with his fist then said “You’re not even American, you’re Al-Qaeda. Go back to your...
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Outcries of racism as Texas considers subsidising... →
Some texan critics of the latest Robert Rodriguez’s feature “Machete” are calling for the cancelation of a state subsidy, suggesting it would be state-sponsored racism. Prison Planet’s Alex Jones slammed the film as ‘pro-immigration, anti-Texas’, while Fox News attached the movie for ‘blaming everything that’s gone wrong in Mexico on the...