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Tucson rampage: UC Berkeley chancellor's e-mail linking Tucson rampage to immigration issues draws fire - latimes.com He continued, postulating on factors that may have motivated Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman in Saturday's shootings, in which six people died, including a 9-year-old girl, and 13 were injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.): "I believe that it is not a coincidence that this calamity has occurred in a state which has legislated discrimination against undocumented persons."

The New Jim Crow | The American Prospect In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as justification for discrimination, exclusion, or social contempt. Rather, we use our criminal-justice system to associate criminality with people of color and then engage in the prejudiced practices we supposedly left behind. Today, it is legal to discriminate against ex-offenders in ways it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you're labeled a felon, depending on the state you're in, the old forms of discrimination -- employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, and exclusion from jury service -- are suddenly legal. As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights and arguably less respect than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow. We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.

Rethinking Crime and Immigration » Contexts Notably, we found a significantly lower rate of violence among Mexican-Americans compared to blacks and whites. A major reason is that more than a quarter of those of Mexican descent were born abroad and more than half lived in neighborhoods where the majority of residents were also Mexican. In particular, first-generation immigrants (those born outside the United States) were 45 percent less likely to commit violence than third-generation Americans, adjusting for individual, family, and neighborhood background. Second-generation immigrants were 22 percent less likely to commit violence than the third generation. This pattern held true for non-Hispanic whites and blacks as well. Our study further showed living in a neighborhood of concentrated immigration was directly associated with lower violence (again, after taking into account a host of correlated factors, including poverty and an individual’s immigrant status). Immigration thus appeared “...

“No Place for Hate” Resolution of Respect We, the Academic Senate Council of Cuesta College, pledge from this day forward to do our best to combat prejudice and to stop those who, because of hate or ignorance, would hurt people or violate their civil rights. We will try at all times to be aware of our own biases and seek to gain understanding of those we perceive as being different from ourselves. We will speak out against all forms of prejudice and discrimination. We will reach out to support those who are targets of hate. We will think about specific ways to promote respect for people and create a prejudice-free zone. We firmly believe that one person can make a difference and that no person can be an “innocent” bystander when it comes to opposing hate. We recognize that respecting individual dignity, achieving equality, and promoting intergroup harmony are the responsibilities of all people. By signing this pledge, we commit ourselves to making a positive impact in the community we ...

Students in Angle 'Asian' gaffe told not to record video - My News 4 - KRNV, Reno, NV The high school's Hispanic Student Union advisor Isaac Barron says her comments made everyone in the room very uncomfortable. "I felt my jaw drop," Barron recalled. "I saw Mr. Angle. He was kinda visibly upset when she said that. The more she spoke, the worse it got. She was on a slippery slope, I think." Myra Monts de Oca, a member of the Hispanic Student Union, says both Hispanic and Asian students at the school feel insulted. "I thought that was kinda ridiculous, because it's already in the name. It couldn't be more obvious what we were. I don't know what was going through her mind. Maybe she meant something else but her point wasn't made." Angle's campaign insists Angle was referring to an instance where a reporter mistakenly referred to her as Asian and that she was trying to make a point about judging on appearance and stereotypes. KS...

News Analysis - Angle Video Reopens Topic of Race - NYTimes.com Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a professor of sociology at Duke, said the ad and Ms. Angle’s comments about it reflected the country’s new “racial terrain.” “I think the new boogeyman is Latino,” Professor Bonilla-Silva said. Still, Ms. Angle “managed to offend two communities at once: Asians and Latinos,” he said. “Her statements come across as patronizing, and hark back to an old racist tradition where we all look the same.”

You might be a racist if ... | SciGuy | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle The huge IAT database contains troubling findings that have been highly publicized. For example, more than three-quarters of white and Asian test takers in the United States display an unconscious tendency to value white people over black people. Roughly half of black test takers show a pro-white bias as well. Many people who complete the IAT exhibit implicit inclinations for young versus old people and unconsciously favor men over women.