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By Edward Lee | September 16, 1999
Incidents of racism are still widespread -- even in upscale Howard County, several civil rights activists said yesterday.The warning emerged during a public meeting of the Maryland Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights at the county Office of Human Rights in the Columbia Gateway Building.From grievances within the local and state school system to accusations of racial profiling in shopping malls, several speakers invited to the hearing by the committee told panel members and an audience of about 30 people that the county is not as utopian as some would like to believe.
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By Gerard Shields | September 8, 1999
For the first time in the summer-long mayoral campaign, the top Democratic candidates were unrestrained in a televised debate last night, challenging each other about racism, credibility and their commitment to the city.Much of the caustic questioning came during a 20-minute portion of the one-hour debate that WMAR-TV Channel 2 dubbed the "wild card" round. And wild it was.City Council President Lawrence A. Bell III took the offensive, again questioning former council ally Martin O'Malley about his vote against a council resolution last year condemning Crown Central Petroleum Corporation for alleged racism and sexism.
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BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | August 26, 1999
James M. Kilby knows what it's like to stare racism in the face. He was one of 22 black students to integrate Warren County High School in Warren County, Va., in 1959.Kilby, a former Crofton resident, remembers a shouting "gauntlet" of white people in his account of that day in his 55-page autobiography, "The Forever Fight: Turn Everyone Against Racism," which he published himself. It was produced with the help of a ghost writer through the vanity press Dorrance Publishing.Kilby will be signing copies of the paperbound volume from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Walden Books in Annapolis Mall.
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By Mary Gail Hare | March 18, 1999
The discussion leader polled a classroom of preteens, asking what drew them to the first middle school Multicultural Leadership Conference in Westminster yesterday.Phyllis Black smiled at the standard answers that included a day off, a good lunch, or "the teacher picked me." She applauded Theresa Ward, a 13-year-old East Middle School pupil."I came because it is time for our generation to finally make a difference," Theresa said. "In middle school, you decide the person you are going to be and the people who will be your friends."
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By GREGORY KANE | February 10, 1999
JOE MADISON, you've gone too far. But you've got guts.On Monday, Madison, the superb program director of Radio One's talk stations WOL and WOLB, walked where many are reluctant to tread: He questioned whether sending Mike Tyson - the epitome of dysfunction - to jail for a year ``does any good.''Madison went even further. He suggested that Montgomery County Judge Stephen Johnson sentenced Tyson solely to get publicity. Assuming the accusation is true, it's also quite beside the point.The issue in the matter of Mike Tyson is what it always has been: the conduct of Mike Tyson.
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By Erin Texeira | March 19, 1999
NEW YORK -- In their biggest, most intense protest yet, hundreds of demonstrators directed their rage at New York City officials yesterday over what they say was the racially motivated police killing of an unarmed African immigrant six weeks ago.They marched under sunny skies and blocked the entrance to police headquarters in lower Manhattan, demanding that the four white officers who fired 41 bullets at Amadou Diallo be arrested.Fifty-nine people -- including NAACP President Kweisi Mfume -- were charged with disorderly conduct.
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By Jamal E. Watson | September 7, 1999
Gerard and Sharon Robinson say they have seen their share of racism.Growing up in Queens, N.Y., in the 1960s, Gerard Robinson, 36, -- who is part Native American and part black -- was constantly interrogated by people in his neighborhood about his ethnic heritage."
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By Erin Texeira | May 5, 1999
Just when it seemed America had exhausted its analysis of racial and ethnic dynamics, a new movement is afoot: White Studies.For many, the term evokes white supremacy, even neo-Nazism. But White Studies stems from a growing cadre of white liberals, mostly academics and social activists, who have spent countless hours writing, talking and educating others on what it means to be white.This burgeoning field of multicultural studies aims to dismantle racism by making whites aware of their privileges -- from assuming police won't target them because of their skin color to not having to teach their children about racism.
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By Mary Gail Hare | December 12, 1999
Francis Scott Key High School has a minority enrollment of less than 3 percent and no racial diversity among its staff, but Carroll's smallest high school is working to teach its students to practice tolerance toward all.Its Multicultural Club has tackled topical issues and sponsored field trips and arts programs. Last week, its members organized a symposium that encouraged schoolmates to speak openly on racism, sexism and homophobia.Teachers stayed in the background as students led candid discussions.
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By Clarence Page | March 23, 1999
WASHINGTON -- In an era of serious scandals in various sports, the Jamaican spelling bee controversy stands out as a good example of what happens when you have too much of a good thing.In case you haven't heard, Jamaica has been disqualified from this year's National Spelling Bee -- just a year after Jamaican Jody-Anne Maxwell, 12, became the first non-American to win the contest.The result has been a nightmare for the bee's sponsor, Scripps Howard, part of Cincinnati's E.W. Scripps Co., which has a number of media holdings.