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Most HIV-infected youth are unaware they carry the virus
More than a quarter of new HIV infections in the United States strike young people aged 13 to 24 and 60 percent of those don’t know they’re sick, health officials said Tuesday. An estimated 12,200 youth were infected with HIV in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Lawsuit alleges Deere workers used racial slurs and ‘lynched’ black-faced doll
Employees at a Deere & Co. plant in Iowa taunted an African American co-worker with racial slurs, according to a discrimination lawsuit filed against the agricultural manufacturer. Forty-eight-year-old Copa Burse, a mother of three, alleged the Deere plant in Ankeny failed to stop racially discriminatory behavior, including threats, despite knowing…
New black ‘Rooti’ dolls aim to foster African knowledge and pride
‘Rooti’ dolls designed to help western children of African parents stay in touch with their heritage First there was the golliwog, then there was black Barbie. Now the creators of a new talking doll say that after 140 years of racism and negative stereotyping, toys for black children have finally come of age…
Unemployment rises among African-Americans
June’s figures show unemployment rose from 13.6% to 14.4% – higher than the rate for Latinos and double that for white people. One of the most jarring figures in the labour statistics is a rise in unemployment among African Americans, from 13.6% to 14.4%, double the rate for the white…
Fear Of A Black ISBN
I’ve been complaining about the rise African-American fiction sections since I worked at a Borders back in 2005. As Carleen Brice points out, there are actually two problems with the sections: the first is that they tend to send a signal to non-black audiences that These Mysterious Books Are Not…
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