AltWeeklies Wire
The Blame Game Erupts Over Prop. 8new
With one exit poll showing 70 percent of blacks and 53 percent of Latinos supporting California's same-sex marriage ban, blacks and Latinos are being blamed for helping put Prop. 8 over the top. Only the Mormon Church has been slammed harder, by loud and passionate crowds.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
11-14-2008 |
LGBT
UNLV Prof Questions Science Behind Finding African Ancestorsnew
Rainier Spencer, the founder and director of UNLV's Afro-American Studies Program, thinks programs offering to link American blacks to their African lineage through DNA (for a fee) are a black-on-black rip-off, since they commercialize a promise they can't truly keep.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
05-02-2008 |
Race & Class
Is a Race War Underway in Las Vegas?new
Are local incidents between blacks and Hispanics isolated flare-ups or harbingers of a larger problem?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
04-18-2008 |
Race & Class
For Black Saints, Church's Racist Heritage Stingsnew
Black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struggle to find their place in a church that once banned blacks from the priesthood and said they bore the mark of Cain.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
12-17-2004 |
Religion
Tags: Mormons, racism, blacks, African Americans, Brigham Young, intermarriage, Joseph Smith, whites
Honeymoon for Dallas's New White Police Chief Nears Endnew
David Kunkle has taken over a department with a history of racial inequality and a current state of racial unrest. Now officers and citizens of diverse backgrounds are applying a racial algebra to every decision that he makes.
Dallas Observer |
Eric Celeste |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
