Archive for the ‘Discrimination’ Category

Is it time for the word “Jew” to go the way of “Negro?”

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Source: National Post

Pope’s Embrace of Renegade Bishop

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Source: The Jewish Daily

Bishop Richard Williamson

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Source: Youtube

Doctor’s alleged refusal to treat lesbians sparks rights complaint

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Source: Theglobeandmail.com

Living like Anne Frank

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Source: JTA

A hotel in Amsterdam, close to the Anne Frank museum, offers visitors a unique stay in Amsterdam, by advertising “to live like Anne Frank” - people are upset

‘Nazi’ Remark Presenter Gets Sacked

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Source: BBC News

Jon Gaunt, talksport presenter, got fired after calling a London councilor “Nazi” and “ignorant pig” during a live debate.

Massive Rise in Racist Attacks in Inverness, UK

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Source: The Inverness Courier

Inverness, a town in the United Kingdom, has witnessed a 72.9 per cent rise in racist incidents this year. The possible reason for the minor as well as serious attacks on English or Polish people may be extreme Scottish nationalism.

Race Can Be an Issue in Nursing Homes

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Source: The Star

A tension arises in Toronto, the world’s most multicultural city: Patients in nursing homes are generally white, while the employees, personal support workers, are in general people of color. Most of the patients were born into a time where racism and segregation was more common than nowadays.

“I love my residents and most of them appreciate me,” states Eulalie Thompson, who has worked in nursing homes in Toronto for more than 30 years.
“But, every day, somebody acts out, hits, calls me `black bitch, nigger.’ What can you do?”

Auschwitz Survivor Warns ‘History is Repeating Itself’ in Italy

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Source: Live News

Holocaust Survivor Piero Terracina, 80, states that the current state-sanctioned discriminations of Gypsies has a threatening similarity with the discremination of the German jewish population in the early times of the Nazi regime.
“Now history is repeating itself with the screening, listing and consequent fingerprinting of Roma,” says Terracina.

Michael Coren: Obama Courts Trouble With Dubious Decision to Appoint Emanuel

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Source: National Post

Barack Obama’s decision to ask Rahm Emanuel to be the White House Chief of Staff causes critic: The former Bill Clinton staffer and congressman has a history of personal attacks and partisanship on his record.