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15 May 12 - Society Ethnicity News

Treasury failed to test fairness of spending cuts, equality watchdog finds
The Treasury failed to consider how crucial policies would affect women, disabled people and ethnic minorities before the 2010 spending review, according to a report by the equality watchdog.

Civil society against ethnic federalism
KATHMANDU: Civil society members have stood against ethnic federalism, saying it will cause disintegration of the country.

Rising Tribalism In South Africa - OpEd
The benefits of ethnic pork-barreling will always be short-term, yet the consequences to the health of the wider society pernicious. The developing countries that have been successful since the Second World War, particularly those from the East Asian ...

Bosnian Court Rules Against Segregated Schools
The court ruled on April 27 that it would be discriminatory for the towns of Stolac and Capljina to continue with the “two schools under one roof” system, where children of different ethnicity - mostly Bosniak and Croat - attend the same institution ...

Towards a shared destiny
For many decades till the 1990s we were regarded by many Asian and African societies as an exemplar of how a deeply divided, plural society can survive and thrive politically, economically and socially. Not all is well, however.

Science Under Siege
... ethnic groups became tense during the contentious election period. The devastation the unrest inflicted on Kenya's knowledge system is a sobering illustration of the price that societies pay for the failure to resolve their differences peacefully.

The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Attacks Hollywood's 'Whitewashing' On CNN
Coming off a column he wrote on the subject for Salon, Mandvi talked about the disturbing trend in Hollywood films in which white actors and actresses are cast in ethnic roles. The practice is nothing new. As Mandvi's column column, a simple trip to ...

Still Room in Tuesday 'Clues in the Census Records' Class
Cathi Weber, president of the Anoka County Genealogical Society, will lead the class. She said Monday night that there is still room in the class for people interested in learning how to use census records in family research.

Rodriguez: Immigration and the new old me
As a kid, of course, some still saw my ethnicity and skin color as signs of my being an outsider. In third grade I was called the "N-word.

Unresolved Ethnic Issues Threaten Myanmar Reforms
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, May 11, 2012 (IPS) - Discussion of economic reforms in Myanmar (Burma) should not overshadow the critical need for a political solution to the longstanding grievances of the country's ethnic minorities, observers in ...

Report of the LLRC - a Buddhist response
The Buddha did not refer much to communal, national, race, ethnicity and such differences, since they were not that relevant to the society in Northern India at that time. The main factor that divided that society was the caste system where one is born ...

"(Re)Presenting America": Are culturally specific museums a good thing?
What has been the historical role of race and ethnicity in the development of the natural history museum? Can anthropology, which often provided intellectual cover for white supremacy, play a positive role in the "decolonization" of museum space?

City Council fears residents opposed to 'Chinatown' development making Milan ...
"If they want to come here and become American, become citizens and embrace our society," he said, "they should welcome to enjoy the same freedoms we have.

The Imperative of Ethnic Audits
Ethnic accounting is “another instrument for perpetuating ethnic groups” claims Norwegian based author Samuel Abonyo in an interesting article published in Wednesday's Star edition.

Rising Tribalism in South Africa
The benefits of ethnic pork-barreling will always be short-term, yet the consequences to the health of the wider society pernicious. The developing countries that have been successful since the Second World War, particularly those from the East Asian ...

Warren's claim as Native American opens debate over ethnic ties
In Warren's case, a preliminary review of her ethnic roots by another researcher at the New England Historic Genealogical Society determined that she was 1/32nd Cherokee because she had a great-great-great grandmother who was Cherokee.

Multi-ethnic Koreans find help with assimilation through MACK Foundation
The 37-year-old is a multi-ethnic Korean, part Korean from his mother's side and part African-American from his father's side.

Gregory Rodriguez: Immigration and the new old me
As a kid, of course, some still saw my ethnicity and skin color as signs of my being an outsider. In third grade I was called the "N-word.

Clarence Page: Double standard: exaggerating ethnicity — unacceptable ...
That question looms after researcher Christopher Child at the New England Historic Genealogical Society turned up evidence of her Indian blood.

Challenges Of Insecurity In Borno State, By Gov Kashim Shettima
Borno as a society was, and still remains, a cosmopolitan, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic as well as multi-religious society. This heterogeneity often referred to as a melting pot was sustained by a tolerance of dissenting views.