Racism

[flexibeast]

. . . . in the US:

There was the 19-year-old white man, convicted last July of criminally negligent homicide for killing a 54-year-old black woman and her 3-year-old grandson with his truck, who was sentenced in Paris to probation and required to send an annual Christmas card to the victims' family. . . .

And then there is the case that most troubles Cherry and leaders of the Texas NAACP, involving a 14-year-old black freshman, Shaquanda Cotton, who shoved a hall monitor at Paris High School in a dispute over entering the building before the school day had officially begun.

The youth had no prior arrest record, and the hall monitor--a 58-year-old teacher's aide--was not seriously injured. But Shaquanda was tried in March 2006 in the town's juvenile court, convicted of "assault on a public servant" and sentenced by Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville to prison for up to 7 years, until she turns 21.

[ "To some in Paris, sinister past is back" ]

. . . . in Germany:

The Berliner Zeitung reported that an entire class of cadets expressed their unwillingness to remember the Holocaust," during a compulsory class that dealt with the Nazi regime. Some of the cadets said during the class that "Jews are rich."

One of the witnesses to the incident was 83-year-old Holocaust survivor Isaac Becher, whose family - parents and two sisters - were murdered in German work camps. For the past 20 years Becher has been lecturing policeman about his wartime experiences.

[ "German cadets express 'unwillingness to remember Holocaust'" ]

and in Hungary:

Two thirds of Hungarians polled for their opinion of dole-scrounging immgrants from Piresa demanded "absolutely no asylum" for the parasitic newcomers, Ananava reports.

This came as a bit of a surprise to opinion research institute Tarki, which carried out the probe, since the country of Piresa is fictional.

[ "Hungarians demand ejection of Piresan immigrants" ]

In Belgium, however, some people are standing up to racism:

More than 600 Belgian couples have gathered to tie the knot, both out of love and as a gesture against small-town racism.

The focus of some discord in the village of Saint Niklaas has been a black town councillor.

Three couples in the town announced they would not get married when they found out Councillor Wouter Van Bellingen was listed to officiate, objecting to his colour.

[ "Belgians gather for anti-racism weddings" ]

Comments

[adoka.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the post.

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

Heh, well, you're welcome :-), but why the thanks?

[adoka.livejournal.com]

For helping to shine the light on this stuff.

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

Ah! Welcome, i'm a political animal, so i can't help it. :-)

[naked-wrat.livejournal.com]

There was the 19-year-old white man, convicted last July of criminally negligent homicide for killing a 54-year-old black woman and her 3-year-old grandson with his truck, who was sentenced in Paris to probation and required to send an annual Christmas card to the victims' family. . . .

What. The. Flying. Fuck? Who came up with this hair-brained idea? I mean, seriously, who would want that kind of reminder each bloody xmas? He's required to send it, not out of remorse or anything like that, out of requirement. How sick and cruel are these people?

[porcineflight.livejournal.com]

I was thinking along the same lines.

[sacred-harlot.livejournal.com]

Yes, all too common occurances unfortunately; however, we do not need to look overseas to see prejudice and discrimination like this. Our prison systems are so top heavy in terms of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, not to mention the way we honour our international responsibilities in terms of our Government's handling of People seeking refugee status and asylum.... Best not get me started!

In this vein there is an information night at the Kaleide theatre at RMIT in the city: Wednesday 28th March, where Julian Burnside will be talking about our very own Guantanamo Bay! I will be attempting to get along, and it would be great to see some of you along too!

Thanks for keeping this in our collective and individual consciousness

Much Love to you Sweetie,

Sacred Harlot.