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Video: GM apologizing for this Chevy Trax ad dubbed 'racist' [UPDATE]
Autoblog.comFiled under: Budget, China, Marketing/Advertising, Crossover, Chevrolet, Canada In what can only be described as a growing trend, another automaker finds itself in trouble for an ad that critics are calling offensive. A new television and internet ad... -
Henry County teen who admitted to setting church on fire gets two years in prison
A Henry County teenager who admitted to setting a church on fire because the congregants are black was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday. Jean Claude Bridges pleaded guilty to setting the New Holy Deliverance Outreach Ministry in Axton on fire...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Trials
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Fraternity suspends itself after blackface video
A UC Irvine fraternity volunteered to suspend itself this week after it was blasted for a member-produced video that featured a student in blackface. Lambda Theta Delta announced Wednesday that it would cancel all major events and stop operating as a...
Tags: Social Issues, Halloween, University of California, Irvine, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake
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Other Voices: Confederate flags and state paying group's membership fees
Confederate flags have no place in South Dakota South Dakota has become the focal point of a racial controversy that could become newsworthy on the national scene. The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hot Springs removed two Confederate flags last...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Career and Workplace, Travel, Slavery
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Album review: Tone deaf moments mar Kenny Chesney's 'Life on a Rock'
Is a reductive engagement with social issues worse than no engagement at all? That was the question raised last month by "Accidental Racist," Brad Paisley and LL Cool J's astonishingly simple-minded meditation on American race relations. Many critics...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Brad Paisley, Music, Entertainment
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Intersections: Waiting for the ethnic identifier
Please don't let them be Muslim. Please don't let them be Hispanic. Please don't let them be Armenian. If your cultural background is a strong, prominent part of your identity, and you know all about the story of how your parents emigrated to America...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Islam
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Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions"
Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions" By Elizabeth Sherwood North Central Michigan College student There are many people who have played an important role in the journey to equality for all. The most notable of those people...Tags: Minority Groups, Harriet Tubman, Crime, Law and Justice, Clarence Thomas, Social Issues
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Glendale Councilman Zareh Sinanyan apologizes for racist postings
After weeks of controversy, a Glendale councilman has apologized for posting racist, homophobic and vulgar comments on YouTube, saying he was remorseful for his actions. Glendale Councilman Zareh Sinanyan, whose comments were posted several years ago, ...
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Ex-porn star Jenna Jameson headed to court after latest arrest
Ex-porn start Jenna Jameson is headed to court next month after she was arrested for allegedly attacking a woman in Newport Beach. Jameson, 38, was arrested Saturday evening at a home in the 100 block of 36th Street on Balboa Peninsula after a woman...
Tags: Pornography, Crime, Law and Justice, Misdemeanors, Police Arrests, Prosecution
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'42': Jackie Robinson has to share the spotlight with Branch Rickey ★★ 1/2
"42," writer-director Brian Helgeland's carefully tended portrait of Jackie Robinson, treats its now-mythic Brooklyn Dodger with respect, reverence and love. But who's in there, underneath the mythology? Has the movie made Robinson, a man who endured so...Tags: Baseball, Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, The New York Times
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UCLA water polo player arrested on suspicion of rape
A UCLA freshman water polo player was arrested on suspicion of rape after a female student reported the alleged assault to UCLA campus police, university officials said Monday. Hakop Jack Kaplanyan, a red shirt freshman who plays the attacker position...
Tags: Water Polo, California Interscholastic Federation, Crime, Law and Justice, Guiberson Fire (2009), Sports
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How Sam Lacy helped integrate Major League Baseball
Like most films depicting historic accounts of real-life events, the bio-epic "42" carries the immediate disclaimer that it is based on a true story, leaving room for interpretive analysis and creative license. Consequently, dramatic interpretations are...
Tags: Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Sports, Movies
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