Hate+in+the+News

=HATE in the News =

Be RESPECTFUL when disagreeing with others, RESPECT their right to express their beliefs.
1. [|Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License]

2. [|Health Care Reform Compared to Nazis]

3. [|NY Muslim Extremist Group Urges Violence against Jews]

4. [|Man beaten for Being Gay]

5. [|Gay Man Beaten, Killed]

6. [|Holocaust Museum Shooting Highlights Growth of Hate Groups]

7. [|House Votes to Expand Hate Crimes Definition]

8. [|Neff: Watch the tape, see the hate]

9. [|Police Offer Reward in Beating of Mexican Immigrant in Brooklyn]

10. [|Young Girls Sing About Being Racist]

= New Stories as of October 26, 2009 = 1. [|Killing puts focus on crimes against Latinos] (Contributed by Mana Mehdi)

2. [|Iran's Biggest Worry: Growing Ethnic Conflict] (Contributed by Mana Mehdi)

3. [|Israel Deploys Police Following Palestinian Violence]

4. [|Violent clashes erupt at Jerusalem's holiest site]

5. [|EU police fire tear gas, stun grenades to disperse Serb protesters in Kosovo’s tense north]

6. [|Man With Noose In Yard, Neighbors Scream Racism]

7. [|The obese want to have their equality cake and eat it too]

= News Stories as of November 6, 2009 =

1. [|Israel Palestine Conflict]

2. [|Racism shocks Indiana Township family after cross burning]

3. [|Prosecutors: John Demjanjuk, from Cleveland, OH, participated in Holocaust as follower of Nazi ideology]

4. [|Google Apologizes for Racist Image of Michelle Obama]

5. [|Walt Disney -- prince or toad?]

6. [|Black viewers are divided on film's 'Precious'-ness]

7. [|Black College Hit With Racism Rap]

8. [|Well-known Chicago Bar 'Mother's' Accused of Racism]

9. [|Push to Build Mosques Is Met With Resistance]

10. [|European Right: Let's all ban minarets]

11. [|Swiss Pol Apologizes For Calling For Ban On Muslim And Jewish Cemeteries]

= News Stories in the New Year =

1. [|The Danish cartoonist who survived an axe attack]

2. [|Vandalism at mosque, interfaith display, suspected as hate crimes]

3. [|Hate crimes against blacks, religious groups rise]

4. [|Can Black People Commit Hate Crimes Against White People?]


 * 5. Ethnic Class Assignment for Tuesday, March 16, 2010.** Click on the following links: [|Southern Poverty Law Center] [|Anti-Defamation League] [|Simon Wiesenthal Center]

Choose various topics/links that are of interest to you, read and research the material posted and write a short reflection (3-5 sentences minimun) and post your comments on the discussion link of THIS PAGE. Your subject line should be the topic/link you chose. Grading will be according to the following rubric:

8 posted reflections A 6 posted reflections B 4 posted reflections C 2 posted reflection D


 * Posting comments that do not show some thought and effort will result in a lower grade. Show what you have learned, your reactions, thoughts, etc.**


 * Additional posts will earn you extra credit as will responses to your classmate's posts.**


 * All responses must be posted by the end of the day, Thursday, March 18.**