Recently Eva Paterson asked about the relationship between the civil rights and the war in Iraq. I began to think about the complex relationship between Latinos, Military and Citizenship. Military recruiters target Latino neighborhoods and schools. This is essentially a poverty and race draft, and is definitely a civil rights issue. There are troubling reports … Continue reading Latinos, Military and Citizenship
Author: Keith Kamisugi
‘Unflagging Courage’ by Elaine Elinson in LA Daily Journal
Unflagging CourageBy Elaine ElinsonLos Angeles Daily JournalJune 14, 2007Charlotte Gabrielli was 9 years old in 1936, when she was suspended from Fremont Elementary School in Sacramento. The bright little girl with brunette sausage curls and a sweet smile was not suspended for misbehaving; in fact, she was trying to obey her parents' instructions. Her parents, … Continue reading ‘Unflagging Courage’ by Elaine Elinson in LA Daily Journal
EJS Helps Working Assets Deliver Petitions to Congress to Urge the Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Working Assets Wireless congratulates members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for voting to approve legislation restoring habeas corpus by passing the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act.Working Assets (workingassetswireless.com) presented senators with petitions representing more than 4,000 lawyers, retired prosecutors and other members of the legal community urging the Senate to restore the constitutional writ of habeas … Continue reading EJS Helps Working Assets Deliver Petitions to Congress to Urge the Restoration of Habeas Corpus
Gary Sheffield, Baseball and Latinos
When Gary Sheffield recently made comments about MLB teams preferring players from Latin America to African Americans because the Latinos are seen as being less likely to stand up for themselves, many took it to be insulting to both Latinos and African Americans. However, King Kaufman has pointed out in his that Sheffield's comments should … Continue reading Gary Sheffield, Baseball and Latinos
Unequal Justice for Paris Hilton
UPDATE 6/26: Jeremiah Owyang just emailed me about a post on feministing.com on Jeremy Bearer-Friend's thoughts below. I was in Los Angeles yesterday sitting in a hotel bearing Paris Hilton's family name (getting ready to deliver an e-advocacy workshop for the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network) when I received a call from Rex Huppke at the … Continue reading Unequal Justice for Paris Hilton
Unequal Justice for Paris Hilton
UPDATE 6/26: Jeremiah Owyang just emailed me about a post on feministing.com on Jeremy Bearer-Friend's thoughts below. I was in Los Angeles yesterday sitting in a hotel bearing Paris Hilton's family name (getting ready to deliver an e-advocacy workshop for the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network) when I received a call from Rex Huppke at the … Continue reading Unequal Justice for Paris Hilton
A Call for Paper Proposals on the Socioeconomic Impact of Proposition 209
Proposition 209, California's anti-affirmative action initiative, went into effect in 1997. Much of the research on Proposition 209 in the decade since has focused on the impact of the initiative in higher education admissions. There has been comparatively little research examining the impact of the initiative on public employment and contracting, and even less that … Continue reading A Call for Paper Proposals on the Socioeconomic Impact of Proposition 209
Court of Appeal Rules That Federal Law Trumps Proposition 209
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights announced last week that a California Court of Appeal ruled April 18 that a San Francisco ordinance requiring outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses in City contracting may be mandated by federal equal protection, notwithstanding Proposition 209, the State's anti-affirmative action initiative. The decision reverses a key element of … Continue reading Court of Appeal Rules That Federal Law Trumps Proposition 209