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Reverse discrimination ruling leaves confusion
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Supreme Court ruling in favor of white New Haven firefighters who said they were victims of reverse discrimination will probably leave employers confused, civil rights advocates and labor attorneys say.
The court ruled 5-4 that the white firefighters were denied promotions unfairly because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as a federal appeals court judge.
The majority of justices said the city was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made... |
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Jive-talking Transformers raise race issues
LOS ANGELES (AP) - “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” introduces some 40 new mechanized characters of all shapes, sizes and even sexes - but it's a pair of jive-talking 'bots that critics are singling out as more than just harmless comic relief.
Skids and Mudflap, twin robots disguised as compact Chevys, constantly brawl and bicker in rap-inspired street slang. They're forced to acknowledge that they can't read. One has a gold tooth.
As good guys, they fight alongside the Autobots and are intended to provide comic relief. But the traits they're ascribed raise the specter of ... |
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Jackson's complex color story transcended race
In 40 years in the public eye, Jackson's skin lightened, his hair changed from Afro to bone-straight perm, and his wide nose was surgically whittled down to a point. His music went from R&B to pure pop and beyond. His close friends included Elizabeth Taylor and Nancy Reagan.
By the time his last smash hit, “Black or White,” was released in 1991, many people wondered if the song title applied to Jackson himself.
But those who knew him well say he always maintained his black identity. And as a trailblazer for a new breed of global multimedia stars, he helped create an era in wh... |
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How to Find Your Dream Career - 4 Quick Tips on How to Find Your Dream Career
By Ray Baron, Find www.findyourdreamcareer.com
Before you learn how to find your dream career, it is imperative that you define what a dream career really means to you. Is your dream career something that you enjoy doing, or is it a work that pays off well but you still need to drag yourself to office everyday in the morning?
For some people like myself, I would easily define my dream career as an occupation that I would excel in, a job which maximizes my talents and skills, a profession that I can be proud of and work that I enjoy doing every single minute of it. And of course, my dream ca... |
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America Before It Was America
Before Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492 people had lived in the Western Hemisphere for tens of thousands of years. For much of this time it is believed that they experienced virtually no recorded, sustained contact with other parts of the world -- Europe, Africa, or Asia. Millions of people lived in an area some five times the size of Europe. In strikingly diverse habitats and climates they developed possibly the most varied and productive agriculture in the world. Their lifestyles and belief systems differed widely and they spoke hundreds of languages.
Throughout the hemisphere, s... |
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