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Hace 3 días · Board of Education, case in which, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9–0) that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person within their jurisdictions.
Hace 5 días · Coast Guard Academy faulted on response to racial incidents. The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general says the U.S. Coast Guard Academy has failed to properly investigate and handle ...
Hace 4 días · May 17, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT. LEAVE A COMMENT. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) are demanding an update on the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to quash racism and bigotry within its ranks after HuffPost reporting revealed widespread use of anti-immigrant slurs among Border Patrol agents.
Hace 5 días · The appalling slur that lays bare the dark heart of British comedy. Dane Baptiste lashed out at a Jewish comedian, writes Darren Richman – but what’s really astounding isn’t his lazy, antisemitic...
Hace 5 días · Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 decision, Plessy v.. Ferguson, which held that racial segregation laws ...
Hace 2 días · Racism has been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups throughout the history of the United States. Since the early colonial era, White Americans have generally enjoyed legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights which have been denied to members of various ethnic ...
Hace 4 días · By National Urban League. Published03 AM EDT, Sat May 18, 2024. By Khaleda Rahman, Senior News Reporter, Newsweek. Black Americans say "DEI" has been co-opted as a racial slur after conservatives sought to blame diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
