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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 2:41pm
What role does local media play in addressing intolerance and hate crime prevention? In the past few weeks, we’ve seen three stories where media coverage took very different positions on addressing controversy and sparking conversation about these issues.
Following a heavily-promoted Nashville TV news station series, "Inside Islamville: Is a local Muslim Community Tied to Terrorism," a Nashville mosque was spray painted with graffiti that read “Muslims Go Home.”
An anti-immigrant op-ed piece entitled “Mexican Roundup” that...
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 5:07pm
San Diego, CA-
Thousands of students nationwide are supporting minority students at the University of California, San Diego after a racially charged off-campus party increased tensions at this Southern California school (UCSD).UCSD's administration sponsored a "Teach-In" February 24 to address student concerns, but meanwhile other University of California campuses hosted their own protests to support San Diego students, including Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Davis, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, along with other schools in California and across the nation. University of...
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 7:23pm
March 1, 2010 Report
Hate Violence and Community Responses
This week: Davis, CA; Montgomery, AL; Austin, TX; West Hanks, NS; San Antonio, TX; San Francisco, CA; Natchitoches, LA; Buffalo, NY
Davis, CA: Thousands attended a public meeting at the University of California, Davis in the wake of anti-gay vandalism at the LGBT Resource Center, and a swastika carved on a Jewish freshman’s dorm door.
Montogomery, AL: Annual vigil at the state Capitol recalls victims of 1999 murder and demands Alabama add protection for LGBT community to its hate crime laws.
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