New Orleans Mock Customers to Probe Racism
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Hoping to quell accusations of racism following the New Year's Eve death of a black tourist, the city will employ mock "customers" to visit local businesses and report on how they are treated.
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N, a designer boutique on West 116th Street just off Malcolm X Boulevard, causes a stir in the neighborhood.
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A sad thing happened during Formula One testing last weekend outside of Barcelona. Fans attending the test spewed racist taunts at Lewis Hamilton, who last year became the first black driver in series history, and made gestures at him that would've been offensive 50 years ago.
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Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday his critics took remarks he made about a famed Harlem restaurant out of context and "fabricated a racial controversy where none exists.
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Amid all the problems that New Orleans has faced, relieving black-white distrust has proven to be one of the toughest
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LUIS ARAGONÃS yesterday attempted to draw a line under the controversy surrounding his racist comments caught on camera last month.
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Clergymen struggling to comfort the afflicted in New Orleans are finding they, too, need someone to listen to their troubles.
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The city council is considering a symbolic resolution calling for New Yorkers to stop using the n-word, and supporters say Black History Month is a relevant time to call attention to the racial slur.
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Travel: City office of civil rights overturns bar's ban on badly dressed tourists calling it discriminatory.
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Sheriff's deputies in the Phoenix area on Thursday began asking drivers getting ticketed for certain traffic violations to provide their fingerprints, drawing criticism from civil rights activists.
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Michael Richards will apologize in person to the four black patrons he targeted in a tirade of racial slurs during a recent comedy club performance. A retired judge will mediate the meeting and determine whether he should act further to resolve the matter, Richards' spokesman and an attorney for the customers said Friday.
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The retrial of a 1964 case evokes echoes of a racist past in a much-changed South.
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Civil rights groups consider suing to test whether New York police went too far in arresting activists during GOP conclave.
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The Metropolitan Police is expected to be criticised for the way it handles internal complaints, particularly when ethnic minorities are involved.
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A party that asked students to come dressed "politically incorrect" has prompted an investigation by Macalester College officials who learned one student was costumed as a Ku Klux Klan member and another wore blackface with a noose around his neck.
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This Sunday's national elections have been overshadowed by accusations of racism amid a loud and ugly campaign
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Media & professional: The latest race row may be another embarrassment just as the broadcaster needs to show its strengths.