The Intercultural News - Weekly Roundup (September 9, 2007)

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A review of news stories from around the web and from around the world for the past week. 
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This issue includes over 150+ relevant intercultural news stories from the worlds of politics, crime, sports, entertainment, business, education, etc.

The top stories from this past week...

• Can Oprah Make Obama President? - DiversityInc.com *
• Whoopi compares Vick case to Chinese eating cats - Hyphen Magazine *
• NAACP says sentencing in dog case was racist - Cincinnati Enquirer *
• Reportedly member of skinhead group that fights prejudice - Chicago Sun-Times *  
• Case of 'Jena Six' Tears at Small Town's Harmony - NPR *
• The New Anti-Semitism - Washington Post *  
• Ageism 'daily blight' for elderly - BBC News *
• Turning Iranians into cockroaches!  -Payvand Iran News *
• Teaching Free Speech in Times of War - Inside Higher Ed *  
• Ethics and Study Abroad - Chronicle of Higher Education *
• When It Comes to Diversity, Pain Means Gain - AdAge.com *
• Canadians Abroad - Toronto Star *
• Featured Stories - This Week... That's Not Funny: The Words of Comedians - Eddie Griffin & Jerry Lewis

For links to these stories and many more intercultural news stories, click the title of this post or click on 'read more' below.

In case you missed them, here are some news stories from the past week that may be of interest to an interculturalist. 

FEATURED STORIES

This Week... That's Not Funny: The Words of Comedians - Griffin & Lewis

• _Stand-up comic Eddie Griffin gets hook for spewing N-word - New York Daily News
  •  Comedian gets the hook for using N-word - USA Today
  •  Sharpton: Griffin Dropped for Dropping N-Bomb - TMZ.com
•  Comic Legend Lewis Apologizes For Anti-Gay Slur - WCBS-TV New York
  •  Did Jerry Lewis say the F word during his telethon? - VIDEO - TV Squad
  •  Discussing Jerry Lewis' gay slur, Caplis defended "derogatory ... - Media Matters for America
  •  Jerry Lewis apologizes for anti-gay slur - Reuters.uk
  •   Lewis Apologizes For Gay Slur Made During Annual Telethon - Tampa Tribune
  •  Lewis sorry for using gay slur in hour 18 - Chicago Sun-Times
  •  Statement From Jerry Lewis And Apology For Telephon Slur - Lawfuel  -press release
  •  GLAAD Condemns Jerry Lewis for Anti-Gay Slur - DiversityInc.com

POLITICS / GOVERNMENT

•  Can Oprah Make Obama President? - DiversityInc.com *
•  Obama: my lessons in racism - The Sunday Times
•  What the Republicans Haven't Learned About Tolerance - CounterPunch
•  Multiculturalist Slurs Swiss - American Thinker
•  Multiculturalists Labeling Switzerland As Europe’s “Heart Of ... - KXMC
•  ADL Welcomes Israel's Decision to Grant Citizenship to Darfur Refugees - Anti-Defamation League  -press release
•  Brussels Anti-Islamization Demo Remains Banned Brussels Journal
•  BURUNDI: Sexual violence, cultural prejudice put women in HIV ... - Plus News
•  US Army's strategy in Afghanistan: better anthropology
•  Here's What Mitt Told Me About Gay Marriage - Huffington Post
•  Socialists condemn “anti-Islam” demonstration march - New Europe

ENTERTAINMENT / MEDIA

•  Whoopi compares Vick case to Chinese eating cats - Hyphen Magazine *
•  Goldberg defends Vick in 'View' debut

•  Kanye Doesn’t Want You Looking At Him Like A “Faggot”? - Queerty
•  Muslim Punk Rock Joins American Cultural Scene - Voice of America
• _Nas Slams Bill O'Reilly Over Virginia Tech Comments MTV.com
  •  Nas Brushes Bill O'Reilly Off His Shoulder Idolator
  •  Nas blasts 'racist' talk show host - Ireland Online
  •  Nas: O'Reilly marketing plan 'racism' - Chicago Tribune
•  CNN Suggests ‘Prejudice’ and ‘Terror’ Motivates Opponents of ... - NewsBusters
•  Racism on the Comics page - University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
•  Limbaugh on Darfur: Racism on Steroids - Twin Cities Planet
•  Chef In The Soup Over TV Race Slur - MyFox WGHP
  •  'Hell's Kitchen' hit by racism row - Digital Spy
  •  Hell's Kitchen rapped for 'racist' remark - What's On TV
•  If this is now 'misogyny' then I wouldn't knock it - The Observer
•  Ziggy was warned for using N-word - Digital Spy
•  "12 Angry Men" gets Russian remake  -Reuters via Yahoo!7 News
•  'Foreigner' is clever, insightful - Deseret News
•  Sherman Alexie captures the voice, chaos and humor of a teenager - Seattle Times

SPORTS

•  NAACP says sentencing in dog case was racist - Cincinnati Enquirer *
•  Baseball: Racism Behind the Plate? - BusinessWeek
•  Australian cricket team get racism delivery - Sydney Morning Herald
•  Springboks head to France in upbeat mood for rugby World Cup  -AFP via Yahoo!7 Sports
•  Racist footballer awarded best and fairest medal - NEWS.com.au
•  Soccer against racism - Athlone Advertiser
•  Motherwell fans accused of racism - BBC Sport
•  'Racist' sports shirts banned from school pic - The Local

CRIME / LAW

•  Reportedly member of skinhead group that fights prejudice - Chicago Sun-Times *
•  Jenna 6 - A Town Divided - CNN (Video)
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  •  Case of 'Jena Six' Tears at Small Town's Harmony - NPR *
  •  Is the media coverage of the Jena 6 racist? - DollyMix
  •  Jena incident highlights racism in US - The Brandeis Hoot
  •  Racism? Prank? The Jena 6 - Lone Star Times
•  40 dead in Russian race-hate killings ABC Online
  •  New data on Russia race attacks - BBC News
  •  Duma Deputies Address Racist Rally in Moscow - Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union
•  Racist Crimes on the Rise in Germany - The New York Inquirer
•  Guilty in the Duke Case - Washington Post
•  Scots activists disappointed over hate crime bill - PinkNews.co.uk
•  Does City Hall ban charges of hate crime? - Chicago Sun-Times
•  Hate crime or overreaction? - Capitol Hill Blue
•  Hate-crime angle probed - Chicago Tribune
•  Lawyers say hate crime suspects were drinking - Newsday
•  Ohio Police Officer on Desk Duty After Posting Racist Videos on ... - FOX News
•  Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime in Fisherman's Lake ... - FOX News
•  Police Play Down Racism Claims - Sportinglife.com

SOCIETY / RELIGION

•  The New Anti-Semitism - Washington Post *
•  Ageism 'daily blight' for elderly - BBC News *
  •  Call for a ban on ‘ageist’ behaviour - ic Wales
  •  Call for more action on ageism - BBC News
  •  Government lethargy fuels ageism, says new research CareandHealth  -press release
  •  Grandmother Struggles With Prejudice - NewsChannel5.com
  •  Help the Aged charity calls for anti-age discrimination laws to be ... PersonnelToday.com
•  Historians look to preserve the nearly extinct Gullah culture  -WNCT Greenville
•  6:57 pm: Different drum: Native Indian culture taught to local ... - Anderson Herald Bulletin
•  Questions linger over loss of Navajo culture in wake of incident - KVOA.com
•  Italy Mourns ‘an Expression of Our Culture’ - New York Times
  •  The Whole World Mourns Pavarotti’s Death  -Update eFluxMedia  -press release
•  How Race Relations Touched Me During a Long Lifetime - History News Network
•  My Experience with Racism - ProgressiveU.org
•  Gays only welcome if they know their place - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
•  Jamaica: Still Bigoted Towards Gays - Newsweek
•  Airport officials accused of racism - Independent Online
•  Azerbaijani Jewish Discuss Religious-Ethnic Tolerance in New York - Trend News Agency
•  Christian/Muslim Flashpoint stirs it up - ABC Action News
•  Homosexual Advocacy Group Offers Tolerance Tips to ''Straight'' Allies - CNSNews.com
•  Miss Teen USA & the ignorance of Americans - Keizertimes
•  Speech on Latino prevalence in American culture opens eyes - Indiana Statesman
•  Klan Leaflets Denounced in Manassas - Washington Post
•  Public Reacts to Racist Pamphlet - MyFox Houston
•  Racism smoldering in West Palm - Palm Beach Post
•  Racism stains our 'welcome' society - Irish Independent
•  Rampant colour prejudice, cause for worry - NDTV.com

OPINION / COMMENTARY

•  Turning Iranians into cockroaches!  -Payvand Iran News *
•  A cartoonist for the Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) dehumanizes Iranians.
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•  Cartoon demeans proud Iranian-Americans (Columbus Dispatch)
   
•  Black Americans Under Attack - AlterNet
•  Destruction in black America is self-inflicted - Boston Globe
•  Editorial: Hate speech worsens tragedy - Summit Daily News
•  Discovering You're a Racist - Huffington Post
•  Diversity: More Than Black and White  -Colgate Maroon-News
•  Multicultural cul de sac - American Thinker
•  Immigrants challenge racist law in Virginia - Socialist Worker Online
•  Is Hunting Racist? - CounterPunch
•  Race as Weapon and Ideology in America - American Muslim
•  Racism: One; Animal Cruelty: Zero - Town Hall
•  Show of intolerance - Orlando Sentinel
•  If I were a senator from Idaho, I’d partake in consensual bathroom sex - NDSU The Spectrum
•  Reflections On Our Time - Mainstream
•  Until Proven Innocent: It's About Truth! - The Conservative Voice
•  The b word is out, even for a dog day afternoon - Sydney Morning Herald
•  Tolerance, what tolerance? - ProgressiveU.org
•  Will They Arrest Britney in Mansfield for Sagging Pants? - AlterNet
•  Written with prejudice - Guardian Unlimited

EDUCATION

•  Teaching Free Speech in Times of War - Inside Higher Ed *
•  Study Abroad
  •  Ethics and Study Abroad - Chronicle of Higher Education *
  •  More Students Should Study Abroad - Huffington Post
  •  National Student Exchange offers travel option for students - UMM News, Sports & Events
  •  Online Directory StudyAbroad.com Shows Real Gift Incentive for ... - ClickPress  -press release
  •  Scholarships for Doctors to Study Abroad - Arab News
  •  State Commission to Hold Qualifying Tests To Study Abroad - TREND Information
  •  Students learn value of studying abroad - UM Maneater
  •  Study Abroad: Spain - ProgressiveU.org
  •  Study and travel abroad have long been a part of the collegiate experience for students at the University of Minnesota, Morris. ...
  •  Study-Abroad Investigation Raises Alarms Chronicle of Higher Education
  •  Will Study Abroad Programs Get A Boost From New Legislation? - World Hum
•  Diversity, forward thinking highlight UNC convocation  -Greeley Tribune
•  Diversity: We are coming together from distant worlds - NDSU The Spectrum
•  Event welcomes multicultural students to campus - Minnesota Daily
•  Frosh Class' touted diversity still imperfect  -The Yale Herald
•  Penn State reports continued progress in diversity initiatives - Penn State Live
•  Civil Rights Pioneer Gets UTenn Job - The Associated Press
•  Grey brain drain to teach in China - ic Wales
•  Maryland Anti-Gay Groups Seek Injunction Against Diversity Education - EDGE Boston
•  Post 911 Racism at University in America - The Seoul Times
•  Racial Slur Targets Black Quinnipiac Student - WFSB
•  Racism is one topic at education summit - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
•  Study laments school racism - The Age
•  After-school club teaches lessons in tolerance - NYSUT.org
•  Educators Dismayed by Removal of Anti-Prejudice Video from NJ School - EDGE Boston
•  'Truth in Translation' opens first American tour at SMU - Dallas Morning News
•  What Norman Finkelstein’s Denial of Tenure Tells Us About the ... - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
•  Fact vs Fiction: Racial slur controversy - WFIE-TV

@ WORK

•  When It Comes to Diversity, Pain Means Gain - AdAge.com *
•  Unions continue fight against re-emerging racism, xenophobia - Jackson Clarion Ledger
•  British Banker Says Anti-Gay Prejudice Led to "Rush to Judgment ... - EDGE Boston
•  Management Matters by Mike Myatt: Are You Doing The Right Thing? - Commercial Property News
•  Why the signs in Flushing aren't in English - and should they be?  -New York Daily News
•  Tips For The Top - Economic Times

SCIENCE / RESEARCH

•  Humans' Complex Social Skills Due to Larger Brains
•  Ethnic minorities do stick with clinical research
•  Inside Organizations: Anthropologists at Work
•  Italian doctor predicts rise in bisexuality - Washington Blade

TRAVEL

•  Canadians Abroad - Toronto Star *
•  Case of Missing Girl Sounds Alarm in Expat Community - Arab News
•  The Shanghai Diaries: Culture Shock - Blogcritics.org
•  Travel industry fails disabled - Which?
•  Travellers please mind you manners - Trinidad & Tobago Express
•  Turning tourists into travellers - Deccan Herald

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This post is a review of news stories from September 2 - September 8, 2007.