http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/diversity/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:02:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420098/posts <p>Police in a small Texan town north-west of Fort Worth have raided an illegal cockfight, arresting 169 viewers and cock owners and seizing more than 100 roosters who were being pitted against each other to the death.</p> <p>As a police helicopter swooped on the fighting pit that had been erected near Poolville in northern Texas, many more spectators scattered and managed to get away. Among those arrested were up to 15 children, some as young as seven, who had been watching with their parents.</p> UK Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420098/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:02:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419993/posts The city's bodegas and barbershops are secretly selling kids as young as 14 an illegal and potent mix of fruit punch and alcohol, a Daily News investigation found. "Nutcrackers," and a frozen version called the "Nemo," sell for $5 or $10 a cup - an easy buzz for teens who like the sweet taste and the cheap price. "They are poppin'. They get you sauced," said Shaquel, a 15-year-old who declined to give his last name. A News reporter was able to buy the blend of punch and vodka, white rum or tequila at five shops in upper Manhattan and... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419993/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416002/posts LANTANA, Fla. – It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away. Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., Juarez felt a warm knot rise from his throat. He ran to the bathroom sink and spewed a mouthful of blood. I'm dying, he told himself, "because when you cough blood, it's something really bad." It was really bad, and not just for him.... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416002/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:45:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413412/posts ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (CBS) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1 David Muneton, an eighth grade honor student, needed reconstructive facial surgery after being savagely beaten by a gang of 11 students on Dec. 18, 2009, in Engelwood, N.J. David Muneton, an eighth grade honor student, needed reconstructive facial surgery after being savagely beaten by a gang of 11 students on Dec. 18, 2009, in Engelwood, N.J. Police said as many as 11 students beat up the eighth-grader leaving him severely injured, and he may even lose his sight. CBS 2 HD spoke with some of his friends about what led to... WBCBSTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413412/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413365/posts MEXICO CITY – Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders — sending a chilling message to troops battling the drug war: You go after us, we wipe out your families. The brazen pre-dawn slayings came just hours after the navy honored Melquisedet Angulo as a national hero at a memorial service. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413365/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:22:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409809/posts Here is video from the Christian Action Network via Worldnet Daily which they report exposes Muslim women undergoing Guerrilla-style training techniques in the state of New York. The training includes in how to "slit throats." A new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York state practicing throat-slitting techniques and assault weapons attacks. The video was distributed by the makers of the movie "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.," which documents how a jihadist group has developed dozens of training camps across the nation. WND reported at the time how... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409809/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:55:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407460/posts FCC Official Says He’s Not Carrying Out ‘Secret Plot Funded by George Soros to Get Rid of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck’ Monday, December 14, 2009 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – Mark Lloyd, the chief diversity officer and associate counsel at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), says he is not part of a “secret plot funded by George Soros” aimed at getting rid of conservative talk-show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Lloyd, the keynote speaker at a Monday forum sponsored by the Media Access Project (MAP), also said that there was a “right-wing smear campaign” against him. "I... CNSnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407460/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:32:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407377/posts When thinking about the mass extermination camps of a holocaust think.. The key to freedom is to be able to have the ability to defend yourself &, if you dont have the tools to do that, then youre going to be at the mercy of whomever wants to put you away. Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture - but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept. The country has a population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two million publicly-owned firearms, including about 600,000 automatic rifles and 500,000... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407377/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:18:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406594/posts Fifteen-year-old Katarina Keen won't sing along to "Silent Night" or "Listen to the Stars," two Christian songs planned for her choir's upcoming Christmas concert at Borger High School. But she will sing "Jingle Bells" and "A Carol in Winter." Katarina and her family are Wiccan. The Borger High choirs have given a concert every December, with traditional religious Christmas songs, but this is the first time in director Johnny Miller's 23-year career that any Borger student had issues with the religious themes in the music, he said. A concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday will feature a ninth- and 10th-grade choir... Amarillo Globe News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406594/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:30:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406782/posts HOUSTON – The first openly gay person to be elected mayor of Houston says she hopes her victory in Saturday's election will change how the world views the city. Houston is the nation's fourth-largest city and the biggest to elect an openly gay mayor. Mayor-elect Annise Parker spoke Sunday at a press conference after defeating former city attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote in the hotly contested runoff election. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406782/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:06:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406656/posts It might seem a little strange to see Fox News bashed on its Fox broadcast parent network, but that's what you would have witnessed if you tuned into "The Wanda Sykes Show," Saturday night's late-night alternative to NBC's "Saturday Night Live." On the Dec. 12 broadcast of "The Wanda Sykes Show," Sykes, made famous for her attacks on conservative talker Rush Limbaugh and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at last May's White House Correspondents Dinner, took a shot at the Fox News Channel for her perception that it lacks black correspondents (emphasis added). "So I've been digging around here and... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406656/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:57:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406425/posts WHY HAS AMERICA PROPOSERED AND BEEN FREE? True Liberty is not possible without fundamental moral constraint, and the desire, the discipline and the willingness for individuals within society to apply that constraint to their own lives on a voluntary and ongoing basis at all levels of society. That is why America has prospered and been free, because this principle has been lived and because the source for the fundamental values that make it possible has been recognized and openly and freely professed. That source is God in Heaven, the Almighty Creator. Our Declaration of Independence, and then our Constitution and... JEFFHEAD.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406425/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:25:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404216/posts 30 Asian students are South Philadelphia High School are refusing to return to the classroom after they were assaulted by a group of Black students no more than one week ago. Some of the students involved in the attack have faced the wrath of America's school system and have since been sent to public institutions that specialize in alternative educational methods, yet, that is not enough for these teens. More than 50 students are actively protesting the Philadelphia school district by boycotting all classes and social events hosted by the educational system, a move made because they felt that their... hiphopwired.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404216/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:29:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404221/posts Several dozen Asian students say they don't feel safe at South Philadelphia High School, after several fights here last week where Asian students said they were targeted by African-American students. Senior Duong Ly (right) says the racial tensions at his school are real: "Even if the Asian students and the African-American students study together, they still don't like us. Because why? Because we are Asian." Senior Amina Velasquez saw the fights: "They just were jumping people who were Asian. And it was really horrible because a girl who was close to everyone, they just turned on her and jumped her."... KYW 1060 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404221/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400392/posts Political correctness rearing its ugly head AGAIN? Our good friend Andy McCarthy reveals the shenanigans at Fort Hood continue in the name of what, political correctness, sensitivity? Just weeks after an Islamic terrorist guns down 13 people, 12 soldiers, it’s the US Army that’s getting the lecture on political correctness? It’s been brought to my attention by several reliable sources that the Defense Department has brought Louay Safi to Fort Hood as an instructor, and that he has been lecturing on Islam to our troops in Fort Hood who are about to deploy to Afghanistan. Safi is a top official... http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400392/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:16:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401997/posts "75% support for the ban on minarets in London Daily News poll," from the London Daily News, December 4" http://www.thelondondailynews.com/londoners-support-calls-minarets-capital-p-3609.html Jihadwatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401997/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:28:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397589/posts I was going over diversity guidelines with a new hire at my company, trying to explain the hierarchy of different groups according to the best of my understanding. It seemed easy at first, generic white woman trumps generic white man, generic black woman trumps generic white woman, etc. Then she asked me “what’s higher on the scale? A wise latina woman, or an angry Muslim Man?” I wasn’t certain so I replied “I’m pretty sure it’s the wise latina woman, but be sure not to let the angry Muslim man know or he’ll be even angrier yet”. After our meeting... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397589/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:41:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2395795/posts Women now hold 26 percent of the ladder-faculty positions (professor, associate professor, assistant professor) at the University—395 positions out of 1,507—and minorities 17 percent—258 positions—according to the 2009 annual report of the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity (FD&D), published today. The report and accompanying exhibits are posted at the FD&D website. According to the report, the number of ladder faculty members rose by 96 (7 percent) during the past six years; senior appointments rose from 888 to 997, and the junior-faculty census declined from 523 to 510. Two-thirds of Harvard’s ladder faculty members are full professors, and just one-third... Harvard Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2395795/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:20:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395110/posts Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. ... Under a House bill, sponsored by Oberstar and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the Coast Guard subcommittee chairman, members of Congress would nominate candidates for the academy. ... On a 385-11 vote last month, the House advanced the legislation to the Senate. The Coast Guard Academy historically has taken pride in viewing itself merit-based and choosing its applicants without regard... Associated Press & Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395110/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:52:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2395101/posts Hilda Fourie Pretoria - The caretaker and gardener of a smallholding at Boschkop, east of Pretoria, have been found tied up and murdered. The bodies of Martin "Tienie" Jacobs, 65, and his gardener were found under boxes and pillows on Wednesday morning, about 12 to 18 hours after their deaths. Jacobs and his gardener, whose identity and age have not yet been determined, were both presumably strangled. Jacobs was found with a wire around his neck, tied to a trailer. "I don't understand why they had to tie up an old man like a dog," said his brother William, 60,... News 24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2395101/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:16:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394420/posts ... recent study, "Minorities in Tax 2010," conducted by TaxDiversity, a web site dedicated solely to issues of diversity in the accounting profession. Although some noticeable progress has been made between 2002 and 2008, "the accounting profession has made very limited strides in both attracting and advancing minorities within the field," the study finds. Among the study's key findings: * Overall, white people are exiting the tax profession at a faster rate than many other professions. * Even though the number of Blacks in the public accounting profession has increased by 25 percent between 2002 and 2008, they still only... DiversityInc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394420/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:08:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394463/posts "The 2009 design depicts four faces representing the diversity of our Nation, with the clothing and hair weaving together symbolizing the principle, To Form a More Perfect Union." United States Mint http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394463/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:00:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393352/posts UP to a million Hindu devotees have gathered in a village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread criticism. Worshippers travelled long distances, many coming from India, to attend the two-day Gadhimai festival, which honours the Hindu goddess of power and takes place once every five years in southern Nepal. A huge cry of "Long Live Gadhimai!" went up after the village temple's head priest launched the event with the ritual sacrifice of two wild rats, two pigeons, a rooster, a lamb and a pig. The crowd... news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393352/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392976/posts Peter DeQuattro, a 25-year-old cook, exited the Mall Ride at Civic Center Station around 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, after his shift at a Lower Downtown bar. His next recollection was writhing on a gurney in the back of an ambulance, an eye swollen shut and adrenaline pumping as EMTs struggled to restrain him. DeQuattro, who is white, was one of the most recent men targeted in a downtown-centered spree of attacks where small groups of black men and youths — many with admitted gang ties — tried to knock out white or Latino men with whacks to the head.... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392976/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392247/posts A Peruvian gang that allegedly killed people and drained fat from their corpses for use in cosmetics may have been inspired by a grisly Andean legend. Hilarió Cudeña Simon, the alleged ringleader, linked the crimes to tales of demonic assassins, known as Pishtacos, who purportedly waylaid victims in pre-Columbian times, police said. Peru reacted with revulsion and horror to reports that scores of peasants may have been butchered by the gang, which was said to have operated in Huánuco, a rural province dotted with Inca temples between the jungle and Andean peaks. The gang have been nicknamed the Pishtacos after... THE GUARDIAN, UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392247/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:46:18 GMT