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UCI student finds note calling her a 'slave'
In the second racially charged on-campus incident in three weeks, UC Irvine police said Friday that they are investigating a note found in a black student's backpack that read, "Go back 2 Africa slave." The female student discovered the note while she...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Slavery, Students, University of California, Irvine
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Fraternity suspends itself after blackface video
A UC Irvine fraternity volunteered to suspend itself this week after it was blasted for a member-produced video that featured a student in blackface. Lambda Theta Delta announced Wednesday that it would cancel all major events and stop operating as a...
Tags: Halloween, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Social Issues, University of California, Irvine
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Blackface video sparks anger at UCI
A UC Irvine fraternity is trying to distance itself from a member-produced video featuring a man in blackface. But UCI's Black Student Union says it's an example of racial insensitivity that is common on campus. This month, members of Lambda Theta...
Tags: Halloween, Justin Timberlake, Students, Education, Crime, Law and Justice
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Reel Critics: This 'Playing' is no keeper
"Playing for Keeps" employs every cliché in the PG-13 romantic comedy playbook. But the comedy is in short supply as the laughs prove to be few and far between. The end result is a big, steaming bowl of romantic mush with little connection to the...
Tags: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ken Burns, The Central Park Five (movie), Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice
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On Faith: It's time to speak out against religious bigotry
On Aug. 4, the nation rejoiced at news that engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory had landed Curiosity, its scientific vehicle, on Mars. But we awoke the next morning to learn that a racist bigot had murdered six Sikh worshippers within their own...Tags: Religion and Belief, Discrimination, Music, Pete Seeger, Google Inc.
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A Word, Please: Language evolution has a fail-safe
Once upon a time there was a word that meant "a male or female child." One day, people started using it wrong. For some reason, they started using it to mean only a female child. Suddenly, a term that had long included males meant "definitely not male."...Tags: The Happiest News!, Periodicals
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Restaurant settles lawsuit involving racial slurs
A Corona del Mar man's federal lawsuit alleging that racial epithets were put on his restaurant receipts has been settled, court records show. In his civil complaint filed last March, Mark McHenry says he found the N-word and variants of it on several of...Tags: Justice System, Employees, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Mailbag: Readers respond to 'School Flight' series
Editor's note: The following are letters from readers about the Daily Pilot's three-part series, School Flight, which was published Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Congratulations on the wonderful and insightful story on Sunday's front page. Staff...Tags: Democratic Party, Minority Groups, Patti Smith, Landforms, Human Interest
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NBPD investigates what group calls racial attack
Editor's note: This version clarifies and restores comments made by Munira Syeda, spokeswoman for CAIR's Greater Los Angeles chapter office. NEWPORT BEACH — The owner of a Newport Beach cigar lounge on Tuesday denied a claim made by a civil rights...Tags: Assault, Orange County Register, Justice System, Anaheim, Minority Groups
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UCI's food services questioned after 'MLK Holiday Special'
IRVINE — On Martin Luther King Day, a UC Irvine cafeteria served the "MLK Holiday Special," which consisted of chicken and waffles.
Since the meal was served behind a sign board announcing the special, black students have been discussing the...Tags: Minority Groups, Lifestyle and Leisure, Los Angeles Times, Waffles, Martin Luther King Jr.
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It's A Gray Area: A worthy celebration of the justice system
I was privileged on Feb. 18 to attend a celebration of how our system works, particularly when good people use it for the right purpose. Sometimes it takes time and patience, but eventually we get it right. The celebration took place at the federal...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Thurgood Marshall, Human Interest
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Letters From The Editor: Wild West or the very model of civility?
I once had an editor who said that we're in the business of answering readers' questions, not asking them. And while I generally heed that advice, I've spent some of this young year asking readers what they want from us. Reader input has led me to...Tags: Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, Social Issues, Newspaper and Magazine
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