Gov't Releases Report On Disparities In The Classroom

This has been the big secret that everyone always knew. Finally, the numbers on classroom disparities are available to the public. Minority students have less access to advanced courses, more inexperienced teachers and face tougher disciplinary consequences than their counterparts, a new trove of federal data shows, affirming long-held beliefs about disparities in the classroom. Civil rights advocates expect this data, collected during the 2009-10 school year, will provide new ammunition for...

Wells Fargo agrees to pay $175 million for discriminating against African American and Hispanic borrowers.

Wells Fargo Bank will pay at least $175 million to settle accusations that it discriminated against African-American and Hispanic borrowers in violation of fair-lending laws, the Justice Department announced on July 12, 2012.Read the full sto...

7,000 American Students Drop Out Of School Daily

Thanks to Boostup.org, everyone can see the percentage of student dropouts by race in every state of the Unites States. Unfortunately, there are 7,000 dropouts every day in America. School reforms have clearly not worked over the past decades. There is an average of approximately 31% of the students in the United States that are dropping out of school. It is unacceptable for only 2/3 of the student...

Racist Email Sent By Montana's Chief Judge

Richard Cebull's email, obtained by the Great Falls Tribune, reads: "Normally I don't send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching. I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read this. Hope it touches your heart like it did mine."A joke then follows: "A little boy said to his mother; 'Mommy, how come I'm black and you're white?' His mother replied, 'Don't...

NY Police Dept. Accused Of A Secretive Lists Barring Blacks From Promotions

A federal complaint has been filed against the NYPD's Itelligence Division over the lack of promotions for Black officers. The compalint has been filed by the NYCLU which is a watchdog group of the New York Police Department.In the Itelligence Division, there are only 35 Black Officers out of 600 and none of the 35 officers rank higher than Sergeant. This means that only 6% of the officers working...

Blacks Still Face Disparities In Bankruptcies

The majority of Blacks are being steered in Bankruptcy Chapter 13 while most Whites are filing for Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy code based on a 2007 Connsumer Bankruptcy Project. Blacks file for Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy code 55%, Whites 29%, Asians 24%, Other 24%, and Hispanics 22%.The vast majority of debtors excluding Blacks file under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code, which typically allows them to erase most debts in a matter of months. It tends to have a higher success rate and is less expensive...