Ducked up
This week, Disneyland found itself on the receiving end of two lawsuits from black families accusing the park of racism.
Tag Archive for: racism
Prohibiting discriminatory behavior
The Kappa Sigma fraternity at Duke University threw an “Asia Prime” party on February 1, resulting in their suspension by the school. Prior to the party, Duke’s Asian American Alliance brought up complaints, leading to the party being renamed (instead of being cancelled altogether) to “International Relations.” Yahoo! News posted a picture of the e-mail […]
Faculty Authors Q&A
Aimee Bender is a professor of English in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. Her latest book is The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake.
Fox causes stir with controversial video
“Let’s give the Conference’s two newest members a good, old-fashioned, All-American welcome!” begins Bob Oschack’s September 2 clip on Fox Sports. In a distasteful segment aired Sept. 2, Fox Sports “welcomed” Colorado and Utah to the newly formed PAC-12. The video, which aired on their Sports homepage and was quickly added to YouTube and Hulu, […]
Internet can be a weapon for good and bad
The bigotry and hate that exists on the Internet today demands a response from students.
Installation on Trousdale raises awareness of social issues
The Intervarsity Trojan Christian Fellowship has erected an eye-catching installation on Trousdale to address some of the problems that plague L.A. The booth features a wheel of misfortune, photos and exhibits that touch on issues like homelessness, alcoholism, abuse, racism, poverty and injustice. One of the members is sleeping on a cardboard box in front […]
Photo technology makes a racist faux pas
This is something you might expect from John Deere, not Nikon. In what would appear to be an honest mistake, the face-detection technology in the popular Nikon Coolpix series cameras has been programmed in such a way as to interpret certain races’ eyes as blinking eyes. When the Wangs, a Taiwanese family that recently purchased […]