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Federal review of SFPD finds racial disparities in stops and searches, lack of accountability
October 27, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
A U.S. Department of Justice report released Oct. 12 found racial disparities in traffic stops and searches, problems in the handling of use of force incidents and a lack of […] READ MORE
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Minorities face more subtle housing discrimination, HUD finds
June 27, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON — While the “blatant acts of housing discrimination” that minorities face has continued to decline in the U.S., “more subtle forms of housing denial” continue, states a U.S. Department […] READ MORE
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A comprehensive and complex look at multiethnic Asian American identities
January 1, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
WHEN HALF IS WHOLE: MULTIETHNIC ASIAN AMERICAN IDENTITIES By Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu (Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2012, 248 pp., $21.95, paperback) The whole spectrum of the mixed race, multiethnic […] READ MORE
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: A tribute to Dr. Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi, sociologist, activist and race relations advocate
January 1, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
This week’s column focuses on the distinguished sociologist and activist Dr. Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi, a pioneering scholar of race relations who died Nov. 18, 2012. Unlike virtually all the people […] READ MORE
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: How labor and civil rights groups overturned exclusion of minorities in bowling
December 6, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Professional sports have served as one of the most visible areas of society for promotion of civil rights. Surely the most famous example of this is Jackie Robinson, who broke […] READ MORE
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Increasing the relevance of minority voters, from an ethnic media perspective
October 18, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
In May 2012, minority newborns began to outnumber their white counterparts in the U.S. But even with an African American president and huge growth of minority populations, why is it […] READ MORE
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A universal, though simplified, account of Nikkei immigration
January 1, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
JAPANESE CANADIAN JOURNEY: THE NAKAGAMA STORY By N. Rochelle Yamagishi (VICTORIA, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2010. 112 pp., $12.95, paperback) N. Rochelle Yamagishi has produced a simple, short, accessible, and […] READ MORE
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AFFIRMATIVE (RE)ACTION: Cal’s pay-by-race bake sale gets yawn from Asian students
October 6, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
BERKELEY, Calif. — The debate over colorblind admissions policies in California’s four-year public colleges is heating up again. The passage of Prop. 209, the anti-affirmative action initiative passed by state […] READ MORE
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Hispanics and African Americans missing in gaming industry
September 15, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
The pixilated elephant in the room of the multi-billion dollar gaming industry: African Americans and Hispanics play and purchase video games more than any other ethnic group in the U.S., […] READ MORE
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Latest CA redistricting maps satisfy most minorities — but not Latinos
August 4, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Now that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has approved new political boundaries for the state, civil rights groups are weighing what impact the maps will have on […] READ MORE
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