Tag Archives: racism

  By Jenny Chen Earlier this year, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)under the U.S. Department of Labor found that the data collection company Westat Inc. failed to comply with Equal Employment Opportunity Law. Westat Inc. has agreed to a settlement with the (OFCCP) which requires the company to pay a total of $1.5 million in back wages …

  By Devika Koppikar In Sterling, Virginia, a Sikh family receives a letter threatening to be “shot dead” if they don’t leave the country.  On a routine evening stroll, two elderly Sikh men are murdered in Elk Grove, California. Kentucky Senator David Williams criticized Govenor Steve Beshear for attending a Hindu groundbreaking prayer. And a major-party candidate for U.S. President …

Editor’s Note: For those who have not been following the developments in Ferguson, Missouri, this is what happened. On August 9, 2014, Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old black man named Michael Brown. Since then the town has erupted in protests, police violence, and, as this piece mentions, riots. By Randall Yip A recent story …

by: Lily Qi Like many, I was surprised by the strong worldwide reactions to an October segment of the “Jimmy Kimmel Kid’s Table” show in which a young guest said we should “kill everyone in China” as a way to settle our national debt with China.  Not because the program aired without anyone raising the red flag in the media …