Certainly not anybody that I know:
I hear plenty of people saying that racism doesn’t exist, that some pretend racism doesn’t exist. But the people who say that the most often are the people who say there are others saying that racism doesn’t exist. Is there anyone serious who actually says that racism doesn’t exist?
The issue […]
Archive for September, 2007
Sep28th2007
Who Says That Racism Doesn’t Exist?
Published by in General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 1 CommentSep27th2007
“Members of the UAW want job guarantees because outside a GM plant their skills will never, ever return anything close to what they make inside one. According to the Freep, wages and benefits for the average UAW worker run about $73. At a standard 40-hour workweek, that’s the equivalent of a roughly $100,000 a […]
Sep26th2007
Because of stuff like this:
However, 4,000-5,000 temporary workers at GM would be hired in as full-time workers and paid at the full, tier-one wage-and-compensation rate that is estimated at $70-$75 an hour once wages, benefits and pensions are included. To make room for new hires, GM would again offer substantial early-retirement buyouts for workers.
Getting these […]
Sep18th2007
For those of you that missed it, ABC’s 20/20 did a special on health care and addressed many of the biased claims in Michael Moore’s Sicko movie. If you missed the show not to worry, youtube has it all recorded in a six part series. Be sure not to miss this. Click below.
Part 1
Part 2
Part […]
Sep17th2007
Minorities Spending Habits
Published by in Economics, Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Poverty. 0 CommentsKerwin Kofi Charles, Erik Hurst, and Nikolai Roussanov have a new research paper on minority spending. The abstract states:
Using nationally representative data on consumption, we show that Blacks and Hispanics devote larger shares of their expenditure bundles to visible goods (clothing, jewelry, and cars) than do comparable Whites. We demonstrate that these differences exist […]
Sep14th2007
An excerpt from ABC’s 20/20 interview with Michael Moore:
Go here for the video.
Sep14th2007
The Other Side To Michael Moore’s Sicko
Published by in Economics, General and HealthCare. 6 Comments For those of you interested in the health care debate and those of you who watched Michael Moore’s sicko I strongly encourage you to watch ABC’s 20/20 special later today. It directly addresses the health care issue and gives the other side to many of Michael Moore’s claims.
See here for more details.
Sep13th2007
Charter Schools Are Making Progress In LA
Published by in Education, General and Vouchers. 0 CommentsJoanne Jacobs reports that Locke High school in Los Angeles, one of the worst high schools in the country, will be broken into 10 small Green Dot charter schools. More on the great news here.
Important points of note:
Board chair Monica Garcia later pointed out that LA Unified spends $7.7 billion a year and graduates only […]
Sep13th2007
Immigrants Attraction To The United States
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and LatinAmerica. 1 CommentHistorian Victor Davis Hanson makes an interesting comment:
One final thought here. Why would deported illegal alien and activist Elvira Arellano, who according to the LA Times, “symbolized inhumane treatment of migrants to some,” wish to return to the US?
News reports suggested she does in petitioning the Mexican government for a diplomatic visa. Surely she might […]
Sep12th2007
“ A recent study showed the median income of major corporate CEOs to be about $8 million a year. That’s less than a third of what Alex Rodriguez earns and less than one-thirtieth of what Oprah Winfrey makes. But no one is denouncing them for “greed.” –Thomas Sowell
