Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

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Teacher arrested for 'racist abuse' (ANSA) - Bologna, December 17 - A 55-year-old woman teacher at a nursery school in the northern city of Imola has been put under house arrest for allegedly subjecting her pupils to physical and verbal abuse, sources said on Monday. The woman allegedly directed racist jibes about the countries of origin of some of the migrant children in her class, the sources said.     The allegedly abuse, which is said to have featured insults and humiliation of the children, lasted three years.

Police investigate allegation of historical racist abuse in Chelsea youth set-up Police have been brought in to investigate allegations that black players in Chelsea’s youth system during the 1980s and 1990s were subjected to a “racist bullying culture” from members of staff. Detectives from the child-abuse investigation team at Northwood police station in north-west London are looking into a complaint that one of the teenage footballers on Chelsea’s books was the victim of assault during the years when black players as young as 11 allegedly had to endure harrowing racial abuse. “Police received an allegation of non-recent racially aggravated assault in September 2018,” a spokesman for the Metropolitan police said. “Inquiries are ongoing.” At least two former players have been interviewed and it is also understood the police have spoken to one former staff member. “There have been no arrests,” the police spokesman said. “We do not confirm who we have spoken to as part of an i

Suspensions Are Down In U.S. Schools But Large Racial Gaps Remain Students in U.S. schools were less likely to be suspended in 2016 than they were in 2012. But the progress is incremental, and large gaps — by race and by special education status — remain. This data comes from an analysis of federal data for NPR in partnership with the nonprofit organization Child Trends. And it comes as the Trump administration is preparing the final report from a school safety commission that is expected to back away from or rescind Obama-era guidance intended to reduce racial disparities in school discipline. The commission, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, is expected to release its final report in the coming days. The Child Trends analysis highlights findings that when a student disrupts class, a school can disrupt that student's education — and his or her entire life. Research suggests suspension and expulsion, arrests and referrals to law enforcement, is associated wit

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Eric Reid has been drug tested 7 times in 11 weeks W h a t a r e t h e o d d s o f t h e N F L ' r a n d o m l y ' d r u g - t e s t i n g E r i c R e i d 7 t i m e s t h i s s e a s o n ? A familiar sight greeted Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid as he walked into the locker room following a 12-9 loss to the New Orleans Saints. “You have been randomly selected by the NFL drug testing program’s Medical Advisor to complete a urine doping test today,” the small slip of paper informed him. According to Reid’s count, that makes seven drug tests for the 27-year-old despite only being a member of the Panthers organization for 11 weeks, which sure seems like a lot of drug tests for a program that is supposed to randomly select a small group of players each week. Of course, Reid doesn’t seem to think they’re random. “I’ve been here 11 weeks, I’ve been drug-tested seven times,” Reid said, per The Riot Report . “That has to be statistically impos

A monument to Holocaust victims and 37 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg, France, has been defaced with swastikas A monument to Holocaust victims and 37 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg, France, has been defaced with swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti in the same week that a gunman opened fire in Strasbourg’s Christmas market, killing at least four people. French officials paid their respects to the cemetery in Herrlisheim on Friday and vowed to “do everything to identify and detain the authors of the desecration.” Authorities have not said whether they have identified any suspects of the act, but say it took place Monday night or Tuesday morning. (📷: Reuters)