In Bakersfield, a muted response to beating by deputies
Since the May 8 beating of David Sal Silva, who later died, residents have remained largely silent while a public outcry grows elsewhere in the state.
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More poor live in suburbs than in urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation’s suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis.
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Agoura High School students targeted in racist graffiti
Authorities are investigating racist graffiti found at Agoura High School, including a “hit list” targeting African American students, they said Thursday.
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Racist graffiti reported at Agoura High School
Two incidents of racist graffiti targeting African-American students at Agoura High School were being investigated today as hate crimes, officials said.
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UCI vows action after black student is targeted with racist note
UC Irvine’s chancellor on Tuesday pledged to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student’s backpack last week.
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Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders Still See Voids in American Narrative
A group of Asian-American and Pacific Islander scholars are praising the Obama administration for trying to more fully integrate places and histories of AAPI significance into National Park Service initiatives, but they caution that because of long-running underrepresentation, the work has barely begun.
Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
FBI to probe fatal beating by Kern County deputies
The sheriff requests federal assistance amid charges of tampering with video of assault captured on cellphones.
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L.A. Unified bans suspension for ‘willful defiance’
Zero tolerance policies adopted after Columbine lower achievement and disproportionately affect African Americans, supporters say.
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We’re #1 in Twitter Hate! Report Says OC is Region With Highest Number of Racist/Homophobic Tweets in America
All I know about Humboldt State is that it’s a stoner campus–wait, that’s Chico State. Or is it Sonoma State? To be honest with you, I have no idea who or what is a Humboldt State. But they’ve gained in Internet prominence in the past couple of years for something called the Geography of Hate,
Kern County man dies after alleged beating by deputies
Sheriff seizes witnesses’ phones with video of the incident, bringing accusations of a coverup as Bakersfield police take over investigation.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.