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Statement of Prof. Brian Levin on Behalf of the California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) and the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino Before the Orange County, CA Board of Supervisors June 6, 2017

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-06-06T09:57:43+00:00 June 6th, 2017|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Chairwoman Steel, Vice Chair Do and Supervisors Bartlett, Nelson and Spitzer, thank you so very much for the opportunity to briefly address you in support of funding to continue the exceptional work of the Orange County Human Relations Commission and Council, which my research will show is vitally needed at this critical time.

I come to

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Civil Rights Slow Walk?

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-06-06T09:56:03+00:00 June 6th, 2017|Education, Intergroup Relations|

When students file a complaint that their institution mishandled or ignored claims of sexual assault or harassment, they can often expect to wait years for a resolution from the Department of Education. Those delays frustrate not only those bringing the complaints but colleges that remain under prolonged investigation as well.

Advocates say that problem would be

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Desired for their labor, rejected as neighbors. Farmworkers in California face hostile communities

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-06-02T10:07:08+00:00 June 2nd, 2017|Intergroup Relations|

The “urban farm homes” nestled along a cul-de-sac off an old farm road in Nipomo, Calif., had lofted floor plans with more than 2,500 square feet of living space — “perfect … for multi-generational living,” the advertisements boasted.

Strawberry grower Greg France and his wife, Donna, had other ideas for the planned seven-home development. They

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A Campus on Edge Over Racial Tensions Is Shut Down by a Threat

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-06-02T09:51:43+00:00 June 2nd, 2017|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Evergreen State College shut down temporarily on Thursday after a semester of racial tensions that inflamed the Olympia, Wash., institution, and in recent days placed it in the national spotlight. College officials asked students to leave the campus or return to their dorms in the mid-morning, The Seattle Times reported, after local officials alerted them

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Q&A: ‘There’s a virus in our country’: The ‘Trump effect’ and rise of hate groups, explained

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-05-31T08:52:24+00:00 May 31st, 2017|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

Not long after it launched in 1971, the Southern Poverty Law Center made a name for itself as a standard-bearer in the fight for civil rights.

Since then, the Montgomery, Ala.-based nonprofit has filed dozens of lawsuits over the years targeting groups that include law enforcement and government officials.

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How Can Colleges Respond to Extremist Activity Among Students?

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-05-25T09:01:26+00:00 May 25th, 2017|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Bias-related incidents and hate-group propaganda on college campuses have recently captured greater public attention as America’s political climate has become more charged. Since President Trump’s election, many people with far-right, racist, and sexist views have felt emboldened to speak freely.

Fliers promoting white supremacy, swastikas, and other offensive symbols and language targeting racial and religious

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Texas revives transgender ‘bathroom bill’ for public schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-05-22T09:33:14+00:00 May 22nd, 2017|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

A transgender “bathroom bill” reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas — though it may only apply to public schools.

A broader proposal mandating that virtually all transgender people in the country’s second-largest state use public

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Another school rating system, more data on racial, ethnic disparities

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-05-22T09:14:24+00:00 May 22nd, 2017|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Using a new, multimeasure school rating system, the Oakland-based nonprofit GreatSchools has produced a fresh look at a stubbornly persistent problem: racial and ethnic gaps in student achievement in California schools.

Among the findings in “Searching for Opportunity,” which was released on last week:

Read more in the Los Angeles Daily News.

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Mizzou’s Freshman Enrollment Has Dropped by 35% in 2 Years. Here’s What’s Going On.

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-05-22T08:56:02+00:00 May 22nd, 2017|Education, Intergroup Relations|

This fall the University of Missouri at Columbia will welcome its smallest freshman class in nearly two decades. As of this month, just 4,009 first-time freshmen had made enrollment deposits, a decline of 35 percent from the 2015 class of 6,191 students.

The precipitous drop is striking for a public flagship with a prominent national brand,

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said refugees ravaged an Idaho town with disease and crime. The town says folks get along just fine

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-05-15T10:13:49+00:00 May 15th, 2017|Intergroup Relations|

The refugees have been coming here for decades, settling in this Idaho town on the edge of a deep canyon carved out by the Snake River.

There were Cambodians. Then Bosnians arrived after the collapse of Yugoslavia. Rwandans fleeing genocide found haven here. Recently, it’s been Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans….

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