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Black Farmers Say Money is Not Enough for Racism, and Other News

Latino Groups Call for New Hate Crime Laws
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is leading a call to revise hate crime laws in the wake of the acquittal of two teens who were accused of brutally beating Luis Ramirez last year in Shenandoah County, PA. WNEP

High Number of CA Students of Color Drop Out
The California Department of Education released a report that shows yet another year of high drop out rates for students of color. Black students have the highest dropout rate in the state at 34.7 percent, while the rate is 25.5 percent for Latino students and 25.4 percent for American Indian students. Press Enterprise

Black Farmers Move Closer to Federal Government Settlement
As the Obama administration is ready to pass 1.25 billion dollar settlement in a Black Farmers discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Black farmers are saying the lump of money is not nearly enough to compensate for decades of discrimination. WALB

Boy Scouts Getting Border Patrol Training
The 60-year-old Explorers program has begun training some 35,000 adolescent members to respond to terrorism, immigration and violence along the border. Law enforcement officials see the program as a place to nurture potential recruits. NY Times

Posted at 12:27 PM, May 14, 2009 in News | Permalink | View Comments