Tag: discrimination
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OC NAACP and BLM-HB Push for Equity
By Dianne Anderson Chipping away at institutional racism is not so much about applying pressure as such, but Dr. Fred Calhoun likes to think of it more as a process of encouraging diversity, which is his goal with Orange County educational systems. Sometimes, it could be a meet and greet to talk about the solution. ... -
Alzheimer’s Disease: High Impact for Black Community
By Dianne Anderson Like a lot of people growing up in the old school under heavy-handed parents, a pop upside the head was considered par for the course. But for Andrea Robert, 15 years of child abuse left her with a brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, which has led her to tell everyone she meets ... -
Doctor Fights Institutionalized Racism at CDCR
by Dianne Anderson Over the past 41 years that Dr. Vicki Mabry-Height has been practicing medicine, she’s seen her share of discrimination, but she decided that it was about time to stand up. That was 12 long years ago. Since then, Mabry-Height’s discrimination court case has dragged through the endless twists and turns of the ... -
Housing Discrimination Complaints Reach 24-Year High
By Charlene Crowell As a candidate, President Donald Trump promised if elected that deregulation of the federal government would be an administration priority. Soon after taking the oath of office, he issued an executive order requiring that all departments and agencies to eliminate two existing regulations for every one new regulation proposed. In some cases, ...