GD eNews | Vol. 3, No. 4| February 28, 2004

Segregation Returns
Schools are Re-segregating as U.S. Celebrates Brown Decision By George E. Curry
WASHINGTON, DC (NNPA) — As the country celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing segregation, schools in the United States are becoming increasingly segregated, a study by Harvard University’s Civil Rights Project has concluded. [FULL_TEXT]

Why Diversity is Good for Business:
a Priest, a Cowboy & a Socialite
A priest, a cowboy and a socialite opened a used bookstore and grossed more than half a million dollars the first year. “What?” you question. “How do these three even know each other. Never mind know each other well enough to go into business together.” [FULL_TEXT]

Color Fades at Top Spots
New York, NY — Blacks are drastically under-represented in the top ranks of the Department of Transportation and seven other city agencies, according to a report to be released recently. There are only two blacks who make more than $85,000 in the Transportation Department, compared to 61 whites — a ratio that is similar in the other agencies examined, says the study by blacks in Government, an advocacy group. [FULL_TEXT]

Racial Discrimination in Education
Incident #1 - I discovered on October 2003, a male caucasian principal (Edward Bengston) of Fair Play Middle school is reported intoxicated on the job. The smell of alcohol and abnormal actions had been reported numerous times by students, teachers and parents to the school district main office over a two-month period. Public intoxication and substance abuse while employed in a Georgia public school district is in violation of Board Policy and state law. [FULL_TEXT]

Fringes of Poverty
Candidates Understate Extent of Poverty
WASHINGTON (NNPA) — A U.S. Census statistic placing the number of impoverished Americans at 34.6 million is causing presidential candidates to understate the depth of the problem, says the president of one of the nation’s largest anti-poverty organizations. [FULL_TEXT]

California's War on Youth
By Russell Morse, Youth Commentary
When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor, I didn’t really care. I was like, “Whatever. This is gonna be funny.” Like a lot of Californians, I let the recall election unfold in front of me like a hilarious episode of “Elimidate.” But now, a few months into his term, Schwarzenegger has made plans to systematically dismantle every public program that ever benefited me. [FULL_TEXT]

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