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Muslim Professional Organizations in America: Finding their Role
At their core, all minority professional organizations aim to offer their members a supportive environment where they can come together, share knowledge and resources, and empower each other to be the best professional they can be. Over the past several years, I’ve struggled with the question of if/how this core functionality is impacted if the ...
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Face of New Racism – Teacher asks student to read “blacker,” a teen is gunned down, Muslims are profiled – all in the 21st century
A few weeks ago, we dealt with the issue of teachers using slavery as a math problem in Georgia. Today, we are dealing with teachers telling African American students to read in a “blacker” way, in the “manner” of a slave or a rap artist. This is 2012. There is something horribly wrong with this ...
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If Peyton Can Go – Anyone Can.
Four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, Peyton Manning, announced the end of his 14-year old career with the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday. The press conference with Colts owner Jim Irsay and Manning made it clear that the decision was out of their hands. ”It wasn’t his decision. It wasn’t my decision. Circumstances kind of dictated it,” Manning said. ...
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Slavery is Bad. No Exceptions.
It has become news that an Atlanta teacher resigned after an investigation over third-grade students being assigned math homework with slavery related word problems. Our questions is – why isn’t it news that these teachers were not fired? The investigation by Gwinnett County schools concluded into four teachers who gave out these assignments at Beaver Ride Elementary. Gwinnett ...
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PGA Golfer, Swim Coach and 40 Others Arrested in Child Sex Sting
Just when we were beginning to move forward from the likes of Bernie Fine and Jerry Sandusky, a new string of names has popped up in a large Florida child sex related sting operation. ”Operation Red Cheeks,” the name given to the child sex sting, began January 8, 2012 and involved several different crime-fighting organizations in ...
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Lowe’s Pulls Ad in Respect for Anti Muslim Group, Trends as #boycottlowes
The decision of retail giant Lowe’s Home Improvement to pull their ads from the reality tv show “All American Muslims” has gotten them their frist real “trending” opportunity on Twitter and Facebook: as #boycottlowes. The retailer pulled advertising from TLC’s show on American Muslims families after a conservative group known as the Florida Family Association ...
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Jerry Sandusky Arrested on New Charges
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested today in the wake of new sexual assault charges filed against him by a grand jury, which include assaulting two boys involved in his Second Mile charity. Despite the prosecutor asking for $1 million bail amount, the judge set the bail at $250,000, cash. If bail ...
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Why Giants Fall: MF Global
In a hearing on Thursday the judge granted the motion to transfer cash accounts from the defunct MF Global to other brokerages. Cash only accounts worth $869 million will be transferred from MF Global and clients will receive sixty cents on the dollar, which amounts to approximately $520 million in cash. Forty percent of the ...
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Bernie Fine Fired, His Wife Also on Defensive
On Sunday evening, Syracuse University fired assistant coach Bernie Fine from his position with the men’s basketball team. Fine is accused of child molestation, an investigation that has been joined by Federal Agents. Agents with the U.S. Secret Service were involved when a search warrant was executed Fine’s home on Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. ...
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Kansas Governor Overreacts to a Teen’s Tweet
During a Kansas Youth in Government field trip to the state Capitol on November 21, Emma Sullivan, a teenager, Tweeted: “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot.” She did actually say anything to Kansas Governor Brownback, and stated that the Tweet was in regards to a personal ...