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...black life is meaningless and black rights do not exist." To many blacks, the fact that the not-guilty verdicts were handed down by a jury that included no blacks (though it did have one Asian and one Hispanic) virtually proves that the criminal-justice system is ruled by bias and that they cannot look to it for fair treatment. They dismiss as a sham the official contention that the trial was moved from Los Angeles to nearby Simi Valley to guard against prejudicial publicity influencing the jury. In their view, the move was made precisely for the purpose...
This is the primary reason SAA did not come to The Crimson with the full story behind our push to maintain the Indo-Muslim cultural chair. Crimson articles have an anti-administration slant, and thus, we wanted to steer clear of this bias and maintain control of our discourse with the Administration...
Under J. Edgar Hoover, FBI agents often served as shock troops in the fight against civil rights. Last week the bureau announced a plan to end what 300 of its black agents had charged was lingering bias in the way promotions and fast-track assignments are made. The new rules avert a threatened lawsuit...
...observation that The Crimson's many staff active in Hillel and lack of Black staff may well bias its coverage of racial conflicts is nothing like a Jewish-media conspiracy theory; it is an observation of a potential conflict of interest on the part of Crimson staff members that may affect their coverage...
...investigator of unusual claims, I'm accustomed to being confronted with incredible examples of medieval thinking in the 20th century. Everywhere we look, we find antiscientific bias and belief in the unbelievable -- from demons causing susceptible serial killers to act up to researchers who find top-secret code words in George Bush's speeches when they are played backward, leading them to the conclusion that the President and others thereby unconsciously reveal this information. Thousands of Americans think bacteria do not cause disease, and are convinced that death is an aberration; they are known as Christian Scientists...