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Among Glaeser’s most influential papers was a 2002 report, “The Political Economy of Hatred,” in which Glaeser applied the tools of his discipline to explain racial and ethnic animosity...
...recent paper by the prolific professor attacks the theory that rent control reduces racial segregation...
...discrimination against Asian Americans. Abercrombie & Fitch previously sold shirts that read “Two Wongs can make it white” and displayed a stereotypical caricature of two “Wong Brothers” running a laundry service. AsianWeek.com reported how Shaquille O’Neal cracked racial jokes, repeatedly singled out Houston Rockets player Yao Ming for mockery and even threats of violence, and told a reporter to “Tell Yao Ming, ‘ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.’” The media, including The Los Angeles Times, Sports...
Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller was forced to apologize to Tiger Woods after cracking a racial joke. Denver Nuggets Coach Dan Issel was suspended for a racial slur against a Hispanic; Hispanic activists then campaigned to have him fired. Former Senate majority leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., was forced to resign after his highly controversial accolades regarding the late Strom Thurmond. These are just some of the instances in which other minority groups have defied acts of racism. One writer of AsianWeek surmised, “If a white [basketball] player had, for instance, made monkey sounds to taunt a black player...
...some say the new program is part of a greater problem of racial stereotyping facing students once they arrive in America...