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...dominant force in the outgoing parliament. Last month it pasted thousands of posters across the country depicting three white sheep kicking out one black sheep from a paddock, with the slogan: "For more security." The poster became the parade example for furious accusations that the SVP was fomenting racism. Early this month, at a demonstration in the capital, Bern, hundreds of protesters pelted SVP members with rocks; police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd...
...from 29 to 55 this year. That number could increase further after Sunday. Its opponents say the party has exploited raw Swiss fear of foreigners in order to expand its support. "This election is a competition between right and left," says Georg Kreis, president of the Federal Commission against Racism. "Foreigners are used as a scapegoat...
...inescapable conclusion, for anyone with the fortitude to read the entire tome, was that each faction of the court wanted the public to believe that the other side was soft on racism and imperiling one of the monuments of American justice. All based on a case that broke little new ground and affected few, if any, people...
...TANGO MAKES THREE Two male penguins really did adopt an abandoned chick, but the book about it has been accused of homosexual undertones. BELOVED Toni Morrison's Pulitzer-prizewinning novel about antebellum slavery has been attacked for its depiction of bestiality, racism and sex. SO FAR FROM THE BAMBOO GROVE Based on the Japanese author's WW II-era experiences, the novel is criticized for its hints at rape and domestic abuse...
...recent tragic events in Jena, Louisiana have demonstrated the touchy dynamics that post-civil rights black leaders must contend with. Obama seemed to shy away from bold statements of racism concerning the Jena Six, saying it “isn’t a matter of black and white, it’s a matter of right and wrong.” Instead, he attempted to make it a national issue, and not just a black one: “It is not just an offense to the people of Jena or to the African-American community...