SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco board has voted unanimously to remove a 19th century statue that activists say is racist and demeaning to indigenous people. The unanimous decision Wednesday night by the San Francisco Board of Appeals involves the "Early Days" statue, which depicts a Native American at the...
Mollie Tibbetts' Father Decries Using Her as Political 'Pawn'
BROOKLYN, Iowa — The father of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts in an opinion piece spoke out against using his daughter's death in support of "views she believed were profoundly racist," a call that comes after President Donald Trump and others seized on the suspected killer's immigration status to...
LA Mayor: Trump Sows Division, Does 'Racist Things'
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, considering a 2020 presidential run, said Thursday that President Donald Trump has done "plenty of racist things" to divide the nation while failing to deliver on health care reform and other promises. In an interview with The Associated Press, the two-term Democratic...
Fox Exec: Up to 'Simpsons' Creators to Handle Apu Criticism
BEVERLY HILLS — Creators of "The Simpsons" have the freedom to handle the show's depiction of Indian shop owner Apu in the right way for their show, a top Fox executive said Thursday. Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart clerk who has sold expired food and ripped off customers in the long-running animated...
Don’t Harm Students Because of Jarrar’s Tweets: Fresno State President
Editor's Note: Tweets from author and Fresno State professor Randa Jarrar are triggering national outrage. Some people are saying they will no longer support the university. Here is Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro's response: I know that many of our friends are upset, and I'm upset, too. I'm upset...
Jarrar is Media Victim & Target of ‘Online Lynch Mob’
EDITOR'S NOTE: In February 2017, the author of this piece, Fresno State lecturer Lars Maischak, became a national story after tweeting "To save American democracy, Trump must hang. The sooner and the higher, the better.” Once again, a professor at Fresno State is the target of an online lynch mob. ...
Prof Drops Out of Literary Event After Tweeting Barbara Bush Was ‘Amazing Racist’
Randa Jarrar, whose tweet that former first lady Barbara Bush was an "amazing racist" is stirring national outrage, has withdrawn from a planned speaking engagement Saturday at Fresno City College. The school said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon that the "headline speaker for LitHop 2018, Randa Jarrar, has informed...