Racism

'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start

2013-05-19 18:45:00

SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...

Forecast for L.A.'s mayor race: paltry turnout

2013-05-16 07:00:00

More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected...

Agoura High School students targeted in racist graffiti

2013-05-16 07:53:00

Authorities are investigating racist graffiti found at Agoura High School, including a "hit list" targeting African American students, they said Thursday. Students found the hate messages in a boy's bathroom on campus Wednesday morning, KTLA-TV�...

UCI vows action after black student is targeted with racist note

2013-05-15 07:30:00

UC Irvine's chancellor on Tuesday pledged to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student's backpack last week. The student found the note, which read "Go back 2 Africa slave," while she was in the science library May 7,...

Suit accuses Compton school district of abuse, racial profiling

2013-05-13 23:39:00

A group of parents and students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Compton school district alleging a pattern of abuse and racial profiling of Latinos by school police. One family alleged that school police targeted a student's father for arrest...

Welcome to Easy Rawlins' world: a Q&A with Walter Mosley

2013-05-13 07:00:00

A few weeks ago, I met Walter Mosley on Pico Boulevard near Fairfax, around the corner from where he was raised. This is a neighborhood that still fuels Mosley’s imagination; it’s where his detective Easy Rawlins lives, and where a good deal...

Baseball is diamond in the rough to black players at Gardena Serra

2013-05-14 22:16:00

On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on a cluttered street in Gardena, some very big and skilled athletes are hanging out on a concrete basketball court, bouncing around underneath rusted backboards and chain nets, acting out a typical inner-city scene, with...

UC Irvine probes hate incident involving racist note

2013-05-15 21:32:00

UC Irvine's chancellor pledged Wednesday to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student's backpack last week. The student found the note, which read "Go back 2 Africa slave," while she was in the science library on...

UC Irvine student finds racist note calling her a 'slave'

2013-05-10 16:20:00

In the second racially charged on-campus incident in three weeks,�UC Irvine�police said Friday that they are investigating a note found in a black student's backpack that read, "Go back 2 Africa slave." The female student discovered the note while she...

USC students, others meet with LAPD over alleged racial profiling

2013-05-07 22:58:00

On the eve of final exams, more than 700 students and others at USC and neighboring communities gathered on campus to discuss issues raised from a clash between students and police over how the LAPD responded to an off-campus house party over the weekend....

The lure of a Southern drawl at the movies

2013-05-05 09:00:00

"There are things you can get away with in this world, and things you can't." The voice is Matthew McConaughey's, and days after seeing him in "Mud," I can close my eyes and hear him still — a simple line echoing with the mysteries of a man caught...

Review: Kenny Chesney's 'Life on a Rock' could do without 'Lindy'

2013-05-06 18:35:00

Is a reductive engagement with social issues worse than no engagement at all? That was the question raised by "Accidental Racist," Brad Paisley and LL Cool J's astonishingly simple-minded meditation on American race relations. Many critics assailed the...

Michael: "Abraham Lincoln once said that 'If you're a racist, I will attack you with the North,' and these are the principles I carry with me in the workplace."

2013-05-12 15:42:00

A scene from a Mountain Dew ad recently taken down amid complaints of racism.

2013-05-01 10:50:00

Image of an email sent by ousted hospital board chair.

2013-04-09 00:00:00