PUBLIC MARKS from ravi with tag racism

"That echoes very much the demonology of Nazi Germany when Hitler said it was the Jews' fault and the problems were brought upon themselves. There is a faint echo of that in a lot of the rubbish we have been seeing in the media recently."

Canada is to make a formal protest to the United States over the case of a Canadian man deported to Syria in 2002 over suspected al-Qaeda links.

Hispanics Across America founder Fernando Mateo called the move an "offensive and cheap trick" to boost ratings. "The participants will be held to the daunting and unfair challenge of representing an entire race of people," he said. "What will it mean for a team - a race - to fail in a battle of wits and strength against another race?"

[Shreveport Times] Nine black children attending Red River Elementary School were directed last week to the back of the school bus by a white driver who designated the front seats for white children.

[BBC] Too bad: we have to let the brown dudes go. Got to hassle them though!

[CNN] Arrested for unbuckling seat belt and using cell phones! Not much until you consider clincher: they were brown!