Local Islamic civil liberties group accuses Emory of violating Civil Rights Act
The Council on American-Islamic Relation’s Georgia chapter (CAIR-Georgia) and other civil rights...
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Tag: Discrimination
Emory, stop supporting Glenn Church’s homophobic discrimination
It is stunning that Emory continues to support its Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church as Glenn openly discriminates against gay people. Emory claims to be a champion of civil rights and of the fight to end homophobia. The...
Read MoreThe complex, distorted legacy of the South
“Progress is never easy,” President Joe Biden declared to onlookers in a crowded room on Jan. 15. “But redeeming the soul of the country is absolutely essential.” The setting of the president’s recent remarks was none other than...
Read MoreDiscrimination toward Asian Americans has not disappeared
If on a sunny day, someone on the street asks a Chinese student whether they are from China, what would you guess they would answer? Most likely “yes,” right? But you might hear “no” in recent years, “‘because if you are, I’m...
Read MoreThe First Amendment shouldn’t trump human rights
Ten years ago Jack Phillips, a cakeshop owner in Colorado, refused to bake a cake for the wedding of a same-sex couple on the grounds that a gay marriage violated his religious beliefs. The Supreme Court ruled in his favor. This...
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