September 26, 2012, 12:05 AM
The San Francisco Police Department, relying on antiquated computer technology, routinely recorded nearly all Asians who were arrested in the city as “Chinese” until this month, department officials said. Arrest data that included the “Chinese” numbers was released to...
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August 21, 2012, 12:05 AM
Although African Americans constitute 6 percent of San Francisco’s population, they are about seven times more likely to be arrested than whites, who represent 41.8 percent of the city’s population, according to an analysis of recently released statistics from the California Department...
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April 11, 2012, 12:05 AM
Racial minorities and students with disabilities are suspended at substantially higher rates than their white and non-disabled peers, according to an analysis of discipline data from nearly 500 California school districts. Researchers said the disparities are a civil rights issue and cause for...
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February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
More than a decade after California law banned race-conscious admissions, outreach and financial aid at public universities, the state's most selective public university system has seen a significant impact on its ability to increase enrollments of African American, Latino and American Indian...
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January 20, 2012, 12:05 AM
When it’s 17-year-old Eric Gant’s turn to testify today at an Oakland legislative hearing on the health and welfare of California’s minority men and boys, he will ask for a safe way to get to school. “Students deserve a safe path to school, like an adult wants a safe...
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October 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
To watch elderly women in hand-embroidered robes sip coconut drinks while sharing news is to marvel that there is yet to be a category for “Iu Mien” in the U.S. Census. The feeling of being an unacknowledged minority within an Asian minority was a major impetus behind the building...
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September 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
In all but eight of California's 26 metropolitan areas, minorities make up more than half the population. A new study from the Brookings Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C., analyzed the demographic makeup of the nation's 100 largest metro areas and found minorities accounting...
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June 30, 2011, 12:05 AM
Civil rights attorneys are using a California election law to force school districts to make their boards more diverse. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, a San Francisco-based advocacy group, has been aggressively seeking city and district compliance with the California Voting...
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