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New "guidance" on Race Factors in Schools

Federal civil rights officials last week said that school districts and colleges and universities may legally consider race when making decisions about school assignments, admissions and other programs that are designed to increase diversity and reduce racial isolation.
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education jointly released the new, more flexible guidelines that are meant to clear up confusion on how and when race can be considered in the wake of three earlier U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Interesting article on multiracial Asians

Some multiethnic Asians don't check "Asian" on college applications, believe it will improve chances for admission http://bit.ly/tm8IYj

Fact of the Day

^{About 9 million people in the United States identified themselves as multiracial (of two or more races) on the 2010 census. Experts think the actual number is far higher.} 

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HATE-CRIME CHARGES BROUGHT

A man has been held since late October on a racially motivated attack on an interracial family and their two multiracial children in San Francisco. Hosea Matavao was charged with three counts of assault, one count of endangering a child and one count of battery, according to the district attorney. He has pleaded not guilty.

We have been in touch with the DA's office. Four of the five charges have hate-crime allegations attached. Matavao 's original hearing was moved to December 6. Project RACE will continue to monitor this case.

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Susan Graham

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Project RACE

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Church Rejects Interracial Couple

In a move to "promote greater unity" among its body and the Pike County community it serves, a small Kentucky church voted to ban interracial couples from membership and from participating in certain worship activities, Kentucky.com reports.