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National News: U.S. Official Nix African Refugee Program; Worker Fired After Hanging Noose At A Children’s Hospital
August 22nd, 2008U.S. official nix African refugee program. The U.S. State Department has ended a program that allowed African refugees with family members in the United States because DNA tests proved that many of the Africans were not really related. The program, established nearly two decades ago to assist people trying to escape political unrest and violence, accepted close relatives, including parents and children, of people already here. Most of the refugees flowed through Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Gambia. Of the 3,000 who were tested, most were originally from Somalia, Ethiopia, or Liberia, according to the State Department. “The program has been suspended,” said State Department spokesman Robert Wood, noting that only about fifth of applicants from those countries had actual blood ties.
Worker is fired after hanging a noose at a children’s hospital. Authorities in Philadelphia are investigating a potential hate crime after finding a noose swinging in an electrical shop at The Children’s Hospital. The alleged culprit has
been fired for the Aug. 11 incident, hospital officials announced this week, but they refused to disclose his name, which has infuriated some residents. The fired member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers allegedly hung a noose on a light fixture on the 13th floor of the Aberson Pediatric Research Center. According to FOX News 29, the worker’s colleagues had asked him at least three times to remove the racially offensive symbol. Children’s Hospital released a statement to the news channel that says: “We believe this to be a blatantact of racial intimidation, for which we have ZERO tolerance at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. This has not happened before and was an isolated incident.” Jerry Mondesire, who heads the local chapter of the NAACP, says he believes the hospital handled the situation the right way.
So why not nix the the illegal mexican program. it’s way too many of them here.
Cubans will vote republican so this government will let them all over and vote. Africans will follow African Americans and vote democrat so just like the hatians this government will find away to expell them. Another way of controling the Democratic population and the African american population with one stone
email them. don’t hate too!
http://www.ibew.org/GenInfo/GenInfo.htm
Dear all at IBEW,
i hope you are not representing this worker.
i’m homeless disabled in ca and i have sufferd years of discriminations
no one should hate and harm just because of what a person is and cant change.
it took a yaer this time to get just the paper section8 voucher back taken over discrim but no shelters want disabled either ( cept one charges rent for svcs and food im unable to use).Many SUFFER too much from ignorance an hate.
There is too much hate. please dont pay /fire any person who works to harm others.
sincerely,
darlene c. matthews
They brought us kicking and screaming and now that we want to come voluntarily,THEY don’t want us!!! What up wit dat???
Well there it goes. The government has no problem stopping Africans from using the system but why can’t the government stop other illegals??? Or is it because the Afrians are Black??? Racism is alive and well. The Chinese and other Orientals are milking the system. They do not pay Income TAxes for 7 years, start businesses, then after 7 years they change the name of the owners of the businesses and start all over again. But when Blacks try to use the system their ancestors built, the crackdown comes down hard!
The first time he should have been gone(in hand cuffs). Why did it take three time for this matter to get notice?
Marge,
You are a fool and very ignorant to think that Asians don’t pay taxes and are milking the system. We work harder than any other minority. We are actually model citizens that blacks could learn alot from. Affirmative Action makes sure that less qualified blacks get benefits that more qualified Asians work hard for. We get our wealth by working very hard which is something blacks avoid to stay at home and drink koolaide, eat fried chicken and ham hocks and listen to mindless rap music. We asians take responsibility for our own issues and don’t commit crimes. Black people commit 20-30 % of the crime in the America and flood the prisons. Blacks always complain at the imaginary racism and use slavery as an excuse but really are any of you been effected by slavery???NO!!
Whoever used my screen name to write the previous message is a coward, and a phony. Obviously, BET has a problem with putting other people’s email add/screen name on the page. But to use someone’s screen name to write a message is just pathetic. Hope you had fun with that. I can guess who it was…remember your names are on here too.
The mexicans are coming into this country has we speak!
i truly believe white folk suffer from Xenophobia,
umlaw your a racist pig yourself here in st. paul mn. asian gangs commit more crimes than any other group even though there just a small minority.
yo yo wassup
this AFRICA-BOY YO IWAN TO B– SINGER PLESSSS
Oh, I guess you Chinese people were colonized, torn from your families & homeland, forced into brutal racial chattle slavery for over 300 years for the free labor (that means “work”) that built this country (USA) & of which your country (China) has learned from & benefits from today. Oh, so you know about being black. If someone enslaved you, stripped you of your culture & took your rice…ooops I mean rights from you, you’d be eating fried chicken & ham hocks, too. As a slave, would you have been free to go back to your homeland or eat your own native food?
BET WON’T POST MY COMMENT!!!
brotherhood you dont need to say anymore
Why won’t BET post my last comment? I bet this comment gets posted.
See..what did I tell you.
BET can’t handle the truth.
China used to be a backwards country and is just now making progress because of USA trade & commerce so don’t come over here criticizing us because if your skin was Black you would be treated just like a “N” too.
And by the way..were any of your Chinese people (your ancestors were abused by whites when they came here too) in the civil rights movement–that opened the door for rights for all people here? NO. It is because of us blacks that you are even able today to participate in the American dream. You should be thanking us.
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And by the way..were any of your Chinese people (your ancestors were abused by whites when they came here too) in the civil rights movement–that opened the door for rights for all people here? NO. It is because of us blacks that you are even able today to participate in the American dream. You should be thanking us.
And by the way..were any of your Chinese people (your ancestors were abused by whites when they came here too) in the civil rights movement–that opened the door for rights for all people here? NO. It is because of us blacks that you are even able today to participate in the American dream. You should be thanking us.
Say it again yaw!!!
Unbelievable! I am not surprised! And the gov’t claims they can’t find illegal mexicans…trying to give them amnesty, drivers licenses,and everything else!
I didn’t write the comment above. Some punk coward who cannot win an argument is playing off messages like i wrote them. Have fun with that…i can see your username too punk.
the indians from india are terrible. they come over her e as programers and is trying to take over this country. blacks be careful on who you support, just because their skin is brown that doesn’t mean they are family. alot of theses aliens are coming to american thinking the sun shine on their a**es.
taking over companies, colleges etc. i notice that africans come and they work medium jobs, others come to american and they have companies, executive positions(banks, car dealerships,mortgage companies etc.) i seen this with my own eyes. but black africans they are not giving this opportiunity. why is that!! we know why!! when are we going to wake up. why do you think that the guns are legal now because people are not being treated equal. and they know we will final wakeup out of this partyiing mode they are not fair in the laws or jobs, crime, cops are unfair with their police burtality. how much longer do they think we are going to take this sh**.
this comment will probably not be posted!! but i’m writing ,but we know.
I would like to respond to Ms. Darlene Matthews comment. I don’t think you’ve heard the whole story about the person who was wrongfully accused of the “hate crime”, but his best friend is african-american, they are co-workers and they have been great friends for the past 8 years. His GRANDAUGHTER is HALF AFRICAN-AMERICAN!!!! His DAUGHTER-IN-LAW is AFRICAN-AMERICAN who he loves very much!!! HIS NIECE IS MARRIED TO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENTLEMAN!!!! SO ALL THESE ACCUSATIONS ARE CRAP!!! HE IS A GREAT PERSON AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE!!!! THE PERSON WHO MADE THE NOOSE IS THE PERSON WHO SET HIM UP AND TURNED ON HIM, HE DID NOT DO IT!!!! HE WORKED WITH THIS PERSON AND THOUGHT THEY WERE A VERY GOOD FRIEND TO HIM UNTIL NOW !!!! AND THE PERSON WHO DID IT IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN!!! SO DON’T ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HEAR UNTIL YOU THE FACTS!!!! THE MEDIA DON’T HAVE ALL THE FACTS……..DID THEY KNOW THAT “THE ACCUSED” HAS FAMILY THAT IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN? NO OF COURSE THEY(The Media) FAILED TO MENTION THAT!!!!
BTW……..EVERYONE ON HERE WHO TALKS ABOUT THE MEXICANS AND THE INDIANS DON’T HAVE ROOM TO TALK……..YOU ALL TALK ABOUT BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST………WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING WHEN YOU PUT DOWN THE MEXICANS AND THE INDIANS HUH? MEXICAN PEOPLE WORK VERY HARD AND MOST DON’T EVEN EARN THAT MUCH FOR THEIR HARD WORK!!!!!! I GUESS IT’s OKAY FOR YOU TO BE PREJUDICE AGAINST THEM HUH? IF YOU ASK ME YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!!!!
And as for Darren….the comment about “white folks” having Xenophobia, I bet you couldn’t even define the term you idiot!