Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Justice Program: Surfing While Black, Etc. (SWAT Team)
The Online Policy Group tracks incidents of online bias, defamation,
and discrimination against individuals and/or communities based
on their race, ethnicity, or
religion, as well as partnering with other
organizations who track and respond to such incidents. Please
help by
reporting such incidents and
responding to them, as well as reviewing
media coverage and links to
related organizations and publications.
Report Online Incidents of Racial, Ethnic, or Religious Bias
Please report any incidents of racial, ethnic, or religious bias,
discrimination, or defamation, you discover online on the OPG
incident report form.
Respond to Online Incidents of Racial, Ethnic, or Religious Bias
Please respond to the following action alerts regarding online
incidents of racial, ethnic, or religious bias, defamation,
and discrimination.
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Mr. Wong
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Icebox.com, a popular online animated cartoon site has continued production of a defamatory cartoon called "Mr. Wong" despite protests from the Asian-American community. The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes. Find out how you can respond through a National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC) action alert, (October 16, 2000)
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Media Coverage
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The Web Rewires the Movement
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Although MoveOn does not track member demographics, anecdotal evidence suggests that its base is disproportionately white as Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun, for example, fared poorly in the group's recent "primary", The Nation (August 4, 2003)
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Watch What You Surf, Net Police Are Here
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In what appears to be its first serious attempt to monitor the Internet, the Government of India has outlined an official procedure for blocking websites, Times of India (August 1, 2003)
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Bush Opposes Plan for Minority Grants
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The Bush administration declared its opposition Tuesday to a bill pushed by Virginia lawmakers that would create a grant program for computer technology at historically black and other minority-serving colleges and universities, Daily Press (July 23, 2003)
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The Ignoble Savage
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Talk Radio Network Inc. (TRN), an Oregon-based company that syndicates Savage's hate-filled right-wing talk show, "The Michael Savage Show," to 305 radio stations around the country, is suing Julie Sigwart, co-founder of the Web site TakeBacktheMedia.com (TBTM); Thomas and Gunilla Leavitt and Leavitt Enterprises, who produce www.savagestupidity.com; and unknown individual "John Doe," who produces www.michaelsavagesucks.com, Alternet.org (June 9, 2003)
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Monster.com's Resume Purge Draws Fire
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In a move the company claims is designed to comply with federal regulations, Monster.com on Thursday will delete most references to certain countries from job postings and resumes, CNET News.com (April 23, 2003)
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Related Organizations and Publications
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Appeals Court Says Doctors Threatened in Wild Wild West
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A US federal appeals court has ruled that antiabortion
activists who created Wild West-style posters and a website called the Nuremberg Files condemning abortion doctors can be held liable because their works amounted to illegal threats, not free speech, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals via FindLaw (Adobe pdf file) (May 17, 2002)
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Sexual Racism SUX!
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This web page is aimed at confronting racist behaviour and speech in gay men, particularly those of us who use online personal services like gaydar, Sexual Racism Sux (May 1, 2002)
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