The Chicago Reporter articles from June 2001

The Chicago Reporter archives from June 2001

Exploring the Native American Mascot Controversy.
June 1, 2001... Sports mascots that mimic Native Americans rely on cultural fragments that trivialize and stereotype an entire race, write C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood in "Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy." "Native...

Thousands of Troubled Students Drop Out Before High School.
June 1, 2001... Frederick Lucas was a 15-year-old eighth grader when he dropped out of school a year-and-a-half ago. "I was always smart, book-wise," he said, shrugging. "Shit just wasn't right at home. I'd be sitting in class, wandering off, and end up...

Latino Chefs Are Breaking into the Sushi Business.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Wearing a samurai-style headband, Jose Luis Alejandre arranged pieces of pearl-colored yellow tail, cilantro, jalapenos and spicy mayonnaise sauce on a sheet of vinegary rice and dried seaweed. His wrists moved swiftly as he rolled the...

Schultz Joins Reporter Staff.(Susan J. Schultz )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Susan J. Schultz has joined The Chicago Reporter staff as consulting editor. Schultz a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times for 15 years, has covered Latino affairs, social services and health issues. She received a bachelor of arts and a...

St. Francis Fights UIC Development.
June 1, 2001... The University of Illinois at Chicago's expansion is slowly squeezing St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church out of the old Maxwell Street Market area, its home for more than 130 years, according to members of the St. Francis of Assisi...

In These Times.(death penalty and social classes)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Timothy McVeigh's brief stay of execution in May underscores the potential for error in capital punishment cases, writes Salim Muwakkil in a June 25 In These Times editorial. Muwakkil questions what that means for African Americans and Latinos,...

May issue of Focus.(felons and voting rights)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Felony convictions have substantially reduced the pool of the nation's African American male voters, writes Marc Mauer in the May issue of Focus magazine. "The disenfranchisement of felons and ex-felons is one of many aspects of the seamy...

Chicago Sun Times.(discrimination in reporting)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... William Yashino, Midwest director of the Japanese American Citizens League, chastises the Chicago Sun-Times for using the term "Chinaman" in reference to Chinese people in two recent columns. In a May 16 letter to the editor, he cautions that...

New York Times.(whites in decline)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... News reports that the census suggests a decline in America's white population are a "gross distortion," writes Orlando Patterson in an oped in the May 8 New York Times. "A false assumption that whites are becoming a minority in the nation their...

The Urban Institute.(report on adopted children by relatives)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... * Nationwide, 22 percent of children living with a relative who is not a parent face three or more "socioeconomic risks," including poverty, shows a recent study by The Urban Institute, a Washington D.C.- based nonpartisan policy research...

StyleMaster Inc.(plastic container manufacturer inaugurates new building)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... * On May 16, StyleMaster Inc., one of 82 African American-owned manufacturers in illinois, cut the ribbon for its new 660,000-square-foot building on Chicago's Southwest Side. The plastic storage container manufacturer, founded and run by...

MaidAids, LLC.(tell your maids what to do in their languages)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... * MaidAids, LLC, of Olney, Md., has announced a new product: adhesive-backed notes that spell out housekeeping chores in Spanish, with English subtitles. It's a "tool you can use to finally get your cleaning help doing what YOU want them to...

Edna White Summers.(community activist, rest in peace)(Obituary)
June 1, 2001... * Edna White Summers, a community activist and lifelong Evanston resident, died of heart failure on May 21. Summers, 81, helped lead a campaign to desegregate Evanston's public schools in the 1960s. She later was elected the city's 5th Ward...