Friday Round Up (01/13/12)

On Fridays, we post a round up of the week's happenings.

Feel free to contribute your own links in the comments section, or submit items you feel should be included during the week. Self-promotion is encouraged. 

Weekly Round Up:

• Unemployment Rate Improved for Everyone in 2011, Except for Blacks

• Not everyone is laughing at "Sh*t White Girls Say To Black Girls"
• Thanks for the rec, Carolyn!

• Pvt. Danny Chen Driven to Suicide After Racist Bullying

• #OWS, Esther Choi, and the reaction to the death of Pvt. Danny Chen

• Calling Asians Racist Slurs on Fast Food Receipts is Now a National Trend

• Shaping the Election: New Hampshire Demographics vs. Rest of the USA (Iconograph)

• Target casually and respectfully incorporates 6-year-old model with Down syndrome

UPDATE: There's a part 2!!  "Sh*t White Girls Say To Black Girls pt 2"
UPDATE 2: The season finale of Awkward Black Girl is out!
Also, Happy Founder's Day DST!


These are some of our links of interest this week. What are yours?

See Also:
More First Steps for Equality and Justice
Reverb: The unintended consequences of our daily behavior
Practical Steps Against Racial Injustice