AN ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WANTS WHITE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR MAKING HER SICK?
An Oregon woman has raised nearly $1,500 to pay for
illnesses she claims were brought on by being an Asian American living in a
predominantly white city.
“I grew up in and live in the Portland area. The stress of
living as a Thai-Cambodian woman in such a white city replete with constant
interpersonal and institutional racism has a big toll on my health and well being,” according to the YouCaring posting by Rinna Rem.
The heading of her crowdfunding appeal is: “White Friends,
Pay For My Therapy.”
Rem claims to be 29 and suffering from depression and the
connective-tissue disorder Marfan’s Syndrome. From Sept. 10 through Tuesday,
she had raised $1,495.
“I’m 29 and really tired,” she wrote.
“I want to live a healthy, happy life. I want to have a healthy, happy family in the future too. Help me pay for therapy to deal with the stress of racism. Please don’t let racism shorten my life or kill me.”
“I want to live a healthy, happy life. I want to have a healthy, happy family in the future too. Help me pay for therapy to deal with the stress of racism. Please don’t let racism shorten my life or kill me.”
Source: NY Post
RACIAL DIVIDE CONTINUING IN S. AFRICA
The income of white South African households is six times higher than black ones, new census figures reveal.
President Jacob Zuma said the census showed the black
majority is still at the "bottom of the rung", 18 years after white
minority rule ended.
The statistics showed that while the income of black
households had increased by nearly 170% in the last decade, they still
earned the least.
The population now stands at nearly 52 million, 79% of whom are black people.It has risen by seven million since 2001.
The 2011 census statistics showed that children below the age of five
number nearly 11 million, making them the largest age group.
"It could be that HIV [infection] rates have levelled out and fertility
has begun to recover," said Statistics South Africa's demographic
analysis executive director, Diego Iturralde.
The average annual income of a white household is about 365,000 rand
($42,000; £26,000), followed by Indians at 251,000 rand, people of mixed
race at 251,500 rand and blacks at 60,600 rand, it showed.
Other key findings include:
- Nearly 30% of the labour force is unemployed
- More than three million children (nearly 4%) are orphans
- More than nine million people live in homes while the number of shack-dwellers has risen since 2001 to nearly two million
- The number of homes with flush toilets has increased from 50% in 2001 to 57%
- The number of people who have completed higher education has increased to 11.8%, from 8.4% in 2001
- The number of homes with electricity has increased from 58.2% in 1996 to 84.7% in 2011
- Paraffin is the main energy source at 7.5% of all homes
- Mobile phone ownership has increased from less than 32% a decade ago to nearly 90%.
Mr Zuma said the census showed that while "great strides" have been made since racial segregation ended in 1994, much still needed to be done to end inequality.
"These figures tell us that at the bottom of the rung is the
black majority who continue to be confronted by deep poverty,
unemployment and inequality, despite the progress that we have made
since 1994," he said.
"Much remains to be done to further improve the livelihoods
of our people especially in terms of significant disparities that still
exist between the rich and poor."
Mr Zuma pledged that by 2030 the African National Congress
(ANC) government would make sure that each community had a clinic,
school, library and police station.
Source: BBC
VISITORS GEOFLAGS SINCE AUGUST 26, 2009
