Bias in IT ? Not a surprise (Opinion)
Blog entry by Paul Richardson.
Last updated at Fri, 7 Oct at 5:10am.

Last week the Level Playing Field Institute issued a report which found that in the IT sector of  our economy there exists bias which adversely affects women and under-represented minorities (Specifically Native Americans, Blacks, and Latinos) .

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Experts, community discuss how to combat race bias in Oakland policing (Analysis)
Article by Amy Gahran.
Last updated at Mon, 3 Oct at 6:05am.

Bias is built in to the human psyche - and it has an inevitable influence on law enforcement.

Since it's impossible to prevent police (or anyone) from having biases, the challenge is how can Oakland police and communities work together to shed light on existing biases and minimize their impact on how policing gets done around here?

This was focus of discussion at a public forum hosted last Thursday by Oakland's Citizens' Police Review Board.

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New study: Young people believe we're not post-racial - yet
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 14 Jun at 12:17am.

The Applied Research Center, an Oakland-based think tank focused on racial justice issues, recently released a new, 40-page study and accompanying video on the racial attitudes of young people, who they say many pollsters and commentators have prematurely labeled as "post-racial."

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Would you like to meet the Governor?

Blog entry by Friends of Peralt....
Last updated at Thu, 5 May at 8:40am.

California's Black, Native American, & Mexican Governor is coming to Peralta Hacienda. Pio Pico was governor of Mexican CA before the US takeover in 1848. Carlos Salomon will introduce visitors to Pico through a fun, engaging presentation. Wine and tamales following the talk!

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The Terror of Isms: A primer on causing terror amongst the terrified (Essay)
Blog entry by Walasia Noor EL S....
Last updated at Mon, 4 Apr at 9:08pm.

If you want to scare the living sh-- out of racist people, there’s a simple way to do it without harming anyone.
 
First, be a middle-aged woman who is (outwardly) Muslim. Dress in all black, taking care to wear some “ethnic” garb from another country that is not America (where all the clothing is made in other countries but is somehow American and therefore okay to wear.)

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San Jose man, Berkeley woman win Oakland Marathon; event returning in 2012
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 27 Mar at 8:12pm.

Who won the Oakland marathon today?

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Dec. 9: Public Forum on Racial Profiling & Oakland Police
Article by Amy Gahran.
Last updated at Wed, 15 Dec at 8:09am.

Do Oakland police officers target people for law enforcement action based on race, ethnicity, or other biases? If so, how might the people of Oakland work with the police and other officials to make law enforcement more fair?

On Thursday, Dec. 9, Oakland's Citizens' Police Review Board (yes, we have one!) is holding a policy forum to discuss "bias-based policing" (also known as "racial profiling"). This event is free and open to the public. It starts 6:15 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall, Oakland.

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Uptown Body & Fender site of next World Trust Conversation About Race on July 23rd

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 20 Jul at 11:44pm.

One of our readers, August Mears, asked us to share this:

A 21st Century Conversation about Race will be held from 7:00 - 9:00 pm on Friday, July 23rd at award-winning community venue Uptown Body and Fender in Oakland, Ca.  At this public event Shakti Butler, PhD will lead a conversation about race using clips from her forthcoming film/dialogue project, Cracking the Codes: Race & Relationships in the 21st Century, as a catalyst for discussion.

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