Tasty Morning Bytes — Whites on the Hill and Whites Awarded Desegregation Scholarships
Good morning, DCentric readers. Here are your morning links:
Some of Va.’s ‘Brown v. Board’ college grants go to whites A scholarship intended to serve students affected by Virginia’s massive resistance to desegregation has been going to whites as well as blacks. And not only that – Virginia is recruiting even more whites to apply. (The Washington Post)
Hill People: Who Are They and Where Did They Come From? About 93 percent of Hill staffers are white, compared to 91 percent back in 2007. And only 1 percent are currently Hispanic, which is a dismal figure for the nation’s largest minority group. (National Journal)
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s Popularity Plunges Not only is Mayor Vincent Gray’s rating low, but D.C. residents say in a new poll that city government is a more pressing problem than crime. Eek. WAMU)
Courtland Milloy Will Join Twitter Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy, who often writes about the black experience in D.C., will soon be joining the Twitterverse. Yes, the man who coined the phrase “myopic little twits” will be tweeting himself. He likes @gigabyteme as a Twitter handle, but Post editors aren’t too keen on it. (Washington City Paper)
[Opinion] Defend Muslims, Defend America An argument against Sharia law bans, such as the one in Oklahoma, frames the debate as a national security issue. Aziz Huq writes that if such bans pass, Muslim-Americans could be more hesitant to pass along tips and aid law enforcement because they worry “whether the police would then look at them with suspicion as well.” (The New York Times)