'Lynch Tiger Woods in a Back Alley' Gets Anchor Suspended
Kelly Tilghman, the Golf Channel anchor who suggested during Friday's broadcast of the Mercedes Open that Tiger Woods is such a good golfer that young professional golfers could only catch up to him if they "lynch him in a back alley," was suspended by the channel for two weeks. The Golf Channel said Wednesday that it "regrets the poorly chosen remarks … and again extends our apologies to anyone who was offended." The statement went on to say, "There is simply no place on our network for offensive language like this." Tilghman became golf's first female anchor last year. "Considering she said it last week and it's just starting to get legs in the national spotlight, this could go on for a while," said Richard Lapchick, head of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, to the Orlando Sentinel. "People don't easily forget about instances like this." Tilghman's suspension ends in time for the Buick Invitational on Jan. 24, when Woods will make his 2008 debut. As for Woods, his agent released a statement saying Tilghman's comment is a "non issue."
Bill Richardson Out of Presidential Race
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is expected to announce today that he will drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reports The Associated Press. Richardson, who served 14 years as a congressman, traveled to Baghdad in 1995 to engage in one-on-one negotiations with Saddam Hussein to secure the release of two American aerospace workers captured by Iraq and was a cabinet secretary under President Clinton. He was seeking to become the first Latino president, but he couldn't make headway against Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards in the chase for the Democratic nomination. Richardson drew only 2 percent of the vote in Iowa and 5 percent in New Hampshire. Read more of DiversityInc's coverage of Election '08.
Clinton, McCain Courted People With Disabilities
Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain participated, in person and by phone, respectively, in the American Association of People with Disabilities Nov. 2 forum and then won the New Hampshire primary. New Mobility magazine asks if there is a correlation and looks at the leading presidential contenders' web sites for coverage of disability issues. All the sites left the magazine wanting more. Clinton's site features a tab for healthcare. "Come on, woman--that's just one issue of many!" New Mobility writes. Edwards' site features a disability-issues page. Obama's site does not feature a disabilities section. For GOP candidates, New Mobility reports only Mike Huckabee's site touches on disability issues when discussing healthcare. Learn why the candidates and companies can't afford to ignore people with disabilities.
Asian Americans Face Voting Discrimination
Many Asian-American voters who were limited in English received flawed interpretation assistance as well as hostile and poorly trained poll workers when trying to vote in the 2006 midterm elections, reports the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). AALDEF's report, "Asian American Access to Democracy in the 2006 Elections," documents violations of the Voting Rights Act and Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and other incidents of anti-Asian voter disenfranchisement in 25 cities in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia..
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