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ethnicity

A collection of 3 issues

Stats Show Blacks Disproportionately Targeted For Stop & Frisk In 61st Precinct

You might have thought that the wonderful utopia of Sheepshead Bay was somehow free of the stop-and-frisk controversies igniting throughout New York City. You’d be wrong. New statistics released this morning by the NYPD show that, much like in the rest of the five boroughs, officers from the 61st

QUOTE*: Thomas A. Gentile On Stereotypes

The following letter, written by Thomas A. Gentile in response to a 2002 New York Times story [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/nyregion/well-ices-are-still-italian-immigration-patterns-shift-altering-old-neighborhood.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm] on changes in Bensonhurst’s ethnic makeup – a demographic shift that back then had just begun – is, in

Russians Get Special Attention From Census Organizers

Courtesy of NJ.comThe Russian community of Southern Brooklyn is getting extra attention to make sure its residents fill out their 2010 census forms. Approximately 90 Census Questionnaire Assistance Centers have opened in the area, including at the Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst [http://news.feetintwoworlds.org/2010/04/07/