Study: Blame Minority Woes on Government

STUDY: BLAME MINORITY WOES ON GOVERNMENT
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Hope Yen]
Flawed government policies and negative stereotyping of minority men have limited their economic opportunities, a new study says. It urges improved health care and education for minorities and less media consolidation. The study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a research and policy group that focuses on issues that affect minorities, examined the impact of U.S. policies on men of black, Hispanic, Asian and Native American descent. It said the media and entertainment industries overrepresent minorities as criminals and whites as victims and law enforcers. Blacks are twice as likely as white defendants to be subject to negative pretrial publicity, it said. For Hispanics, three times as likely. The report was commissioned by a group led by Oakland Mayor-elect Ron Dellums. The group is opposing FCC proposals that would allow media conglomerates to own more broadcasting stations.
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