BlackAmericans.com - Black News - Black Americans - African American News

Browse by Tags

• Araton, Harvey
• Athletics and Sports
• Beijing (China)
• Cheek, Joey
• Children and Youth
• China
• Chinese-Americans
• Citizenship
• Constitutions
• Cuba
• Discrimination
• Dominican Republic
• Families and Family Life
• Freedom and Human Rights
• Gymnastics
• Haiti
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• International Olympic Committee
• Olympic Games
• Olympic Games (2008)
• Pena, Carlos
• Politics and Government
• Race
• Soccer
• Tampa Bay Rays
• United States Olympic Committee
• Urban Areas
• Visas
• Women

• Sports of The Times: The Steady Hands Behind the Rays’ First Baseman

  Carlos Peña’s parents wanted their four children to have access to a better education and the three boys to have the opportunity to flaunt their baseball skills. Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:15 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tampa Bay Rays, Immigration and Refugees, Families and Family Life, Pena, Carlos

• Race and Background Contribute to a Sports Gender Gap, Study Finds

  A study found that girls who are nonwhite, from immigrant backgrounds or live in urban areas are less likely to be physically active than boys, unlike children in suburban areas. Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:51 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Women, Children and Youth, Immigration and Refugees, Race, Urban Areas

• China Defends Right to Deny Activists’ Visas

  A day after revoking the visa of former U.S. Olympian and activist Joey Cheek, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement defending China’s right to decide who crosses its borders. Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:05 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008), Immigration and Refugees, Visas, Cheek, Joey

• Swapping Passports in Pursuit of Olympic Medals

  Foreign-born and trained stars have been contributing to the United States’s Olympic medal count since 2000 in a growing trend that blurs the national boundaries of the competition. Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Immigration and Refugees, International Olympic Committee, United States Olympic Committee

• Dominican Crackdown Leaves Children of Haitian Immigrants in Legal Limbo

  The Dominican Republic has sought to exclude Dominican-born children of migrants from receiving citizenship, a measure that has particularly affected the children of ethnic Haitians. Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:41 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Dominican Republic, Politics and Government, Children and Youth, Immigration and Refugees, Haiti, Freedom and Human Rights, Constitutions, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Citizenship, Discrimination

• Sports of The Times: Olympic Hopes Are Rooted in Tale of Escape

  Ivana Hong is a gymnast hoping to make it to the Beijing Summer Games, a Chinese-American whose parents had to cheat death to escape the governmental abusers of human rights. Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: China, Olympic Games, Children and Youth, Immigration and Refugees, Families and Family Life, Gymnastics, Chinese-Americans, Araton, Harvey

• Sports of The Times: Olympic Hopes Rooted in Tale of Close Escape

  Ivana Hong is a gymnast hoping to make it to the Beijing Summer Games, a Chinese-American whose parents had to cheat death to escape the governmental abusers of human rights. Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 10:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: China, Olympic Games, Immigration and Refugees, Families and Family Life, Gymnastics, Chinese-Americans

• Cuban Players Fled Their Team for an Uncertain Future

  The sudden departure of seven players and an assistant coach at the qualifying tournament for the Olympics represented a stunning rebuke to the Cuban government. Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 9:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Athletics and Sports, Cuba, Immigration and Refugees

• Cuban Players Fled Team Into an Uncertain Future

  The sudden departure of seven players and an assistant coach at the qualifying tournament for the Olympics represented a stunning rebuke to the Cuban government. Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Athletics and Sports, Cuba, Immigration and Refugees

• 5 Cubans Missing From Soccer Team

  If the players seek to defect, it’s likely they would be granted protection under United States policy that allows Cubans who reach American soil to obtain asylum. Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba, Immigration and Refugees

• 5 Cubans Are Missing From Soccer Team

  If the players seek to defect, it’s likely they would be granted protection under United States policy that allows Cubans who reach American soil to obtain asylum. Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba, Immigration and Refugees