http://www.heraldbulletin.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 02 May 2008 09:23:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_123092803.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_123092803.html ELWOOD — Marisol Salinas, 17, was surprised, not offended, when a supposed friend flashed his Ku Klux Klan card her way. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114212335.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114212335.html In the Michigan City prison, the black inmates sit on one side of the cafeteria, and the white inmates sit on the other side. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114212626.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114212626.html Felons are often the subject of discrimination after getting out of jail, regardless of their race, said Jeffery Cottrell, program director of the Urban League of Madison County. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:26:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114232741.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114232741.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:41:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114184238.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114184238.html We believe: The Intolerance series is a starting point to accepting those who are different from ourselves. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:27:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114073626.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_114073626.html Every day for the past 17 years, the members of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., have picketed churches, courthouses, gay pride parades and even the White House for one express purpose: to preach that z Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:36:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113170918.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113170918.html ANDERSON — Nathan Smith looks back at his high school days and is glad that 13 years later gay students don’t have it as hard as he did. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:39:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113084029.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113084029.html CHICAGO — Diego Hernandez and Anh Phan have never met, but they may share something of a common path. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:55:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113075643.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113075643.html ORESTES — Every August, 430 migrant workers flood Orestes and Elwood to spend just over two months sorting tomatoes at Red Gold. According to Steve Austin of Red Gold, the majority of the workers are Hispanic but they are not, as some believe, immigrants. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113000046.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_113000046.html An immigration bill that would penalize employers for hiring illegal immigrants sponsored by Indiana Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, failed last month amidst mudslinging between parties and accusations of racism.Some opponents of the bill, including state Sen. Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, question the true motivation behind America’s anti-immigration sentiment. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111233954.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111233954.html Callie Lampley and her husband Dave, the first black family to move into their Jackson Township neighborhood, became victims of what was presumed to be racially motivated aggression in August 1977.The first incident occurred before they even moved in. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111233512.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111233512.html These tips for parents to foster tolerance in their children from the Southern Poverty Law Center are taken verbatim from www.tolerance.org: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:25:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111232928.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111232928.html If you were to walk into the cafeteria of Anderson High School during lunchtime, you’d most likely see three or four lunch tables where students of all races were sitting together. You’d also see groups of exclusively black students sitting together or tables where only white or Hispanic students were sitting by themselves. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111232337.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_111232337.html ELWOOD — Marisol Salinas, 17, was surprised, not offended, when a supposed friend flashed his Ku Klux Klan card her way. The Elwood Community High School sophomore, whose parents are black and Hispanic, is one of a few non-whites at the high school. Salinas, who does not live with her parents, said she has never had problems as a minority in this mid-sized district of about 1,800 students. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_110220259.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/intolerance/local_story_110220259.html