Facing south end july 5 2017

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Week of July 5, 2017 Vol 50 • No 21 • www.thechicagocitizen.com

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Business

JOB HUNTING? 5 REASONS TO CONSIDER USING A STAFFING AGENCY +P4

South End

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Member

TRAVEL BAN ON 6-MAJORITY MUSLIM COUNTRIES AFFECTS REFUGEES EXCEPT THOSE WHO FALL UNDER FAMILY EXCEPTION

STUDY BY UIC PROFESSORS SAYS RACIAL PREJUDICE PLAYS A ROLE IN

OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL

(Chicago, IL) Refugees from around the world and nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen now face a ban on entrance into the US based on the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision unless they can show some family or other relationship to a person or organization in the US. Many of the world’s most vulnerable refugees have no connections in the U.S., but they look to this country as a safe haven from the harm they have suffered in their countries of origin. The Supreme Court’s ruling puts their lives in jeopardy and denies safety to millions, experts say. “Today the Supreme Court enables the White House’s hateful and discriminatory agenda,” said Lawrence Benito, chief executive officer of Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. “The ruling threatens a core aspect of our national identity and seeks to normalize anti-Muslim discrimination in America. We will not let this happen. We support our Muslim brothers and sisters, and all refugees seeking a new home in the United States. Everyone deserves to live in peace, and our friends and allies will not stand down,” he said.

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Community Focus

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Two University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) political science professors created a study which found that racial anti-Black prejudicial motives contribute to the opposition of gun control. By Christopher Shuttlesworth

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n the wake of the recent mass shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, two University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) political science professors created a study, which analyzed factors of racial motives and trends that drive the support and opposition of gun control among Whites, Latinos and African Americans. Alexandra Filindra, an associate professor of political science and Noah Kaplan, an UIC clinical assistant professor of political science, both “analyzed the data from a 2015 survey on gun control, which was conducted by YouGov.com, an online international market research firm,”

according to a UIC press release. Filindra explained that during the research for the study called “Testing Theories of Gun Policy Preferences Among Blacks, Latinos, and Whites in America,” she found that racial anti-Black prejudicial motives contribute to the opposition of gun control, and people who have a stronger sense of racial prejudice among the white population find the idea of having a fire arm more appealing. “What we find is that among White people, racial prejudice is a significant predicator of opposition of gun control,” she said. “The more prejudice a person is then the more likely they are to oppose gun control. This is true for

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