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Perspectives: Time to Talk About Race

Participating in small civic conversations about race and doing volunteer work in the community may not be as dramatic as marching in Memphis in 1968. CNN is not likely to interview you. But they are the opportunities available to us in our time, and they are in the deepest sense, history-making.

April 3, 2008

Sports

NY Court Rules for Man Who Says He was Fired Over His Black Wife

A jury might conclude that a White former college basketball coach was fired because he was married to a Black woman, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it reinstated a lawsuit that had been dismissed by a judge.

April 2, 2008

Leadership & Policy

NDSU Looking Into Another Campus Skit

North Dakota State University officials are looking into another incident on campus in which a student impersonated someone of a different race.

April 1, 2008

African-American

Perspectives: Black Churches Are Unfairly Under Attack

From where I sit Black churches are under attack. Cable news shows have over zealously played the sound bites of a few of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons to a point where I believe it damages the positive role that Black churches play in the community.

March 31, 2008

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Perspectives: The Status of African-American Women

The intersection of race and gender create a third burden for African-American women in that part of our status is a function of the way that the majority society marginalizes and demonizes African-American men.

March 6, 2008

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Scholars Discuss Diversity in Presidential Race

Five political scientists answered Diverse readers questions about the presidential race.

February 27, 2008

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Connerly Faces Hostile University Crowd in Speech on Affirmative Action Measure

Ward Connerly, a national figure in a battle against affirmative action, says the Democratic presidential contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shows that “institutional racism and institutional sexism are no more.”

February 27, 2008

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The New Genealogy

It’s leading Americans to discover their multiracial roots.

February 20, 2008

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More Americans Are Discovering Theirs Multiracial Roots

Genealogical Web sites and genetic ancestry testing allow more people to trace their multiracial backgrounds.

February 20, 2008

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The New Genealogy

It’s leading Americans to discover their multiracial roots.

February 20, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Students to Study University of Maryland’s Ties To Slavery

The University of Maryland, College Park is the latest institution of higher education to announce plans to examine its ties to slavery, this time doing so with the help of students in a research course.

February 19, 2008

Students

Affirmative Action Bans Hurt Male Student Enrollment

According to a new study, released by the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA), college admission rates of Asian American students at select public universities have thrived in the absence of affirmative action, whereas the admission rates of Black, Hispanic and White students have declined.

February 17, 2008