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Latinx

Obama Says “Yes, We Can!” But Among Hispanic Voters: Can He?

His rallying cry echoes the late César Chávez, the Latino activist who inspired legions with three simple words, “Si, se puede!”

February 11, 2008

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Assessing Attitudes

Pew survey highlights Black perceptions of a deepening social split between poor and middle-class Blacks.

February 6, 2008

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Assessing Attitudes

Pew survey highlights Black perceptions of a deepening social split between poor and middle-class Blacks.

February 6, 2008

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The Deepening Social Split Between Low-Income and Middle-Class Blacks

Typically, the period between the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in mid-January and the end of Black History Month in February sees serious and sober public discussions about the state of Black America.

February 6, 2008

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Thinking for the Sake of Thinking

With no apparent connection, two scholarly books reveal how established fields of study dealt with the push for racial revolution.

January 23, 2008

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: College Advertisement Has Unintended Double Meaning

The advertisement said Blackhawk Technical College was a good fit for “the White family,” with White being the proper name of an actual family, but some read racial overtones. Also, the University of North Dakota opposes affirmative action ban. University of Maryland, Eastern Shores becomes the first HBCU with an accredited golf program.

January 21, 2008

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Perspectives: A “Legacy” of Racial Injustice in American Higher Education

It’s admissions time again — this month admissions staff at the nation’s elite institutions are cooped up for days, scrutinizing hundreds of college applications. It’s also legacy time again….

January 21, 2008

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Poll: Racial Groups View Each Other With Mistrust

America, the proverbial melting pot, is boiling over with racial tension. A new poll, “Deep Divisions, Shared Destiny,” by New America Media, the nation’s largest collaboration of ethnic news media, reveals some unflattering realities concerning the ways in which America’s largest ethnic groups view each other.

January 9, 2008

Latinx

Can We Talk? Commentator’s Book Urges More Black/Hispanic Dialogue

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a syndicated columnist and political analyst, who writes about race, politics and social issues in books and blogs, has tackled the sticky subject of relations between African Americans and Hispanic Americans.

January 8, 2008

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Airing Dirty Laundry

Remember the hilarious, kid-friendly father figure who made us beg for Jell-O pudding and run to the television set to see a normal, upper-middle-class couple loving each other and raising strong Black children? He does not seem himself these days.

December 26, 2007

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Study: Workplace and Community Engagement Key to Interracial Friendship

While the number of Americans reporting someone of another race among their “very close friends” has risen 6 percent over the last 20 years, interracial, close friendships are still rare in the lives of most Americans.

December 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

New Institute Seeks To Ask ‘The Race Question’ In Higher Ed

To address the disparities that exist in higher education for underrepresented minorities, the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) is slated to form in 2008 the new Institute on Equity Research Methods and Critical Policy Analysis.

December 15, 2007