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Perspectives: Improving Race Relations One Journalism Class At A Time

Adding diversity to the curriculum is about more than just adding a new course to the roster. It requires changing the way students think about and look at diversity issues and challenging their biases.

September 27, 2006

Students

Racial Name-Calling at Diversity Retreat Leads To Firing

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. The diversity training consultant called one Wilkes University student of Indian descent a “terrorist.” He also had student athletes at a diversity retreat call another student “Chink” — as a means of making the derogatory words lose their power.

September 25, 2006

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Black Enrollment At UT-Austin Exceeds Pre-Hopwood Level for First Time

AUSTIN, Texas More Blacks are studying at the University of Texas at Austin this semester than ever, breaking a record set the year a federal appeals court banned the use of race in admissions.

September 23, 2006

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Memorial Museum To Emmett Till Opens In Miss.

GLENDORA Miss. As relatives of Emmett Till toured the new Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in this tiny Mississippi Delta town earlier this week, they expressed hope that the startling exhibits will make a difference in race relations.

September 20, 2006

Community Colleges

Minority Enrollment Lags In Race-neutral Washington

Despite eight years of effort, minority enrollment is still down at colleges and universities in Washington …

September 20, 2006

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Study: Darker-skinned Black Job Applicants Face More Obstacles

A University of Georgia study shows that dark-skinned Blacks face a distinct disadvantage when applying for jobs…

September 20, 2006

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Study Challenges ‘Whites Theory’ Assumption

The long-held assumption in academia that Whites overlook their own race and its privileges may…

September 20, 2006

Students

Despite Apology, Fallout Continues

U.S. Sen. George Allen of Virginia earlier this month declined an award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund…

September 20, 2006

HBCUs

Keeping Black Poetry Alive

Thomas Sayers Ellis, assistant professor of creative writing at New York’s Sarah Lawrence College…

September 20, 2006

Health

Study: Race, Location Affects Longevity

WASHINGTON Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in whether you die young, says a study issued last week that contends the differences are so stark it’s as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one.

September 15, 2006

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38-year-old Higher Ed Desegregation Case Ends

NASHVILLE, Tenn. A court-ordered agreement to increase racial diversity at Tennessee colleges and universities is coming to an end, although higher education officials say they will continue the diversity programs it required.

September 10, 2006

African-American

Study Challenges Assumption That Whites Are Unaware of Their Privileges

The long-held assumption in academia that Whites overlook their own race and its privileges may have to be thrown out, a new study suggests.

September 6, 2006