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African-American

Blacks, Hispanics Have ‘Misperception’ of Healthy Body Weight

A study by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School, has found that overweight Blacks are two to three times more likely than heavy Whites to say they are of average weight — even after being diagnosed as overweight or obese by their doctors.

January 2, 2007

Students

Trouble at Texas Southern

On the night of Dec. 4, 2004, a Texas Southern University student named Ashley Sloan was gunned down near campus…

December 13, 2006

Students

Trouble at Texas Southern

On the night of Dec. 4, 2004, a Texas Southern University student named Ashley Sloan was gunned down near campus

December 13, 2006

African-American

Perspectives: Oversized Pants, Undersized Goals of Today’s Youth

The dress code of today’s youth is symptomatic of larger problems of what is supposed to be the future generation of doctors, lawyers, scholars and other professionals. The lifestyles and decision-making of an increasingly large numbers of young men, both Black and White, should be called into question. Oversized pants and undersized goals make for a bleak future.

December 6, 2006

Students

‘Ghetto Fabulous’ Costume Party

A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided…

November 1, 2006

Students

Fraternity Suspended Over Offensive ‘Hood’ Party

BALTIMORE Johns Hopkins University has suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity because of a “Halloween in the Hood” party that drew protests from Black students.

October 31, 2006

African-American

Bands Behaving Badly

I absolutely applaud the leadership of my alma mater in quickly and decisively dealing with individuals who don’t represent the very best of FAMU and African-Americans (see “FAMU Band Marches Into Trouble,” Oct. 5)…

October 18, 2006

Students

Racially-Insensitive Costume Party Causes Consternation at UT Law

AUSTIN, Texas A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided by the dean for participating in a “Ghetto Fabulous”-themed costume party and posting the pictures online.

October 16, 2006

African-American

Perspectives: Disentangling The Paradox of Black Male Initiatives

In his book, Inequality Reexamined, Dr. Amartya Sen argues that there must be agreement on the core set of items to be equally distributed among people before any discussion of inequality can take place. This is mandatory because equality in this core set is used to justify inequality in peripheral areas.

October 10, 2006

African-American

Perceptions and Realities

Tension may exist between Blacks and Hispanics over jobs and political power in the United States…

October 4, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana District Investigating Complaints Bus Driver Ordered Black Students to Back of Bus

COUSHATTA, La. A Louisiana school district is investigating complaints that a White school bus driver ordered nine Black children to sit at the back of the bus.

August 26, 2006

African-American

Project Aims To Identify Blacks Who Fought In U.S. Revolutionary War

Thousands of Black men fought in George Washington’s army during the Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence, yet their contributions rarely appear in modern history books.

July 23, 2006