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Yo’ Mama’s Disfunktional! – book reviews

I’m warning you, once you open this compact collection of six razor-sharp essays, you’re going to have to stand back! Black, White, Yellow, Brown, Red, male, female, straight, gay, college-educated, streetwise, conservative, liberal, whatever – it doesn’t matter. From the initial essay detailing Robin D. G. Kelley’s take on how traditional social scientists construct the ghetto, “Looking for the ‘Real’ Nigga,” to the final take, “Looking B[l]ackward: 2097-1997,” readers of Yo’ Mama’s Disfunktional! are literally compelled by the strength of Kelley’s arguments to identify and/or re-think their positions in the contemporary “culture wars” fray.

July 11, 2007

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Iowa Gov. Tries Again To Get Gay Man on Civil Rights Commission

DES MOINES Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is trying again to get a gay man approved to the Iowa State Civil Rights Commission.

July 10, 2007

LGBTQ+

Boston Man Sues Over Gay Marriage Question on Bar Exam

BOSTON A man who failed the Massachusetts bar exam because he refused to answer a question about gay marriage has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming the test violated his rights and that his religious beliefs were targeted.

July 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania’s proposed state university faculty pact has bonus, raises

HARRISBURG Pa. Professors at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities would each receive an immediate $1,750 cash bonus and annual salary increases totaling 10 percent under a four-year contract agreement released Tuesday.

July 2, 2007

LGBTQ+

Organization may seek injunction against UK domestic partner plan

FRANKFORT Ky. A conservative public policy organization is asking Attorney General Greg Stumbo to provide another opinion on the constitutionality of domestic partner benefits at the University of Kentucky.

June 27, 2007

LGBTQ+

Don’t Relegate LGBT People to the Margins

Don’t Relegate LGBT People to the Margins Bravo, Eric, bravo. And kudos to Diverse for broaching the subject in the first place (see “HBCUs Have a Responsibility to LGBT Students,” May 17). Not only are there idealistic and economic reasons for promoting the well-being of LGBT students of color on campuses, but there is a […]

June 27, 2007

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Nevada University Need to Offer Health Benefits to Domestic Partners, Says Public Employees Benefits Board

CARSON CITY Nev. Nevada’s universities need to offer health benefits to employees’ domestic partners in order to stay competitive in hiring faculty and staff, state regulators were told Wednesday.

June 20, 2007

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Educating a New Majority: Transforming America’s Educational System for Diversity. – book reviews

Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia described the debate on the Colorado gay rights case as part of a “kulturkampf,” a German word meaning culture war.

June 20, 2007

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Educating a New Majority: Transforming America’s Educational System for Diversity. – book reviews

Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia described the debate on the Colorado gay rights case as part of a “kulturkampf,” a German word meaning culture war. The term dates to the 1870s when Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck used the concept to eradicate Catholic influence in German society, using “government to enforce ideas of a German identity; a German way of thinking, a German culture, a more German Germany.”

June 20, 2007

LGBTQ+

Color-coded hearts – color consciousness among Blacks

When Black slaves came to this country stripped of any connection with the history and culture which gave them a sense of place in the universe, they heeded the human urge to define themselves.

June 19, 2007

Students

HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Students

Campus silence is read as lack of support.

May 16, 2007

Students

At Conservative Black Colleges, Gays Struggle To Find Their Voice

HAMPTON, Va. So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the Black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus.

April 5, 2007