Tag: Racism: Page 18

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Rodriguez: Affirming a Macehual or Gente de Maiz Identity

A couple years ago, someone from California wrote me to tell me that: “Mexicans are taking over Chicano Studies.” Apparently, the person did not know I was born in Mexico. And they knew less about what this topic triggers within me. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, I did become part of the Chicano […]

June 5, 2017

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NCORE a Logical Place to Advance Conversations About Race

If anyone was ever under the illusion that the election of Barack Obama had somehow signaled that the nation had become post-racial, the recent spate of racist incidents should convince us otherwise

June 4, 2017

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Barbara Smith Conrad’s Voice Would Not Be Silenced

A series of unexpected events eventually earned Barbara Smith Conrad a place in history with Marian Anderson and other women who became opera legends.

June 4, 2017

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63 Years after Brown, Segregated Schools Fight Takes Interesting Turn

Brown vs Board of Education removed the barrier of denying people of color their right to an education, but 63 years later the fight to ensure that students attend a “good school” continues.

June 1, 2017

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NCORE Kicks Off with Call to Activism

The proliferation of racist incidents on college campuses, as well as the spate of police shootings of unarmed Black men and efforts by some states to engage in voter suppression were cited as reasons why NCORE still needs to exist.

May 31, 2017

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College Renames Building Amid Link to Racial Segregation

EWING, N.J. — The College of New Jersey has changed the name of a building amid concern its namesake was a racial segregationist. Paul Loser Hall was renamed Trenton Hall on Wednesday by the college board of trustees. The move comes a week after President R. Barbara Gitenstein accepted an advisory commission’s recommendation. The public […]

May 25, 2017

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Yale’s Snowflake Justice and Public Shaming of Yelping Dean Jean Chu

Since the Yale Daily News broke the story of the Yelping dean, she’s been subject to ridicule for her candid reviews of local restaurants.

May 21, 2017

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Yale Dean Placed on Leave Over Offensive Yelp Reviews

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale University dean has been placed on leave over offensive reviews she made on Yelp, including one in which she refers to customers of a local restaurant as “white trash.” Pierson College Dean June Chu issued a public apology Saturday after reviews from her personal Yelp account began circulating at […]

May 18, 2017

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Post-Brown Diversity has to Mean More Than Numbers

Brown v. Board of Education was as much a stepping stone to building a diverse democracy as it was about the attainment of equal educational opportunities for non-White students.

May 16, 2017

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Noose Found Hanging at Kansas State University Campus

MANHATTAN, Kan. — State police are investigating the hanging of a noose at Kansas State University – another apparent racist attack on campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports the university’s Office of Institutional Equity was notified Friday that the noose was hanging from a tree near King Hall on the Manhattan campus. The department fosters inclusiveness […]

May 8, 2017

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American University Student President Targeted with Online Harassment

WASHINGTON — American University in Washington is providing campus police officers to protect the student body president and her family now that she’s getting harassed online after enduring racist taunts earlier this week. AU officials say a “White supremacist” wrote a post asking people to harass Taylor Dumpson. She’s the first Black woman to be […]

May 7, 2017

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Colleges are Hotbeds for Inappropriate Behavior

It appears that racism has no boundaries. It rears its distasteful head in too many places and spaces that we hold dear to us.

May 4, 2017