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The Many Faces of Bias

The Many Faces of BiasBy Julianne Malveaux If 2002 did nothing else, it provided those who teach African American studies with scores of “teachable moments” about race, class, gender, history and intersectionality. The year-end flap about Sen. Trent Lott’s hankering back to the good old days of segregation could easily take up hours of conversation, […]

January 15, 2003

The Strange Career Uncle Tom

The Strange Career Uncle TomOn the 150th anniversary of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, scholars reflect on the legacy of the groundbreaking novel and its author Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom. It’s one of the most inflammatory racial insults that a Black person can offer another. Not quite as powerful, or as controversial, as the […]

June 5, 2002

UNEQUAL TREATMENT: CONFRONTING RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE

UNEQUAL TREATMENT: CONFRONTING RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CAREFor many in the U.S. health care establishment and the media, the March 2002 release of “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care” by the Institute of Medicine brought unexpected news. The 562-page report, which reviewed more than 100 studies, concluded that minorities […]

May 22, 2002

Tufts University Study Links Racial Bias, Prejudice to Skin Tone

Tufts University Study Links Racial Bias, Prejudice to Skin ToneMEDFORD, Mass.A National Science Foundation-funded study at Tufts University shows racial bias and prejudice are related to the lightness or darkness of a Black person’s skin — rather than other features such as hair length or texture, lip fullness or nose width.“Our research shows that both […]

May 22, 2002

Black Legislators More Likely to Vote Pro-Environment

Black Legislators More Likely to Vote Pro-Environment ANN ARBOR, Mich.Black legislators will play an increasingly important role in shaping and deciding the fate of national environmental policy, according to a University of Michigan study that examines, for the first time, the long-term trends in the environmental voting behavior of the House of Representatives. “For the […]

March 27, 2002

Baffled and Bewildered by Race

Baffled and Bewildered by RaceCollege freshmen are more liberal than they’ve ever been, according to last fall’s edition of The American Freshman: National Norms for 2001, a study conducted annually by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education. However, many still enter institutions of higher education with stereotypical ideas about race, […]

March 13, 2002

SLOW BUT STEADY

SLOW BUT STEADYadvocates seek ways to stimulate top-level participATION among minorities IN COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL GOLFFormer Stanford University standout Tiger Woods has single-handedly crushed all racial stereotypes about Blacks’ ability to play golf at the highest collegiate and professional levels. But while Woods’ success has spawned more interest in the game among Blacks, there’s no […]

January 16, 2002

Fighting Heard Black Criminologists Seek Proper Context to Explain Racism’s Influence on Black Crime

Fighting Heard Black Criminologists Seek Proper Context to Explain Racism’s Influence on Black Crime.By Paul Ruffins“In my profession I’m considered a radical simply because I refuse to accept the idea that Black people are inherently criminal,” says Dr. Ramona Brockett, assistant professor of political science at Northern Kentucky University. “Many mainstream criminologists simply accept the […]

January 16, 2002

(De)Programming Stereotypes

(De)Programming StereotypesDr. Juan E. Gilbert has long been accustomed to the surprised looks of freshmen taking his computer science classes at Auburn University in Alabama. “They’re not familiar with many Blacks in a computer science class, much less having a professor who is Black,” says Gilbert, who joined the faculty a year and a half […]

January 2, 2002

American, Arab Students Seek Common Ground

American, Arab Students Seek Common GroundRoundtable addresses heightened tension between U.S., Middle East post-Sept. 11By Dahna M. ChandlerCOLLEGE PARK, Md.There were tense moments at times between Arab and American students as they discussed their reactions to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and explored misconceptions about their respective cultures. Held at the University of Maryland […]

November 21, 2001

Two Steps Back, Two Steps Forward

Two Steps Back, Two Steps ForwardMy e-mail account experienced increased activity during Black Issues’ press time as subscribers, freelancers and friends gave me the heads up about members of two White fraternities at Auburn University that dressed up for Halloween as Ku Klux Klan members and others as members of the Black fraternity Omega Psi […]

November 21, 2001

Alabama Students, Faculty at Odds over Integration Of Fraternities, Sororities

Alabama Students, Faculty at Odds over Integration Of Fraternities, SororitiesTUSCALOOSA, Ala.The president of the campus NAACP chapter says integration of fraternities and sororities at the University of Alabama should be left to students, but a faculty spokesman says only force will break the racial barriers. Dave Washington, president of the National Association for the Advancement […]

September 12, 2001

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