Tag: Hispanic/Chicano/Latino Studies: Page 9

African-American

Afro-Latin Week Celebrates African Heritage of South America

Afro-Latin Week Celebrates African Heritage of South AmericaATLANTAAccording to U.S. Census reports, there are 38.8 million Hispanics now living in the United States as compared to 38.3 million Blacks or African Americans. However, the federal government’s claim that Hispanics have passed Blacks as the largest “minority” ethnic group confuses language and ethnicity. The claim implies […]

November 19, 2003

Students

Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism

Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism DURHAM, N.C.Students, professors and administrators at Duke University held a rally against racism last month after a fraternity sponsored a party that Latino students say demeaned their heritage.Fraternity members from Sigma Chi designed fliers that looked like expired green cards, on the chapter’s Web site and built the […]

October 8, 2003

Students

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

August 27, 2003

Latinx

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program SANTA BARBARA, Calif.The University of California Santa Barbara will offer the nation’s first doctoral program in Chicano studies.The graduate program, which will also include a master of arts track, will be offered by UCSB’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, long a pioneering department […]

August 27, 2003

Latinx

Latinos Hardly Visible on Prime-Time Television, UCLA Study Finds

Latinos Hardly Visible on Prime-Time Television, UCLA Study FindsLOS ANGELESLatinos are the largest minority group in the United States yet they make up only 4 percent of regular prime-time characters on network television, according to a new study by UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center.“Looking for Latino Regulars on Prime-Time Television: The Fall 2002 Season” also […]

May 21, 2003

African-American

Challenging the Future of Black Studies

Challenging the Future of Black StudiesScholars debate and discover ‘profound generation gap’ at conferenceBy Kendra Hamilton NEW YORKWhile hundreds of Black scholars from across the nation were making plans to converge on New York City last month for what promised to be one of the landmark conferences of the year — “The State of Black […]

March 12, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Engaging in Academic Racial Profiling

Engaging in Academic Racial ProfilingSUNY Trustee Candace de Russy is quoted in Newsday (Feb. 4, 2002) as stating, “… most Black studies departments are flabby, feel-good programs that carry anti-American bias and do little to advance hard knowledge.” And she further asserts, “Black studies departments became therapeutic in nature, and the goal became consciousness raising […]

June 5, 2002

African-American

The Afro-Mestizo Connection

The Afro-Mestizo ConnectionScholars team up to study Southern Mexico’s African rootsAcapulco has been billed as “the resort that never sleeps.” It’s the playground of the wealthy, home to the glittering “Golden Zone” shopping district, nightclubs and restaurants too numerous to count — and, just outside the city limits, a group of 98 percent Black towns […]

May 8, 2002

Latinx

Documenting the Black Experience in the Americas

Documenting the Black Experience in the AmericasDr. Ben Vinson III brings an impressive array of skills and experiences to exploring and documenting the history of Spanish-speaking people of African descent in the Americas. Fluency in Spanish, a thorough grounding in classical literature and history, archaeological experience and world-class training as a historian have enabled Vinson […]

January 2, 2002

Latinx

Denver College’s African American Studies Program Gets Reprieve

Denver College’s African American Studies Program Gets ReprieveDENVERState officials have decided to keep an African American studies degree at Metropolitan State College for at least two more years, despite low student interest. Only 13 Metro State students have been awarded the degree in 15 years, well below the Colorado Commission on Higher Education’s requirement that […]

April 25, 2001

Students

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some strategies for dealing with inter-ethnic rivalries on campus, and how can I promote more working together among various ethnic groups?A conflict does exist between different groups of color at many predominantly White colleges and universities in America. As in society at large, this conflict grows out of the competition […]

October 11, 2000

Students

Chicano Studies

Chicano StudiesAs America’s Latino diaspora evolves, so does the fieldBy Roberto RodriguezFounded some 30 years ago and at one time believed to be on the verge of extinction, the field of Chicano studies is constantly expanding. As Puerto Rican and Cuban communities grew in the United States in the 1960s and ’70s, so did the […]

September 27, 2000