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Whose Adoption Is It Anyway?

by Dr. Elwood Watson, May 20, 2010

What do Sandra Bullock, Madonna, Michelle Pfeiffer and Angelina Jolie have in common? If you are one of those Americans whose pulse is tuned in to the ever-transforming world of American popular culture, then you are well aware of the fact that each of these celebrities has adopted African-American children

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A De-Politicized Classroom: Possible or Impossible?

by Dr. Ibram Rogers, May 19, 2010

The ban on ethnic studies in Arizona has spawned a nationwide debate. The argument over ethnic studies has not been this mainstream since students first demanded and protested for race-based courses and departments four decades ago.  In the late 1960s and 1970s, AALANA (African-American, Latino/a, Asian, and Native American) students, teachers and

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The Politics of Fear

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, May 17, 2010

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer just signed a law making it illegal for the state’s public schools to teach ethnic studies classes. Tom Horne, the state superintendent for public instruction who supported the legislation, said, “Traditionally, the American public school system has brought together students from different backgrounds and taught them

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William & Mary: Larger Financial Steps Needed to Atone for Slavery

by Dr. Ibram Rogers, April 5, 2010

The College of William & Mary recently announced the formation of a panel to study how the college’s history is tangled with African-American history. This announcement follows a resolution the college adopted last spring, acknowledging it owned slaves and exploited slave labor from 1693 until the Civil War and discriminated

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Like It or Not, America Has Played the Race Card Again

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, January 12, 2010

Why do I allege that America has played the race card? Because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's private musings about race have now come out of the closet. Reid said what many Americans think: President Barack Obama is light skinned and has no "Negro dialect" unless he wants to. Reid

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Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

Journalist Janet Roach reports on the Diverse-sponsored panel discussion, “The Critical Role of Mentoring in Increasing Graduates and Faculty of Color”. The panel discussion was held in Washington, D.C. during the 98th annual conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.


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