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A Snapshot of Black History Month Celebrations

A Snapshot of Black History Month CelebrationsTake a look at how a few colleges and universities across the country celebrated Black History Month.1. Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla.Black History Trivia Tournament; Gospel Concert; African American Composers Concert2. Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Panel discussion: “Rasta, Reggae and Christianity: Lessons of Tolerance Between Cultures”; Performance: “An […]

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Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group

Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group WASHINGTONEnglish-speaking Asian Americans are more experienced and more active Internet users than Whites, African Americans or Hispanics, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit initiative funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts to examine the Internet’s impact on children, families, communities, health care, […]

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Dosing Out Lessons Of Diversity

Dosing Out Lessons Of DiversityBy Lydia Lum DEXHEIM, GermanyMy eyes were still adjusting to the auditorium lights flickering back on, as the crowd of young American soldiers swarmed me. I had just finished my slide-show talk about Angel Island — the Ellis Island of the West Coast and a major entry point for Chinese Americans. […]

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Investigating Newsroom Diversity

Investigating Newsroom DiversityCan daily newspapers deliver on minority recruitment and retention?By Ronald RoachAs with many minority journalists, Lynne Varner, an editorial writer for The Seattle Times, has long demonstrated a commitment to attracting and recruiting Black, Latino, Asian American and American Indian students to the journalism profession. That interest has prompted Varner to help coordinate […]

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The Fading Complexion of the Fourth Estate

The Fading Complexion of the Fourth EstateSimilar to employees of color in countless different industries, many journalists of color feel their talent and skills are not valued and that their employers are not committed to nurturing their professional growth. So, when they get fed up, they leave, and I mean leave the field altogether. Recent […]

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IS HIGHER EDUCATION READY FOR MINORITYAMERICA?

IS HIGHER EDUCATION READY FOR MINORITYAMERICA?Census 2000 data shows an increasing browning of the U.S. populationBy RONALD ROACHA steady stream of Census 2000 data is informing Americans of a radically changing U.S. population. Huge increases in the Latino and Asian American populations are said to be changing the complexion of the nation. There is no […]

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Events

EventsAPRILApril 11-122nd Annual Kent State Symposium on Democracy“Media, Profit and Politics: Competing Priorities in an Open Society”Kent State UniversityKent, OhioPhone: (330) 672-3161Fax: (330) 672-9995Web: www.kent.edu/democracy–symposium April 22-25American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions OfficersAACRAO Annual MeetingSeattleContact: Gloria RutbergPhone: (202) 293-8857Fax: (202) 872-8857E-mail: [email protected]: www.aacrao.orgApril 26World Poverty Conference“Poverty and Globalization”St. John’s UniversityJamaica, N.Y.Contact: Professor Azzedine LayachiPhone: […]

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Think TANKs in the United States

Think TANKs in the United States• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), Washington• American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), Washington• Asia Pacific Policy Center (APPC), Washington• Asia/Pacific Research Center (A/PARC), Stanford, Calif.• Asia Society, New York• The Aspen Institute, Washington• Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS), Washington• Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Fairfax, Va.• Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), Berkeley, Calif.• The Brookings […]

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Discovering the Ties that Bind

Discovering the Ties that BindSome folks argue that people from the South Asian Federation — which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan — share no cultural or historical ties with the Asian nations to the East.“We are connected by the shared experience of British colonialism and by common regions,” says Dr. Sucheta […]

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The ‘Other’ Asians

The ‘Other’ AsiansWith their numbers on the rise, Indian, Pakistani and other South Asian scholars are gradually emerging from academe’s shadows.When Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal did a computer search for literature about Indian immigrants in 1986, she got back thousands of hits.“I thought, ‘Wow! I thought there was nothing.’ But there were thousands of titles,” says Khandelwal, […]

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It May Be Tough, but A Multiracial Identity Is Not a Crisis

It May Be Tough, but A Multiracial Identity Is Not a CrisisBy Terrence J. Lee-St.JohnTerms like “Black issues” used to make me feel uncomfortable. I am of racially mixed parentage and have never really felt like I belonged to a particular community — African American nor Asian American nor Native American.The first time I was […]

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