November 2010
November 17th, 2010
Written by Sharon Sebastian in National Collegiate Dialogue with 35 Comments
Black is good, white is bad. Black is bad, white is good. Which is it? Most Americans know that neither generalization is true. Individual character determines quality, not money in the bank, the neighborhood where you live, or the color of your skin.Yet, increased racial tensions have caught Americans off guard. Headlines increasingly report people of all colors, in and out of the government,...
November 16th, 2010
Written by Alonzo Weston in "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 2 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket:Is there any sociological basis to the perception that both black and white youth are growing increasingly violent? Is it true that white youth seem to plan their violent acts (like Columbine and other school shootings), while black youth commit random acts of violence in their communities?~Conflicted in AlaskaDear Conflicted In Alaska,If you judge by what you see and hear on...
November 12th, 2010
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility with 1 Comment
Elected officials work for the people. Our tax dollars pay their salaries. They are accountable to us. When elected officials do not conduct the business of government based on our best interests, we must seriously ask, why not? More importantly, why do we consistently allow them to get away with it? Think about it!Would you place someone in a job and never check to see how well he or she is...
November 11th, 2010
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility with 2 Comments
It is one thing to look at an issue or event and only see what it means for our lives today. It is quite another to analyze those same issues and events, and their potentially lasting impact on our lives, the lives of our children, our grandchildren tomorrow and beyond. We are all too often consumed with “living in the moment” where a short attention span and instant gratification rule the day....
November 10th, 2010
Written by Cindy Ferraino in "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 1 Comment
During the era of Hitler’s Nazi Germany, there was a prevalent concept that all white, blonde, blue-eyed males, which Hitler designated as the Aryan race, were intellectually superior over the darker-skinned Germans. Do we still make this racial distinction today? If so, how broad spread is it?Throughout our school years in History or Social Studies classes, we learned about Hitler’s idea that a...