January 2013
January 22nd, 2013
Written by Nomaan Merchant... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas prosecutor who built a reputation for freeing wrongfully convicted inmates says he has an idea to advance criminal justice reform in Texas: allowing defendants to appeal convictions and sentences on the basis of race.
Craig Watkins, the Dallas County district attorney, said in a recent interview that he wants lawmakers to consider what he called the Racial Justice Act....
January 22nd, 2013
Written by Mesfin Fekadu -... in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - John Legend believes hip-hop played its part in helping Barack Obama become president, and he's proud at how the genre has matured.
"I think hip-hop had a role in making sure we elected a black president in America because we made it so that black people were in people's homes ... through our music and through our culture," the R&B crooner said Sunday night at the Hip-Hop...
January 22nd, 2013
Written by Janet McConnaug... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The "baby dolls," an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American ethnic values within the community, are on again.
The troupes of women strutting and prancing in bonnets, garters, and skimpy or short, ruffled dresses on Fat Tuesday also are being spotlighted in a new book and museum exhibit that trace their history and modern rebirth.
When the...
January 22nd, 2013
Written by Audrey Brehm in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 10 Comments
Gaming has always been a joy of mine; I started playing games when I was a little girl and fell in love with the gaming world. I would play on the computer, the Playstation, the Nintendo 64, the Gamecube, the Gameboy, etc. However, I had no idea that when I started playing online games, I would see so much sexism, misogyny, and racism towards myself and others that I would be reluctant to play...
January 22nd, 2013
Written by Abby L. Ferber ... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.
Glenn Eric Singleton is founder and president of Pacific Educational Group, Inc. In...