Issue of the Week
Issue Of The Week LVII: Is There Any Justification For Vogue Magazine’s Use Of Blackface?
The current May 2013 issue of Vogue Netherlands magazine is taking some heat for attempting to pay homage to the contributions of black cultural icons by using white models in black face paint.
So is there a reason that Vogue Magazine can't find black models?
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Issue Of The Week LVI: With The Growing Need Of Protecting Planet Earth, How Can Equality In Environmental Education Be Achieved For Minority Students?
Equality In Environmental Education For Minority Students
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Issue Of The Week LV: Conservative & Liberal Lawmakers Concerned About Proposed Immigration Reform Legislation
Immigration reform legislation, one of the surest paths to reducing racism in America by removing anger and disdain toward minorities, was unveiled in the Senate on April 16 and immediately criticized by both liberals and conservatives, leaving its fate uncertain.
"This has something for everybody to hate," said Republican Sen. Jeff Flake.
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Issue Of The Week LIV: The Republican Party In Disagreement About What To Do To Win Elections As America Becomes More of A Nation Of Minorities — Where No One Group Is Large Enough To Determine The Outcome
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some U.S. Republican leaders on Wednesday pushed back against a new comeback plan after a poor showing in last year's elections, saying the party shouldn't give up its conservative stance on sensitive but core issues like immigration and gay marriage.
The opposition party has been in a fever of self-inspection since President Barack Obama easily won re-election over a Republican candidate whose tough talk about deportation repelled many Hispanic voters.
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Issue Of The Week LIII: Should The U.S. Supreme Court Strike Affirmative Action Measures For Minorities To Have Equal Access to College And University Admissions?
Affirmative Action practices and policies when it comes to college and university admissions are important cases before the Supreme Court this year. The Court hopes to deliver a decision this spring regarding the affirmative action case brought against the University of Texas, which challenges the University’s affirmative action practices. Just last week the Court heard a Michigan affirmative action case.
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Issue Of The Week L: Was A Nebraska Muslim Student Discriminated Against?
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man who was kicked out of the University of Nebraska's law school just months before he was set to graduate is suing the school and others, saying he was discriminated against because of his Arabic heritage and Muslim beliefs.
Mohammad Al-Turk filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Nebraska's federal court, naming the University of Nebraska College of Law, several law school officials, the University of Nebraska and the university's Board of Regents as defendants.
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ISSUE OF THE WEEK XLIX: Bloomberg Businessweek Racist Depiction Of Who Benefited From The Housing And Foreclosure Crisis
Racism is prevalent in the housing and foreclosure crisis. If you had any doubt, you only need to look at this week’s cover of Bloomberg Businessweek to see how facts can be blatantly distorted and misrepresented.
But what is new when it comes to minorities and how they are often characterized?
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Issue Of The Week XLVIII: Does Using Native American Nicknames & Mascots Add Insult To Injury?
How long will it take to admit and correct the injury and insult that is piled on by the continued use of Native American Nicknames and Mascots by high school, college, and professional sports?
Haven’t we as a nation done enough to Native Americans? First, we came to this country pilfered, pillaged their villages, women and children. We ultimately took the land and herded them off to reservations. They continue to be subjected to sub-standard education and poor healthcare.
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Issue Of The Week XLVII: We All Look Alike: Can Social Groups Trump Race?
The mind-set that people of different races "all look alike" seems to break down as we delve deeper into aligning ourselves with social networking groups.
"If people find that racial biases interfere with their interactions with others, they might consider trying to finding a common group membership that they share," says Jay Van Bavel of New York University.
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Issue Of The Week XLVI: Riding With Martin - Another View From The Road To Freedom
Editor’s Note: February is Black History Month. Prof. Rodney Coates reflects on the impact Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had on his life and that of his family.
I remember that day, in a land far away, when you dared to dream into my reality.
That day, on that dusty road, when my dreams were awakened to the possibility of yes.
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