All About Family: Benefits of Diversity - Articles and News
Sociological, biological and health research and findings about race and ethnicity; and personal reflections, anecdotes, and commentary on family values, traditions of different racial and ethnic groups to explore and communicate larger truths about the importance of family, the changing definition of family, across racial and ethnic groups.
August 8th, 2013
Written by Frazier Moore in All About Family with 0 Comments
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - With tragedies like Trayvon Martin's death still occurring, more people are calling for open conversations about race in this country. Henry Louis Gates, however, believes that the best way to facilitate a conversation that will lead to structural change is through education.
That's what he's hoping will happen with "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross," a...
July 22nd, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in All About Family with 0 Comments
Writing for Scholastic's online Teachers publication, educator Linda Ross ("Connect with Kids and Parents of Different Cultures") asks readers to analyze their own assumptions about various cultures. She also asks teachers to go out of their way to establish better communications with parents. Among the things teachers can do, Ross recommends a newsletter, careful listening, trust-building, the...
July 15th, 2013
Written by Manny Otiko in All About Family with 0 Comments
Birth rates across the United States are falling but the numbers among Latino women are falling drastically. According to figures from Pew Research released in 2011, "The birth rate for U.S.-born women decreased 6 percent during these years (2007-2010), but the birth rate for foreign-born women plunged 14 percent – more than it had declined over the entire 1990-2007 period. The birth rate for...
July 4th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in All About Family with 0 Comments
Could Howard University, one of the premier historically black colleges in all the land, be in such dire fiscal straits it may not even be around to see its incoming freshman class to graduation day?
One has to painfully wonder after school alum and current university vice chairwoman of the board of trustees, Renee Higginbotham-Brooks, wrote in a recent letter leaked to The Chronicle of Higher...
July 2nd, 2013
Written by Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press in All About Family with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A one-time black nationalist was inaugurated as mayor of Mississippi's capital city Monday, saying he wants Jackson to be a unified community where people of diverse backgrounds, including all racial and ethnic groups can earn a living.
Chokwe Lumumba (SHOW-kway Lu-MOOM-bah) said developers who do business in the city need to work with contractors and subcontractors who live...
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