January 2011
January 26th, 2011
Written by Alonzo Weston in "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Since there is still so much racial discord in the United States, do you think there is a difference between being a “citizen of the United States” vs. being an “American” since being American connotes that one has been assimilated and been accepted as part of the “Melting Pot?”~James WeatherbyFlorida Dear James,We’ve all heard in the news and on the streets over the last several months, a call...
January 25th, 2011
Written by Laura Monroe in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
As an institution, the American university is charged with providing a suitable environment for higher learning, a place where people from all walks of life come together to develop cutting-edge ideas, new approaches, and resolutions to global problems and issues. For decades now, universities embraced the notion that a diverse student population provides educational benefits to both students and...
January 24th, 2011
Written by Francesca Biller in National Collegiate Dialogue with 27 Comments
Anyone who believes race is an irrelevant factor when it comes to America’s healthcare system has not looked at the cold grave facts.Minorities in the U.S. die at higher rates from nearly every known disease in comparison to Whites, and suffer disproportionately from otherwise treatable illnesses because of inadequate or non-existent access to healthcare.The race issue as political rhetoric...
January 24th, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
After three years of war between the Union and Confederate states and the latest Union victory, the battle at Antietam — with one portion of the battle referred to as the “slaughter of Bloody Lane” because of the flow of blood down the Maryland country road, the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered on the first day of the New Year of 1863. A New Year’s Resolution superseding all other...
January 24th, 2011
Written by Philip Peedin in National Collegiate Dialogue with 10 Comments
Editors Note: We begin this semester of dialogue with a research paper written by a student from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. The paper was developed as part of a class examining the racial and ethnic makeup of America. This particular research focuses on Muslim Americans, clarifying facts, and some fiction. The author also presents his personal self-reflection on what his...