October 2011
October 13th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 0 Comments
We begin our second year of the National Collegiate Dialogue on Race Relations (NCDRR) with an increased number of students, professors, colleges, and universities participating. We are gratified to have those schools who participated in the launch of NCDRR returning. And, we are thrilled to have additional colleges and universities participating this academic year.Matters of race and race...
October 11th, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Latest News, Race Relations, Stereotypes & Labels with 2 Comments
“We the women of Liberia will no more allow ourselves to be raped, abused, misused, maimed, and killed!” If these words are an indication of the ferocity with which Leymah Gbowee fights for human rights, it is little wonder she was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. She and compatriot/co-recipient, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, though differing in their approach, remain united in their opposition to...
October 10th, 2011
Written by Kenneth Bauzon Ph.D. in National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations with 16 Comments
Professor of Political ScienceSaint Joseph’s College – New YorkIntroductionDuring the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, an attempt to grapple with the persistence of racism and the growth in migrant presence in public consciousness in the United States (US) has led to a reconsideration of the dominant assumptions of the leading paradigms on racial and ethnic relations in this country. This...
October 10th, 2011
Written by Peter W. Brusoe... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 50 Comments
In 1916, the people of Montana elected Jeanette Rankin to serve n the United States House. Ninety years later, we finally had our first female Speaker of the House. 214 years after the signing of the constitution, Sen. Joe Lieberman was nominated as the Democratic Candidate for Vice President. He was the first Jewish American to be on a national ticket. 10 years later Eric Cantor became our first...
October 5th, 2011
Written by Rita Rizzo in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
As it is with most who achieve greatness, Simon Bolivar’s life was marked by soaring successes and heavy losses. According to biographer Scott S. Smith, Bolivar is one of the most powerful figures in the world’s political history, yet his name, barely known outside of the six nations he liberated, is still celebrated and beloved.After the deaths of his wealthy parents in childhood, an uncle...