August 2013
August 29th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
What does hatred sound like? Exploring the diversity within us may provide a clue.
J.P. Guilford might have known.
Psychologist Guilford, via his view of intelligence, was the person who distinguished between convergent and divergent thinking. What's the difference, and what does it have to do with hatred?
Convergent thinking is linear – it focuses on answers to problems that are familiar,...
August 29th, 2013
Written by Nancy Benac - A... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans from all cultural and racial backgrounds massed on the National Mall in Washington on Wednesday for a commeration of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. President Barack Obama and civil rights pioneers spoke on the same spot where, 50 years earlier, King's empassioned and unforgettable words gallvanized new generations to stuggle for racial equality.
It...
August 28th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Race Relations with 0 Comments
A new study finds that segregation is much more prevalent today than it was when the same poll was conducted in 2004, with two in every five white Americans now readily admitting they have no close friends outside of their race.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found that same contention holds true for 25 percent of all Americans and that just 80 percent of all whites confess they have five or less...
August 27th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) - A college student acknowledged posting anti-Islam fliers and racist cards around the campus of the historically liberal Oberlin College earlier this year, saying he meant them as a "joke" to provoke a reaction, according to statements he made after being detained by campus security.
The student also took credit for the display of a large Nazi flag, which he also said he meant...
August 26th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the jury verdict that cleared the killer of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin "questionable" and urged President Barack Obama to speak more on issues of race during an interview that aired Sunday.
The first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the Martin verdict soon would be forgotten but said Obama - and all presidents -...