Cause and Civility: Minority Group & Racial Discrimination

Janice Ellis, the founder and publisher of USAonRace has written a column for radio, newspaper, and now online for more than thirty years. Ellis believes in the power of words to address problems and issues facing contemporary society. Her goal, through these commentaries, is to inform, provide perspective, and motivate thought and action. Ellis welcomes your comments.
July 23rd, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
The terrible shooting in Aurora, Colorado, claimed the lives of twelve people and wounded fifty-eight others, yet another ominous example of how violence and terrorist acts are seemingly becoming a part of life in America in historic proportions. What happened in a crowded theatre early Saturday morning in Colorado was unprecedented in the history of this nation.Such acts of violence appear to...
July 17th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
Amid all the negative campaigning between President Obama and Republican nominee hopeful, Mitt Romney, the partisan and non-partisan commentary, the Republican convention will soon take place in Florida. What will be the role of diversity, compassion, and inclusion?With the Tea Party’s emergence and influence on the Republican Party, it is a question worthy of serious consideration if not during...
June 27th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Focus on Health, Latest News with 0 Comments
The Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare policy passed by the Obama administration, will have an impact positively or negatively on all Americans, whether you are white, black, brown, or yellow. Obama Care, as the policy is labeled, seeks to significantly increase the number of Americans who have healthcare coverage.Isn’t that a positive, a good thing? If not, why not?...
June 19th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
What to do about the millions of illegal Mexican immigrants in the United States? President Obama took a first step to provide an interim solution for the most innocent among them — hundreds of thousands who came to the United States as children. The policy extends temporary legal status to young people who have been in the country for years, gone to school, and stayed out of trouble.To deport or...
June 13th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
Black youths gather and congregate in downtowns or upscale and elite venues in cities all across America, committing random acts of violence or just causing menacing mayhem. According to some reports, this racial violence and lawlessness are part of a nationwide pattern of hundreds of episodes that have occurred in more that 5o cities during the last 50 years.Why? Why are young black men becoming...

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