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.
September 14th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
Another September 11th passed this week, only to remind us that racial and religious hatred is not only alive but thriving around the world. Have we learned any lessons during the past decade? When one looks at the deadly unrest taking place in the Middle East, allegedly, as a result of a film that denigrates the Muslim religion, it raises the necessity and urgency to mitigate if not eradicate...
August 31st, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Ethnicity vs Race, Latest News with 0 Comments
During the 2012 Republican Convention, diversity window dressing and collective amnesia about the systemic racial discrimination in this country was in full regalia. Throughout the convention, a parade of new minority faces crossed the stage. There was Mia Love, a black, Mormon mayor of a small town in Utah who is currently running for Congress. Are we to believe that she is just one of many...
August 13th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
Prospective Republican Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has chosen Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, as his Vice Presidential running mate. What will that choice, that ticket, mean for the poor and minorities?Perhaps it is too early to answer that question conclusively. But both Romney and Ryan have provided ample clues. One could even conclude that the emerging Republican Party has provided...
August 6th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
How many incidents of wanton violence by a sober or crazed vigilante will it take for America to address its love affair with the "Right to bear Arms," bear them at any, and all costs?The right to bear arms is as American as apple pie. But the indulgence has very different outcomes, at least in the short-term. But ironically, the misuse and abuse of both can kill you. Somehow, too often, too many...
July 30th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 1 Comment
A new school year is upon us and it presents a great opportunity to take meaningful steps to close the achievement gap for minority students.We are bombarded with study after study about the systemic practices in the nation’s public schools that promote and embrace the poor educational performance of children of color. The numbers confirm that when it comes to black and Hispanics students there...

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