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November 16th, 2011
Written by Wendy Innes in Feature Stories, Latest News with 5 Comments
In such a volatile employment market, it is perfectly reasonable for people to ask, "What is the best career choice?" There are several great "recession-proof" careers, and minorities and various ethnic groups are represented in many of these jobs already. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) listed the following as the top 10 career choices based on current hiring trends.
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November 15th, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 2 Comments
As Americans settled into neighborhoods after World War II, the nuclear family, consisting of a father, mother, and pre-adult kids, developed into the ideal model. The Pew Research Center finds that multigenerational homes declined, determining that cultural norms shifted after World War II. In 1940 multigenerational homes accounted for 25 percent of households. In 1980, households identified as...
November 14th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 35 Comments
A recent article, “Who Gets to Vote?” appeared in The New York Times, and addresses the pervasive practice of states denying Americans with criminal records the right to vote. The article noted that during the next Presidential election in November 2012, more than 5 million Americans with past criminal convictions will not have the right to vote.The problem is that this denial remains in effect...
November 14th, 2011
Written by Abby L. Ferber Ph.D. Professor of Sociology in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 14 Comments
Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.On the September 6, 2011, the show featured the inspiring and thought-provoking, Jamie...
November 7th, 2011
Written by Abby L. Ferber in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 69 Comments
In her classic article, “White Privilege and Male Privilege,” Peggy McIntosh (1988) offers a long list of examples of white privilege she experiences. She notes that white privilege includes being able to assume that most of the people you or your children study in school will be of the same race; being able to go shopping without being followed; never being called a credit to one’s race, or...
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