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October 24th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News, Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
The leadership of the Republican Party, along with the current pool of candidates for President, makes it consistently clear that that their number one goal is to make President Barack Obama a one-term president. This persistent mantra began long before the current campaign season, long before the stalled and pernicious inaction on the President’s Jobs bill. Why? Why? And, why?The real question:...
October 20th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
There is a refrain from an old love song, which goes: “Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage….” What the song doesn’t say is, “That depends….” Neither love nor marriage necessarily goes together if the two people come from a different race or ethnic group.While interracial marriages have increased since 1967 when a Supreme Court ruling overturned the right of...
October 17th, 2011
Written by Richard Lempert Professor of Law and Sociology in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations with 7 Comments
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University of MichiganThis 2009 Law & Society Association presidential address combines the personal and political to address issues relating to race relations in the United States. Combining narrative methods and quantitative data the article traces the roots of the author’s commitment to racial equality and evaluates the degree to which over the past 60 years anti-black prejudice has...
October 17th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations with 75 Comments
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was officially dedicated this past Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. In addition to the 30-foot memorial being erected near that of three U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln among them, the significance is far-reaching. As a caring ordinary citizen, King was motivated to fight for racial, social, economic, and educational equality....
October 13th, 2011
New Laws Back Up Educators Stance Against Bullying: Social Status Rather Than Race Is Primary Factor
Written by Rebecca Fortner in Latest News, Other with 0 Comments
Policy makers have made advances in education with the passing of bully laws. State to state, educational administrators use these laws to take a stand against situations long been neglected by the general public. Bullying as defined in general is any attempt to verbally or physically intimidate, hurt, or cause distress or fear in an individual on the part of another, or group of others.According...
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