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September 26th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
The tweaking of voting laws in 23 states, including photo identification laws, requirements to prove citizenship and attempts to purge “non-citizens” from voter rolls, could have a "disproportionate effect" on the ability of people of color to vote in the upcoming election. In fact, these changes might dissuade up to 10 million Hispanics alone from voting, according to a report released September...
September 24th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
So, Willard “Mitt” Romney thinks 47 percent of Americans are victims who yearn to be dependent on government entitlement programs. That is quite a claim! It is so outrageous that not only has President Obama felt compelled to respond, but even Republican pundits have distanced themselves from his assertions. The day after the secretly recorded video of the Romney fundraiser aired on the major...
September 19th, 2012
Written by Alonzo Weston in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
My grandmother walked with me to the polls when I voted for the first time. Fresh out of high school and 18-years-old, I planned to take my time and make an educated choice on each candidate. For me, it didn’t matter if the candidate was Republican or Democrat.
However, it did to my grandmother.
“Just check the box for Democrat and come on,” she ordered me. And that’s the way it was and is to...
September 17th, 2012
Written by Alonzo Weston in Latest News, "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 2 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket,
Are Americans defined more by class than race today?
~Rich versus Poor, Southern California
Dear Rich versus Poor,
Society likes categories. We like to put people in boxes of young, old, rich, poor, male, female, heterosexual, homosexual, black, and white. And we treat people differently depending upon those distinctions.
When it comes to race, society has long held strict...
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...
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