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February 15th, 2012
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Latest News, The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Michel Goldstein is a one-man United Nations, at least as far as culinary indulgences are concerned. His paternal grandfather is from Rumania and his grandmother, from Mexico via Russia. On the maternal side, his grandfather is from France and his grandmother from Mexico via Bulgaria. Born in the USA, he practices his Jewish faith and enjoys the special cultural aspects associated with it.This...
February 14th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
“Does he look like Sidney Poitier?” my mother inquired cautiously. “Not really mom,” I replied. “Um, he doesn’t look really black, does he?” she asked hesitantly. “Well, sorta...” I replied. He describes himself as ‘paper sack brown and curly headed’ but she would not know what to say to that, so I don’t tell her. There is no good way to tell your white mother and your Sicilian father that you...
February 13th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 19 Comments
When candidates for President of the United States choose to play to racial stereotypes, it does little to educate and improve race relations among a growing ethnically diverse electorate. The travesty and tragedy of resorting to using distorted, divisive and derogatory languages and images to describe a whole group of people have untold, and unfortunately, lasting consequences.Republican...
February 13th, 2012
Written by Paul C. Gorski Assistant Professor in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 11 Comments
In my favorite photograph of my Grandma Wilma, taken during her early teens, she stands outside her Kitzmiller, Maryland, house. The house’s exterior, cracking and worn, hints at the working poor life she and her family are living in Appalachia. Evidence, too, is her attire: full-length overalls, dusty and stained, hang over a plain white t-shirt. The tips of dirty shoes peek out from the bottoms...
February 13th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
Balancing the economic differences between the minority and majority communities throughout the nation remains a lingering problem as major metropolitan areas continue to dig out from under the 2008-09 financial melt-down. A good key indicator is small business ownership, an elusive goal for many people of color, particularly African Americans.No where is this gap more evident than in...
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