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March 4th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 18 Comments
Racism is prevalent in the housing and foreclosure crisis. If you had any doubt, you only need to look at this week’s cover of Bloomberg Businessweek to see how facts can be blatantly distorted and misrepresented.
But what is new when it comes to minorities and how they are often characterized?
A typical characteristic of racism is that it blames the victim for their victimization. The...
February 28th, 2013
Written by Mark Sherman - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote.
In an ominous note for supporters of the key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy both acknowledged the measure's vital role in fighting discrimination and suggested...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Laura Tillman - Associated Press in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
Two Mississippi colleges, Jackson State University, which is predominantly black and Millsaps College predominately white hosted conversations on race. The conversations were organized by Treshika Melvin, a senior psychology student at Millsaps College.
Last summer, Treshika Melvin read an essay that had her contacting everyone she knew. It was titled, "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Attorneys for those who challenged North Carolina's boundaries for General Assembly and congressional seats began making arguments over the heart of the litigation Monday, accusing out-of-state mapmakers of creating lines that diminished the influence of black voters.
Democratic voters and civil rights and election advocates want a three-judge panel hearing the case to...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 38 Comments
How long will it take to admit and correct the injury and insult that is piled on by the continued use of Native American Nicknames and Mascots by high school, college, and professional sports?
Haven’t we as a nation done enough to Native Americans? First, we came to this country pilfered, pillaged their villages, women and children. We ultimately took the land and herded them off to reservations...
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