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December 10th, 2012
Written by Jasmine Fuller in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 6 Comments
As a black woman, I face stereotypes that are associated with the color of my skin and my gender, but I also have my share of privileges. I am able-bodied and can take care of myself without assistance from any outside sources, I have had the privilege to have traveled to three different continents, and I have also been able to further my education by attending graduate school. Despite the few...
December 10th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
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.
Ali Michael is a filmmaker and educator with a PhD in Teacher Education from the...
December 7th, 2012
Written by Thomas Adamson - Associated Press in Cultural Uniqueness, Latest News with 0 Comments
PARIS (AP) - The frenetic music and vibrant colors of the Frevo, a Brazilian carnival dance, have been immortalized by UNESCO as a world heritage treasure.
The electrifying tradition from the city of Recife will now stand alongside the likes of the Argentine tango, the Spanish flamenco and the French gastronomic meal, all protected by the U.N. as pieces of the world's "intangible heritage."
The...
December 6th, 2012
Written by Russ Bynum - Associated Press in Latest News with 0 Comments
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Their dinner had just arrived as the two college professors watched their guests, a group of singers from the Georgia coast, unexpectedly turn saying grace into an outburst of song, rhythm and shouted praises that soon had other diners in the restaurant joining in with the impromptu performance.
"Before you know it, they're out of their chairs and the beat is getting played...
December 6th, 2012
Written by Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A fourth man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges this week in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi, and another man admitted he was part of a group of young whites involved in racially motivated attacks against African-Americans.
The death of James Craig Anderson, who was beaten and run over in Jackson on June 26, 2011,...
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