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September 1st, 2011
Written by Alonzo Weston in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 4 Comments
A group of white Mississippi teens caught on video beating a black man before killing him by running over him with a pickup truck. This sounds more like a headline from the 1960s when racial incidents such as these were commonplace, rather than from today‘s newspapers.It’s ironic that this recent racial incident fairly coincides with the movie release of “The Help.” The movie, based on book by...
August 25th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, Race Relations with 11 Comments
On Sunday, August 28, the Martin Luther King, Jr. monument will be officially unveiled in Washington, D.C. The moment will have incredible historic significance.It will be the first such monument that until now was previously reserved for past presidents of the United States whose presidency occurred during defining and seminal times in the nation’s history. One certainly can argue that King’s...
August 23rd, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in All About Family, Latest News with 1 Comment
The controversy of adopting children across racial lines is a historical challenge, but the good news is that a study by William Feigelman, and Arnold Silverman on the long-term effects of transracial adoption (futureofchildren.org) found that after six or more years of living in their different-race home, children adjusted as well as their same-race-adoption counterparts.Nonetheless, some deep...
August 19th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News with 0 Comments
Money, tough times, and the lack of means often bring out the worst or best in human nature. It seems racial tension and racist acts are on the rise worldwide?In recent weeks, cities across America are experiencing acts of racism — from graffiti, looting, and vandalism, to violence and murder.These incidents have occurred from Pasadena (graffiti) to Philadelphia (looting and vandalism), to...
August 17th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News with 0 Comments
Black teens and young black men taking to the streets to vandalize businesses, and verbally or physically attack white patrons and bystanders alike who may be in their path, are not the intended consequences of the “Flash Mob” concept as a marketing strategy.The use of flash mobs became popular a few years ago as an advertising and marketing tool to gain exposure — creating and simulating a craze...
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