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race relations news
November 14th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 35 Comments
A recent article, “Who Gets to Vote?” appeared in The New York Times, and addresses the pervasive practice of states denying Americans with criminal records the right to vote. The article noted that during the next Presidential election in November 2012, more than 5 million Americans with past criminal convictions will not have the right to vote.The problem is that this denial remains in effect...
November 12th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility with 0 Comments
One has only to look at the level of access and use of technology as an essential tool in schools that boast of delivering a high-quality education to see the institutionalized disparities in the educational system in the United States. The “haves” have access to the technology. The “have nots” do not. More often than not, the disparities are existent along racial and socio-economic lines.I was...
November 8th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility with 0 Comments
Whenever it is convenient or serves some political purpose, we are reminded that the “separation of church and state” is an important aspect of our Republic. But is it? Has it ever been?There are those who would like to believe it, advocate it, and even act upon this notion. But a close look at the history of this country shows that God and religion have always been present and promulgated.God...
November 7th, 2011
Written by Stan A. Kaplowitz Ph.D. Professor of Sociology in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 9 Comments
Much data shows that black Americans are both economically less well off than whites and have higher rates of some deviant behaviors. Social scientists often quote these statistics and typically see them as very important in our understanding of racial inequality. Kaplowitz, Fisher, and Broman (2003) have shown that much of the general public has a crude sense of what these data show. On the one...
November 7th, 2011
Written by Abby L. Ferber in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 69 Comments
In her classic article, “White Privilege and Male Privilege,” Peggy McIntosh (1988) offers a long list of examples of white privilege she experiences. She notes that white privilege includes being able to assume that most of the people you or your children study in school will be of the same race; being able to go shopping without being followed; never being called a credit to one’s race, or...
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