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February 18th, 2013
Written by Rita Cook in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Lafayette offers some great choices for spicy food and there are plenty of restaurants to visit, many with the local delicacies like seafood gumbo, crawfish étouffé, and jambalaya.
One favorite Cajun past times is the good, old- fashioned crawfish boil. Considered sacred in these parts and called "mud bugs" or "crawdads," crawfish are served with potatoes, onions and corn or you might also find...
February 18th, 2013
Written by Russell Contreras - Associated Press in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A group of retired educators are working to honor a Mexican-American scholar who is celebrated across the country but is virtually unknown in New Mexico, where he was born.
An ad hoc committee is pushing a series of projects aimed at honoring the late-George I. Sanchez, a scholar credited with helping bring attention to the plight of poor Mexican-Americans in the 1930s....
February 18th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in National Collegiate Dialogue with 30 Comments
The mind-set that people of different races "all look alike" seems to break down as we delve deeper into aligning ourselves with social networking groups."If people find that racial biases interfere with their interactions with others, they might consider trying to finding a common group membership that they share," says Jay Van Bavel of New York University. One social perception phenomena is...
February 18th, 2013
Written by Abby L. Ferber Ph.D. Professor of Sociology in National Collegiate Dialogue with 0 Comments
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.
In this interview, Matthew W. Hughey, PhD discusses relationships focusing on racial...
February 15th, 2013
Written by Nedra Pickler - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is trying to change the face of a federal judiciary that has a long tradition of white men passing judgment on parties from all walks of life - if he can get his nominees past the Senate.
Republicans have used the powers accorded the Senate minority party to slow Obama's influence on the federal bench. But recent changes to Senate rules suggest the process...
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