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October 24th, 2011
Written by John Markert - Associate Professor of Sociology in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 16 Comments
Cumberland UniversityAbstract:The George Lopez Show is the first successful television show with a Latino in a leading role that features Hispanic material since Freddie Prinze's thirty-year-old sitcom, Chico and the Man. This study seeks to assess how Latinos are presented on The George Lopez Show. A content analysis reveals that the show perpetuates some of the stereotypes about Hispanics that...
October 24th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News, Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
The leadership of the Republican Party, along with the current pool of candidates for President, makes it consistently clear that that their number one goal is to make President Barack Obama a one-term president. This persistent mantra began long before the current campaign season, long before the stalled and pernicious inaction on the President’s Jobs bill. Why? Why? And, why?The real question:...
October 20th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
There is a refrain from an old love song, which goes: “Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage….” What the song doesn’t say is, “That depends….” Neither love nor marriage necessarily goes together if the two people come from a different race or ethnic group.While interracial marriages have increased since 1967 when a Supreme Court ruling overturned the right of...
October 18th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility with 1 Comment
While many Americans may be scratching their heads about how Herman Cain, a conservative black man, has emerged as the front-runner among Republican Presidential candidates, it begs another question: Has the Tea Party movement trumped the issue of race in this country — at least for the moment? Or, does racism, like politics, make strange bedfellows?Many observers would argue the latter because...
October 17th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations with 75 Comments
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was officially dedicated this past Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. In addition to the 30-foot memorial being erected near that of three U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln among them, the significance is far-reaching. As a caring ordinary citizen, King was motivated to fight for racial, social, economic, and educational equality....
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