Dear Sticky Wicket,
Can minorities achieve the American Dream without an equal opportunity to attain a quality education?
~-Hopeless in Arizona
Dear Hopeless,
The American Dream is the belief that a person can come from anywhere and be anything they want in this country. The fruits of freedom, equality, and opportunity are available to anyone.
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.
At the Women in the World Summit, held in New York City in March, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee asked why American women were not more concerned about men’s role in discussions of reproductive issues. She asserted, “It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.”
International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde posited that if Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters, the tragedy of the financial collapse would have been less painful.
