Race and Education

Conversation Of The Week XIII Fall 2011-2012: Is Everyone Really Equal?

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Abby L. Ferber Ph.D. Professor of Sociology

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.

The Influx Of India’s Students Into American Colleges Increases

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Marlene Caroselli

Americans, it seems are not as intent as foreigners, when it comes to getting into a top-notch college. It could be that some of our most successful entrepreneurs — Bill Gates and Steven Jobs to name but a few — exceeded their wildest financial dreams without ever obtaining a college degree.

Conversation Of The Week XII Fall 2011-2012: Beyond Diversity To Inclusiveness

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Abby L. Ferber Ph.D. Professor of Sociology

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.

Racism’s Toll On The Mental And Physical Health Of Blacks

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Janice S. Ellis Ph.D.

The negative impact and consequences that systemic racism wields on the human condition can be seen in obvious ways. One only has to look around them and see the gross disparities when it comes to educational achievement, employment, quality of housing, and other living conditions among white Americans and other minorities, especially blacks.


What is often less obvious are the other insidious and often unspoken acute and chronic health consequences that systemic racism breeds among racial minorities and ethnicities.

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