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August 15th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in race relations news, Cover Stories, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Race and Politics, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
With Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz, on hand in Washington D.C., the Center for American Progress (CAP) released a study on August 8, 2012, that “takes a look into Latinos’ successes and challenges as one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.”
That report comes on the heals of CAP's Progress 2050 report released...
July 25th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in race relations news, Spotlight, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News, Native American with 1 Comment
On April 16, 2012, Colorado Governor, John Hickenlooper signed a law that allowing the teaching of Native American language and culture in public schools. It is part of a larger global effort toward saving Native American and other languages, which have traditionally been lost through cultural assimilation. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO...
July 18th, 2012
Written by Jodie Blankenship in race relations news, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
Concrete sidewalks offer little inspiration for environmental awareness or creating a positive effect on race relations in a community. Their chief duty is for pedestrian transportation, and the maze design is not aesthetically pleasing or a respite from the city streets. A concrete wilderness is ideal to navigate through a confusing city, but these urban trails cannot connect all the needs of...
July 13th, 2012
Written by Manny Otiko in race relations news, Cover Stories, Institutional Racism, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Education, Race and Politics, Race and Religion, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
Traditionally, African Americans and Latinos worked and lived alongside each other in urban areas, and despite some tensions in the past, those old beefs have given way to more political unions. Nowadays, you will likely see a Civil Rights leader such as Rev. Al Sharpton, marching in an immigrants' rights demonstration, as well as protesting police brutality. And in the Deep South, black leaders...
July 9th, 2012
Written by Rita Cook in race relations news, Oppression and Privilege, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
The traces of the Polish culture occur nearly everywhere in the United States, which is no surprise since this ethnic group reportedly immigrated to the United States first in 1609. At www.everyculture.com, it is in fact, noted that, “Poles numbered among the earliest colonists in the New World and today, their numbers exceed 10 million. They represent the largest of the Slavic groups in America...