Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
Current news, events, research, and reporting, covering the full range of racial issues, racism, discrimination, race relations in the contemporary society.
March 23rd, 2012
Written by Rita Cook in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
The Alaskan Inuit, also known as the “Eskimo” are one of the indigenous people from the Arctic regions of Alaska as well as Canada, Denmark, and Russia. The word Inuit actually means “the people” in the Inuktitut language.While the Inuit kept some of their culture intact above the Arctic Circle, the 21st century impact has affected this group, particularly those living on Alaska’s North Slope....
March 6th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Feature Stories, Latest News with 2 Comments
Women’s rights recently came under siege again. A woman’s rights to earn a living, control her own body, have access to healthcare, and plan her own future have all publicly come into question during the past month. Established rights that today’s women enjoy are being decried as the reason for the morale decline in America. Women have had to fight long and hard to get these rights, and now it...
March 1st, 2012
Written by Russell Roberts in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
Abraham Lincoln and his freedom of African-Americans from the bonds of slavery looms over any other subject associated with him. Thus, we all think we know Lincoln — kind, charitable, funny, wise, and compassionate, a good and decent person who acted toward everyone else the same benevolent way.But did he? How does Lincoln measure up when it comes to another oppressed race of the day…Native...
February 10th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
"I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group," revealed Peggy McIntosh in her groundbreaking work Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (1990). Being dominant and being victimized seem to be polar opposites, so how can white privilege victimize white people?Have you ever thought you were in charge when in reality you were...
January 5th, 2012
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
If you doubt the effect of religion, culture, and ethnicity on education, you need only listen to Tiger Mom Amy Chua, who says (in reference to her daughter's schooling) “A- is not acceptable.” Better yet, read her stirring book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," or her January 8, 2011 Wall Street Journal online essay, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior.” (She admits to using the word “Chinese”...
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