March 4th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 18 Comments
Racism is prevalent in the housing and foreclosure crisis. If you had any doubt, you only need to look at this week’s cover of Bloomberg Businessweek to see how facts can be blatantly distorted and misrepresented.
But what is new when it comes to minorities and how they are often characterized?
A typical characteristic of racism is that it blames the victim for their victimization. The...
February 25th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in National Collegiate Dialogue with 12 Comments
Two recent reports delve into how the justice system deals with African-Americans – both adults and juvenile offenders.
African-Americans comprised only 14 percent of the U.S. population but comprised 38 percent of the jail population and there has been an unprecedented increase in incarceration among African American males since 1970. In 2009, the incarceration rate among black males was 6.7...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 38 Comments
How long will it take to admit and correct the injury and insult that is piled on by the continued use of Native American Nicknames and Mascots by high school, college, and professional sports?
Haven’t we as a nation done enough to Native Americans? First, we came to this country pilfered, pillaged their villages, women and children. We ultimately took the land and herded them off to reservations...
February 18th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in National Collegiate Dialogue with 30 Comments
The mind-set that people of different races "all look alike" seems to break down as we delve deeper into aligning ourselves with social networking groups."If people find that racial biases interfere with their interactions with others, they might consider trying to finding a common group membership that they share," says Jay Van Bavel of New York University. One social perception phenomena is...
February 18th, 2013
Written by Abby L. Ferber Ph.D. Professor of Sociology in National Collegiate Dialogue with 0 Comments
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.
In this interview, Matthew W. Hughey, PhD discusses relationships focusing on racial...
