After Professor Jerry Hough put his foot in his mouth when speaking on Asians vs. Blacks, Charing Ball says she's had enough of the model minority myth. We're all out here dealing with major issues.
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(Washington Post) — The military threw out hundreds of service members in 2009 for violating its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, including a disproportionate number of women and minorities and dozens of service members in “mission critical” positions, according to a new analysis of military data. Read More…
(Miami Herald) — Final terms of the sweeping financial overhaul legislation being crafted in Congress would create new Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion at all federal financial regulators with the goal of promoting racial, ethnic and gender diversity throughout those agencies. Read More…
(AOL Black Voices) — Russell Simmons, the hip hop mogul and entrepreneur, is weighing in on the financial reform debate — and making a lot of economic sense too. In an open letterto Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), Simmons called on the politician to change proposed legislation that could negatively impact poor and minority communities. The legislation […]
(NYTimes.com) — Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but no more likely to actually be arrested. The more than 575,000 stops of people in the city — a record number of what are known in police parlance as “stop […]
(CBSNews) — White flight? In a reversal, America’s suburbs are now more likely to be home to minorities, the poor and a rapidly growing older population as many younger, educated whites move to cities for jobs and shorter commutes. An analysis of 2000-2008 census data by the Brookings Institution highlights the demographic “tipping points” seen […]
(Loop21.com) The Texas Board of Education has made a series of history revising moves to its curriculum, altering how the Civil Rights Movement is taught among a host of other things. These new changes include some very overt attempts to give white men credit for championing civil rights while ignoring the minorities who fought and […]