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Calling the Police on People of Color

Seemingly everywhere from department stores to college dorms, each week brings a new story of a White person who targets a non-White person for racial profiling and summons police because the complainant simply feels uncomfortable.

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Professor Explores Dark Side of the Anti-Trafficking Movement

A rising young academic, Dr. Elena Shih — assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University and faculty affiliate in sociology at the Watson Institute for International Studies — examines complex issues surrounding women’s lives and survival. By this summer’s end, Shih will complete writing her book Manufacturing Freedom: Trafficking Rescue, Rehabilitation, […]

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Billionaire Chen Yidan Uses His Resources to Focus on Education

HONG KONG — He is sometimes called the Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates of China. And like Zuckerberg and Gates, Chen Yidan — also known as Charles Chen — has used his financial empire to make education a top priority.

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Academics Remember Renowned Literary Scholar Marcellus Blount

Former students and professional colleagues are mourning the death of Dr. Marcellus Blount, a well-known scholar of African-American literary and cultural studies who taught at Columbia University since 1985.

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Shedding Light on Asian American and Asian Students’ Mental Health Needs

The “Let’s Talk!” conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education convened Pan-Asian college students, supporters and other educational leaders for a day-long forum addressing the success and well-being of Asian and Asian American college students across the country.

Native Americans

University Fined for Violating Indian Remains Law

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A university in West Virginia has been fined $4,999 for failing to complete inventories of American Indian remains and artifacts in its possession. The U.S. Department of the Interior notified Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert of the fine in a letter this week. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter, […]

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African-Americans and Asian Americans in Dialogue?

I write to my African-American friends to suggest three reasons for including Asian Americans in the civil rights movement for the benefit of the historic struggle for Black equality.

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OSU Names Scholar Moore Vice Provost for Diversity, Inclusion

The Ohio State University has named Dr. James L. Moore III, a prominent researcher and scholar, as its next vice provost for diversity and inclusion. Moore has served as interim vice provost and chief diversity officer since May 2017.

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Native Americans

Mom Angry After Sons Pulled From College Tour

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The mother of two Native American teenagers who police pulled from a Colorado State University campus tour after another parent said she was nervous about their presence is calling the incident “shameful on so many levels.” Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray told The Associated Press Thursday that her 17-year-old and 19-year-old sons saved money to […]

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Paul Quinn College President Makes Fortune Magazine List

Sandwiched between Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase and actress Reese Witherspoon, Dr. Michael Sorrell was named 34 on The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders published by Fortune magazine.

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Predominantly White Institutions, Black Women Grad Students and a Sense of Belonging

While predominantly White institutions should make deliberate efforts to address issues of a lack of sense of belonging among Black women graduate students, there are several strategies that the students themselves can use.

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Fix Yo’ Face: Angela Rye, Me, and Cardi B

Over the years, I have heard comments about how I need to control my “emotions” because they are “too expressive,” “offensive” and “disrespectful.” Historical amnesia has stricken the United States regarding women-of-color bodies as objects to be controlled.

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