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Latinx
Arkansas DWI Program Reflects Cultural Differences of Hispanic Offenders
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Emmanuel Flores says the court-ordered alcohol-safety programs he teaches require some modifications when the students who have been convicted of driving while intoxicated are Hispanic.
Native Americans
Navajo Leaders Meet with Indian Affairs Delegate
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. Needs across Indian Country include jails, schools, infrastructure and water. On the Navajo Nation, those needs surface on a much larger scale than elsewhere, a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs official says.
African-American
Black firefighters’ group asks to join FDNY bias suit
NEW YORK A fraternal order of black firefighters moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit in which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused the city of inadvertently discouraging blacks and Hispanics from joining the Fire Department.
Asian American Pacific Islander
Univ. of Mississippi to Open Japanese Saturday School
OXFORD Miss. The University of Mississippi plans to open a Japanese Saturday school for children whose families are moving from Japan to work at a Toyota plant that is being built in Blue Springs.
Disabilties
Ore. Profs Develop Email For Those With Cognitive Disabilities
EUGENE Ore. Two professors at the University of Oregon have launched a simplified e-mail program aimed at people with cognitive disabilities.
Disabilties
Grant Prompts Future Special Ed Teachers to Enroll in UNH Training Program
DURHAM N.H. Thanks to several federal grants, New Hampshire soon may be seeing more special education teachers.
African-American
The Edge of Heaven – Review
The Edge of Heaven by Marita Golden, Doubleday, $22.95,288 pages.
African-American
Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man – Review
Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vintage Books, $12.00, 256 pages.
Students
Bi News Briefs
At Central State: Prosecutors Resume Investigation; Fund-Raising Drive Benefits Needy Students
African-American
America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible – Review
America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom, Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 480 pages.
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Leadership & Policy
Professional APPOINTMENTS
KARSTEN J.Y. CASH is the new director of the Black Culture Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He comes to UMC from Eastern Illinois University, where he was an academic advisor for the Gateway Program. Cash earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies from Wesleyan University (Conn.); and a master’s degree in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
African-American
Just a Nappy-Headed Sister with the PC Blues – Review
I’ve worn my hair shorn close to my head for at least the last 10 years, from time to time letting it get a wild and wooly inch or so past my scalp. I’m a member of the “happy is nappy” school, and gleefully so. For years, I wore the T-shirt of a sister whose naps could be used as the illustration that went with a sign that said “happy is nappy.”
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