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Perspectives: “Get Over” Slavery Comment Helps Apology Cause

When Virginia state legislator Frank D. Hargrove said Blacks “should get over” slavery, he unwittingly gave new life to the movement for an official apology to African-Americans for slavery.

Message To College Papers: Leave Racial Satire Alone

Recent parodies of Blacks and Asians in college newspapers in the name of satire have been met with condemnation, including journalism scholars who say free-thinking future journalists need to “grow up and put on their thinking caps.”

MLK Day Party With Malt Liquor, Faux Gang Apparel Causes Uproar on Texas Campus

STEPHENVILLE, Texas Known for its award-winning rodeo teams, Tarleton State University is a usually quiet campus nestled in the state’s biggest dairy community. But that wasn’t the case Thursday, a day after more than 400 people attended a campus meeting to discuss a Martin Luther King Jr. party last week that many here found racially offensive.

‘Stomp the Yard’ A Success in the Box Office, But Drawing Criticism on Campus

“Stomp the Yard,” the No. 1 box office film for two weekends running, may be popular among the general public, but raises concerns among active Black Greeks.

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

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Airmen Outrage

Airmen Outrage I do not know what to make of the recent uproar over the outstanding record of the Tuskegee Airmen (see “Historians Question Record of Tuskegee Airmen,” Jan. 11). So what if there may be evidence that they lost a plane or two? Abraham Lincoln did not free the slaves; George Washington did not […]

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Books of Note

Check out the “essential reading list” for students during Black History Month, put together by Dr. Karla Holloway…

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

Got Game

Mary Allison Milford’s life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface…

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Princeton Newspaper Column Prompts Calls Of Racism

PRINCETON BOROUGH, N.J. An article in the annual joke issue of Princeton University’s student newspaper has left some readers accusing its staff of racism. The Daily Princetonian issue included a column with a byline that closely resembles the name of Jian Li, an 18-year-old Asian man who filed a civil rights complaint against the university last summer after he was denied admission.

Just the Stats: Hispanics in Education, Are they Achieving?

A report from The National Council of La Raza called “Hispanic Education in the United States” provides a detailed account of how Hispanics compare to their peers at all levels of education.

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Just the Stats: A Day in the Life of a Child in the United States

Minorities represent one-third of children in classes for the gifted, but parents stop enforcing TV restrictions and spend less time bonding with their children over dinner as their children grow up, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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