What's Texas doing with the Exhibit?

Submitted by RACE on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 4:30pm

The Museum Institute of Texan Cultures is currently hosting the exhibit. Click here to see a listing of their associated events:

http://texancultures.com/museum/Race.html

Puerto Rican? You must get a new birth certificate. SHOCKING!

Submitted by RACE on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 4:21pm

Reprinted from RACEWire.org

Puerto Rican Born Residents Required to Get New Birth Certificates

After July 1, all Puerto Rican-born citizens will be required to have a new birth certificate.

Race and Schizophrenia?

Submitted by RACE on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 9:46am

NPR's "On the Media" recently interviewed Jonathan Metzl, Univ of Michigan about the history ofschizophrenia diagnosis (how parameters have changed) and how that intersects with race.

Talking about race: Um, you first

Submitted by RACE on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 1:01pm

Obama's speech called for a conversation that not everyone wants.

March 23, 2008 | Stephanie Simon and Richard Fausset, L.A. Times Staff Writers

LITHONIA, GA. — How do we start a national dialogue on race?

Charlotte Griffin was at a restaurant one evening when a white woman complimented her on her children's behavior. The stranger may have meant to be kind. But Griffin wondered if she heard a note of condescension -- an assumption, perhaps, that black kids aren't usually so polite.

How do we navigate that minefield?

Spring Updates

Submitted by RACE on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 12:51pm

Spring Updates.

Our efforts are growing and we are beginning to see the fruits of our labor. There are several upcoming events organized by partner organizations that you should be aware of:

EVENTS:

Diversity in Classical Music on Wed. Feb 17th at Dalton

Free Dinner and lecture on Islamic Faith - WMU on Fri. Feb 19th.

Study: Little diversity in university, athletics leadership

Submitted by RACE on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 4:44pm

ORLANDO, Fla. -- White males make up an overwhelming majority of leaders at NCAA Division I-A programs, from presidents and athletic directors to football coaches and coordinators, according to a university study released Wednesday.

Though small improvements have been made in certain areas, whites hold 330 of the 357 campus leadership positions at the 119 schools, according to the report from the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.

'B' Grades for Diversity in College Sports

Submitted by RACE on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 4:53pm

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is, on balance, achieving both gender and racial diversity on the playing fields of its members and in its own offices. But white males continue to dominate athletics director and conference commissioner positions, according to an annual report on college athletics.

February and March Events

Submitted by RACE on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 1:44pm

Good Afternoon friends,

On Friday, Carl Wilkens, an American who witnessed the genocide in Rwanda, spoke of forgiveness and the importance of embracing humanity at WMU. The event sponsored by the Graduate Students Advisory Committee pushed the audience to think of ways that we can consciously "humanize" the strangers we come in contact with on a daily basis. Through connecting with others as a human being, we're able to slowly peel away the layers of our perceptions, assumptions and prejudice.

Inspiring Words of Dr. Martin Luther King

Submitted by RACE on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 10:52am

From Beliefnet.org

CNN Article ... We can't keep ducking this racism stuff..

Submitted by RACE on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 11:34am

When talk of race goes behind closed doors

January 12, 2010

(CNN) -- We're just going to put it out there: Behind closed doors, whites talk differently about blacks.

At least that's what two sociologists found after conducting a study of college students across the country.

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