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Students Make Themselves Heard: The Central Park Exonerated Five: Part 3 (of 4)
Previously: As a White professor teaching sociology and diversity at a Historically Black college (Baltimore City Community College), I regularly dealt with sensitive and potentially divisive issues. This particular day, one of my Intro Soc students raised a question on … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Baltimore City Community College, capital punishment, Central Park Five, community college, criminal justice system, critical race theory, divisive, Donald Trump, economically disadvantage, ethnicity, executions, Exonerated Five, historically black college, historically black community college, Introduction to Sociology, John Macionis, Latinos, minorities, New York Times, perceptions, race, racial stereotypes, sensitive subject matter, sociology, teaching ethnicity, teaching race, teaching sociology, Yusef Salaam
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Can Buttigieg Relate?
When Mayor Pete Buttigieg made the comment that his experience as a gay man helps him relate to the struggles of African Americans, I was initially surprised by the reaction. Like many African Americans, he knows what it’s like to … Continue reading
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Tagged " privilege, African Americans, Biden, Buttigieg, disabled, empathy, gay, Harvard, identity, Indiana, inequality, Latinos, minority, poor, presidential campaign, race, race relations, role model, Sanders, social class, South Bend, The Washington Post, U.S. presidential campaign, Warren, White Americans
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Trump or Clinton: My Son Jimmy Explains
Recently, Hillary Clinton described people with disabilities in the U.S. as a group who are “too often invisible, overlooked, and undervalued.” Carol Glazer, President of the National Organization of Disability (NOD), said that this was the first time a presidential … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Asian-Americans, autism, Board of Elections, Carol Glazer, disability, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Latinos, National Organization of Disability, President of the U.S., presidential debate, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, voting
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Diverse Classrooms and the “Diversity Gap”
This fall, for the first time in our nation’s history, most public-school students are not White. Rather, data from the National Center for Education Statistics indicate Latinos, Blacks, American Indians, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and biracial students will account for … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, Asian and Pacific Islanders, biracial students, Blacks, diversity, diversity gap, education, elementary school, Ferguson, Latinos, Michael Brown, National Center for Education Statistics, secondary school, social studies, teaching, teaching current events, Trayvon Martin
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Silicon Valley: It’s Not Just About Diversity
In the last month, with all of the attention on the glaring lack of diversity among the workforce at Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Apple, and other tech-industry giants, it is easy to become overly fixated on numbers. The demographics of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Blacks, civil rights, culture of inclusion, diversity, ethnicity, Facebook, gender, inclusion, Jesse Jackson, Latinos, leadership, LinkedIn, race, Silicon Valley, tech-industry, twitter
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Young Diversity Champions
Too often, schools, places of worship, and parents abdicate the responsibility of teaching children to respect and value diversity in spite of research that shows the development of prejudices, stereotypes, and race-specific attitudes often predates kindergarten. And it can be … Continue reading
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Tagged ages, disabilities, diversity, diversity champions, diversity training, faiths, Gaithersburg Middle School, Latinos, leadership, MGM Mirage, mix-it-up day, nationalities, Orthodox Jews, prejudice, respect diversity, stereotype, teachers, value diversity, viewpoints, youth
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Some Random Thoughts on Perspective
As we look toward the 2016 presidential election, some Republican strategists are floating the idea of putting Sen. Marco Rubio on the ticket to attract Latino voters. This kind of short-term, quick-fix thinking lies at the root of the “Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged "Race: Are We So Different?" Patricia Williams, "single side note, Baltimore City Community College, culture, genetics, Holly Petraeus, Latinos, Marco Rubio, microaggressions, perspective, Petraeus, President Obama, race, racial divisions, racism, Republican Party, Robin Kelly, shifting perspectives
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Romney’s Republican Re-evaluation: Diversity Unconsciousness
In the aftermath of President Obama’s re-election, much has been written about diversity. Efforts to explain Mitt Romney’s loss have focused attention on his inability to muster significant support from Asians, Blacks, Latinos, gays and lesbians, women, and youth. As … Continue reading
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Tagged Asians, Blacks, cultural landscape, Democrat, diversity, diversity consciousness, gays, Hurricane Sandy, Latinos, lesbians, leveraging diversity, Obama, political constituencies, presidential election, Republican, Republican party platform, Romney, women, youth
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“Group of the Month”
For those of you without “Diversity Calendars,” we are in the midst of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Next month is Disability Awareness Month. However, it is also Polish-American Heritage Month. November is Native-American Heritage Month, followed by _______ month (please … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Black History Month, disability, diversity, diversity calendar, Hispanics, Latinos, Maya Angelou, multiracial, National Disability Awareness Month, National Hispanic Awareness Month, Native American Heritage Month, Native Americans, Polish, Polish-American Heritage Month, stereotype
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