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DiversityTraining and Police: Ten Success Strategies Part II

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Dr. Bucher

Continued from last blog, DiversityTraining and Police:  Ten Success Strategies Importance of moving beyond awareness and knowledge. Unfortunately, much police training in the area of diversity focuses solely on recognizing and understanding different dimensions of diversity; instead of using these … Continue reading →

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Santa Claus and the Race Question at Indiana University

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Dr. Bucher

Recently, IU’s CommUNITY Education Program thought that it might be a good idea to pose the question, “Can Santa Claus Be a Black Man?”  So they created a big poster with this very question and placed it just inside a … Continue reading →

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Incidental Diversity Mentoring

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Dr. Bucher

Mentoring programs, including individual, group, cross-cultural, reverse, and language mentoring, all revolve around the importance of learning from diversity.  Research shows that mentoring is one of the most effective ways of engaging diversity, learning to shift perspectives, learning more about … Continue reading →

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Social Class Bias

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Dr. Bucher

As a dimension of diversity, social class carries tremendous economic, educational, and political importance. Yet, when diversity is defined and discussed, social class is often totally ignored or at best, an afterthought. Consider the following stories as reported in the … Continue reading →

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