College freshmen are more liberal and keen on political activism, survey says

By | February 11th, 2016|Intergroup Relations|

Today’s American college freshman is more liberal, less religious and increasingly committed to civic involvement and political activism than her predecessors in previous generations, according to a national survey released Wednesday by UCLA researchers.

 

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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Transgender student’s use of locker room causes stir at San Diego high school

By | February 11th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

teenager who was born female and uses the boys’ locker room at Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego has triggered a dispute over a state law that seeks to accommodate transgender students.

A Poway Unified School District board meeting was packed Tuesday night with people raising questions about student rights.

Read more in the Los

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After recent ICE raids, sanctuary movement grows for immigrants here illegally

By | February 8th, 2016|Immigration|

Rev. Fred Morris is familiar with violence in Latin America.

Morris, currently leading North Hills United Methodist Church, survived detention and torture at the hands of Brazil’s military dictatorship in 1974.

That’s one reason Morris said he’s ready to defy Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and offer his place of worship as a refuge for Central Americans

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After Racist Episodes, Blunt Discussions on Campus

By | February 4th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Scott N. Brooks, draped in a dapper shawl-collar sweater, looked out on the auditorium of mostly white students in puffy coats and sweats as they silently squirmed at his question. Why, he had asked, does Maria Sharapova, a white Russian tennis player, earn nearly twice as much in endorsements as

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Stanford: Ethnic Studies Courses Help At-risk High School Students

By | February 4th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

High school ethnic studies courses focusing on how race and culture can impact life and identity can sometimes improve attendance and academic performance of students who are at risk of dropping out.

That’s the finding of a recent study by Stanford University researchers who examined the effects of ethnic studies courses at San Francisco public high

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Feds to review San Francisco Police Department after fatal shooting

By | February 2nd, 2016|Police & Community|

Responding to calls for help from San Francisco’s mayor and Board of Supervisors, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a review of the city’s Police Department, which has been under fire for the shooting of a young black man in December.

The two-year review will be conducted by the Office of Community

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Black America and the Class Divide

By | February 1st, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois, the leading scholar of the first half of the 20th century, defined the urgency of black social responsibility in his famous essay “The Talented Tenth” — 10 being the percentage of the African-American demographic needed to lead the race into an integrated, equal America. In

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The New Student Activists

By | February 1st, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Young African-Americans and their allies are demanding change, leading people of all backgrounds to talk about issues that have lain dormant for decades. What do they want? Inclusion and representation — now. Here, seven students talk about the problems, the protests and themselves.

AMANDA BENNETT 

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The Academy Awards isn’t alone with its color problem. Look at higher education.

By | January 29th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Punxsutawney Phil must have seen his shadow last year at the Oscars and decided institutional racism was going to be around for another year. For the second year in a row no people of color were nominated for the top honors in America’s entertainment industry. In a country that is 37 percent people of color,

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Students’ Demands Go Beyond Black and White

By | January 28th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

hen Mi Gente, a group that represents Latino students at Duke University, announced that it would boycott a spring recruiting weekend for Latinos because its members were tired of simply being “poster children for brochures,” black and Asian-American student groups took to social media to pledge their support.

Meanwhile, they were busy with their own demands.

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