WASHINGTON — Some of their best friends turned out to be gay.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/us/politics/for-some-same-sex-marriage-is-not-politics-its-personal.html?ref=politics
President Obama, shifting the focus from his recent endorsement of same-sex marriage to what he portrays as a lifelong belief in the essential role of women, told female graduates of Barnard College in New York City on Monday that they should go out and “fight for a seat at the head of the table.”
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Recently, there has been a lot of talk about race and gender on American television. One thing can certainly be said, the conversation has not been dull. Internet blogs have been in overdrive, and the conversation has managed to find its way into the halls of academia. In my “Sexual Politics Since World War II”
In five hastily conceived paragraphs, a White conservative blogger threw cold water on the warmly received dissertations presented by three African-American Ph.D. candidates at an academic conference last month.
Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/17068/
IN seventh-grade English class, sun leaked in through the windows. Horns bleated outside. The assignment was for the arrayed students to identify a turning point in their lives. Was it positive or negative? They hunched over and wrote fervidly.
Floriande Augustin, a first-year teacher at the school, invited students to share their choices. Hands waved for
There are some interesting things going on in Seattle, Wash., in the areas of racial and social justice. Its Race and Social Justice Initiative is hoping to make a real difference in the lives of Seattle’s residents.
Check out thier website.
OC Human Relations shares listening sessions report: