Tag Archives: Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

12.20.15
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“Dear Justice Scalia: Here’s what I learned as a black student struggling at an elite college” By Afi-Odelia Scruggs

“The mismatch argument is flawed because it assumes under-prepared black students will opt to fail instead of push to succeed. Ultimately, I wonder what proponents are actually trying to protect: a system that includes black students who are like I was, or a status quo that keeps them out?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/11/dear-justice-scalia-heres-what-i-learned-as-a-black-student-struggling-at-an-elite-college/

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12.20.15
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Aversive Racism: “I don’t trust white people, even the liberals, and science backs me up.” Makini King

“Most Whites don’t want to be racist and this is a great thing, however, most Whites have trouble accepting that they do racist things, which prevents them from doing anything about them.”

https://thsppl.com/i-don-t-trust-white-people-even-the-liberal-ones-and-science-backs-me-up-18dc718bcc4b#.zeegufxrn

12.16.14
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150 Years Later, A Formal Apology For The Sand Creek Massacre/NPR

“This wasn’t just an event in history; it wasn’t something that just happened and is over. The things that could bring about an atrocity of this magnitude — those were human things, and that potential is still in people.

– Alexa Roberts, superintendent, Sand Creek historic site

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/12/15/370182656/150-years-later-a-formal-apology-for-the-sand-creek-massacre?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2041

02.16.14
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Why Aren’t There More Interracial Love Songs? NPR

For Valentine’s Day, NPR reporter Shereen Marisol Meraji looked at race in love songs. In her words:

“You don’t hear pop stars crooning about miscegenation these days. But, as we know, coupling up across racial and ethnic lines is happening now more than ever. The 2010 census showed that interracial and inter-ethnic married couples grew by nearly 30 percent in 10 years.

So if pop music is a reflection of the issues of the day, why aren’t we bobbing our heads and shaking our hips to more songs with lyrics about cross-cultural lovin’?”

Here’s the story (text and audio link): http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/02/14/276782537/pop-music-lags-dealing-with-interracial-love-anxieties?sc=17&f=3