Category: Cultural Studies
The Secretary of Education’s Plan for Better Schools
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A recent study found that only six percent of Black eight graders could pass the math section of the SAT test. On this program, Secretary Rod Paige, the first Black secretary of education and the first to hold that o...
America’s New Immigration Policy
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Before the terrorist acts of September 11th, America’s immigration policy was primarily focused on keeping out illegal immigrants from Mexico. The arguments for and against immigration have given way to the question...
Race Wars
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Thomas Chittum, a former soldier of fortune, Vietnam veteran and author of “Civil War II: The Coming Breakup of America.” According to Chittum, America’s non-WASP populations are responsible for turning America into a...
Blacks Running for President
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Are presidential candidates Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun, a former U. S. Senator, the best choices from among the nation’s Black leadership? Will Sharpton emerge as the most powerful Black in the Democratic Pa...
Is Race No Longer Important?
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Educator Annie S. Barnes, author of Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans, charges that racism is still a pernicious and destructive part of everyday life in Black America. Through personal accounts of daily for...
Is it Racism or Excuses?
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In a Newsweek poll many Blacks believed that the government is responsible for the crisis in the Black community. Can many of the problems facing the Black community be attributed to racism or Black America's inab...
Is Alaska a Land of Opportunity?
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The Alaska Black Caucus swears by the Alaskan lifestyle. (1310)
Does Anyone Care?
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According to human rights groups and Dalit or so-called Untouchable activists, the caste system is an insidious form of discrimination throughout Southeast Asia and Africa. Smita Narula, Human Rights Watch researcher...
