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Black-and-White TV: Nonverbal Racial Bias Found in Popular Television Shows

17 hours ago ago from Brief and to the Point

Facial expressions and body language may reinforce racism. Popular television shows that put black and white characters on an equal footing as doctors or detectives may still be transmitting racial bias nonverbally, according to a new study. Researchers found that in a selection of brief, silent clips from 11 prime-time television shows, white characters were consistently rated as behaving more positively toward other white characters than ...

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On institutionalized racism and global politics

17 hours ago ago from Tiffany B. Brown

In their rush to portray liberal internationalism as the height of human achievement, too many historians have forgotten what Mazower regards as the real ideological impulse behind the U.N.'s creation: preservation of the British Empire and white rule over Europe's colonial possessions. From Hope Against History , a review of two books about the founding of the United Nations in The American Prospect . This article reminds me of a ...

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Nyack Regents Show Minority Scores Gaps | Nyack News and Views

22 hours ago ago from NyackNewsAndViews

by Rick Tannenbaum Nyack Public Schools 2009 Regents test results indicate a significant achievement gap between the district's white and minority students. On the Algebra Regent, 83% of white students scored well, while only 47% of African-Americans and 43% of Latinos scored well. In Global History, 87% of Caucasian students scored well compared to 61% of blacks and half of Hispanic students. The Chemistry scores were 79%, 48% and 50% ...

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Can Somebody In, From, Or Been To Milwaukee Plzzzzzz Help Me, My College Is In A Segregated City!?

9 hours ago ago from The Milwaukee 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Milwaukee, WI

Im going to attending the UW-Milwaukee and am so freaking out right now. Okay im black and have like all white friends because the black people say im whitewashed because i dress in preppy clothes like hollister and AE, but im scared to go to this school

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Being white isn't "enough"

22 hours ago ago from Classical Values

I'll say it isn't! I woke up to see a truly marvelous headline staring me in the face. Ethnic groups say 'white' isn't enough on the 2010 census What is apparently going on (at least according to Detroit Free Press staff writer Niraj Warikoo) is that Arab Americans and others fear a "loss" of "benefits" if ancestry not accounted for . What benefits are those, you ask? The benefit that attach to being anything other than white! And right ...

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You Say 'Hispanic,' I Say 'Latina'

19 hours ago ago from Politics Daily

Thanks for pointing out the objections to the label "people of color," Luisita. As you know, newspapers are always struggling with race/ethnicity terminology. The latest discussion I participated in a few months ago was about how to identify Americans of Latino descent who may call themselves "Mexican" or "Puerto Rican" or whatever, but are American-born and should be distinguished from the Mexican or Peruvian immigrant. It was prompted by ...

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David E. Thigpen: Rethinking School Discipline

20 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Classroom learning is a delicate balance between teacher and student -- a balance of discipline and nurturing that shelters students from the chaos of the outside world and replaces it with structure and inspiration to help focus on building their minds. But the recently published analysis by the Associated Press on in-school disciplinary actions in Illinois reveals that the disciplinary side of education is often too heavy-handed, sweeping ...

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At White House, Holidays Are Both Treat and Test

7 hours ago ago from The New York Times

WASHINGTON For many in this town, December is a magical season of flickering menorahs and sparkling pine trees, spicy eggnog and savory latkes. But at the White House it is also a grueling whirlwind of nonstop parties and receptions the biggest test yet of the Obamas' entertaining endurance and party-hosting prowess. Luke Sharrett/The New York Times The Obamas are cutting back celebrations somewhat, with no Santa Claus or ...

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