An African-American student at Ole Miss talks about having racial slurs yelled at her and alcohol thrown at her.
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Education
Washington state Legislature approves ‘Dream Act’
The Washington state Legislature has given final approval to a measure to expand college financial aid to include students who were brought to the state illegally as children.
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First Nations teen told not to smudge before school
“The 17-year-old Manitoba teen lost a younger brother to suicide last year and he says smudging — the practice of burning traditional medicines — is one way that helps him cope with his grief.”
Community Village‘s insight:
“it’s not that you did wrong, but that you’ll be perceived to have done wrong…” -Father of Jordan Davis
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Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California 2009
“Michael Eric Dyson, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University; Author
Named one of the 100 most influential black Americans by Ebony magazine, Dyson touches on politics, the arts and the personal, including justice, poverty, faith and spirituality. Known as the hip-hop intellectual, he examines issues of class, race and poverty, and political strife. Join us for an enlightening discussion.
Moderator: Richard Thompson Ford, George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Stanford University; Author, The Race Card”
Community Village‘s insight:
Now that Dr. Cornel West is not broadcasting weekly with Tavis Smiley, I went and found me some Dr. Michael Eric Dyson to listen to.
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The Bay Area’s Faculty Student Mismatch
“Below is a glimpse of data on the representation and diversity (or lack thereof) of university professors relative to student demographics in San Francisco Bay Area campuses. The article, White professors still dominate Bay Area colleges as student bodies grow more diverse, gives a bit more context to the issue. Unfortunately, this phenomena is not unique to the Bay Area. For a scholarly and feminist perspective consider checking out, Presumed incompetent: The intersections of race and class for Women in academia.
A very important issue as the representation of students of color generally, and Chicano/Latinos in particular, continue to rise.”
Community Village‘s insight:
Notice how the hiring of faculty is way out of proportion to the demographics of the student population. What do you think accounts for that?
Structural, institutionalized and personal favoritism?
Another way to look at this chart – if you combine the Asian and White groups together in the pie charts those groupings are then a fairly close match between the two columns of Faculty & Students.
Steven Riley, and others have mentioned that Asians are the next group that may likely ‘become white’ – in the way that Italians, Irish, Jewish, Middle Easterners and Egyptians have become culturally ‘white’ in the U.S. and on the census.
If you group Black and Latino groups together in the pie chart, the numbers also somewhat match between the faculty and students columns.
It’s also interesting to note that UC Berkeley is the only university to successfully hire a matching percentage of Black faculty compared to their student population.
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Forks Over Knives – Official Trailer
http://www.forksoverknives.com
The feature film Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.
Community Village‘s insight:
Eating plants is healthy and no animal will be incarcerated or oppressed from harvesting plants.
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▶ Minority students get harsher punishment in school – YouTube
“The Departments of Education and Justice together issued new guidance on Wednesday to help public schools administer student discipline without discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin. Data shows that students of color face harsher punishments for committing the same actions as their white peers.”
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Family of Georgia student suspended for teacher hug files appeal
The family of a Georgia student suspended for the school year for hugging a teacher has filed an appeal with the school board, the teen’s mother tells CNN.
Community Village‘s insight:
In his senior year of high school, he is suspended for a year.
He did not deserve a suspension for this. However, he should have simply been told that some people don’t like hugs. If he was in a Latin country, this would be less of an issue. It’s common to kiss on the cheek as a greeting in Mexico for example.
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Teen suspended for hugging teacher – CNN.com Video
A Georgia high school student has been suspended for one year for hugging his teacher.
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Black & Hispanic students get fewer advanced classes and science labs at city high schools
An analysis of Education Department data from the 2011-12 school year found that on average, white and Asian students attend high schools with twice as many Advanced Placement courses and almost twice as many science labs as schools attended by black and Hispanic students.’
See on www.nydailynews.com