Monthly Archive: June 2004
Whites cashing in on minority contracts Chicago Sun Times June 20, 2004 BY TIM NOVAK AND STEVE WARMBIR Staff Reporters On paper, Benchmark Construction Co. is run by Michael Smith, an African-American man. That’s...
The Roots of Hatred Our brains are programmed to distrust outsiders. But are we hard-wired to hate? AARP Magazine By Sharon Begley, May & June 2004 If you are mystified by the persistence of...
Spaniards are Hispanic — they started it Lenawee Connection By Roger Hernandez A guy named Rocco Luiere just found out he is not Hispanic after spending his life thinking he was. The poor, misguided...
THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE 6/14/2004 Ethnic graduation honors black Bruins By Menaka Fernando DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF Leilani Downing came to UCLA in the winter of 1998, only months after the implementation of Proposition...
The Mulatto Nations Times Taking a Closer Look at the ‘One Drop Rule’: An Interview with Frank Sweet by Barbara Yanez and Frank Sweet Few topics conjure up the unease, surprise, and chagrin as...
Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones? June 24, 2004 The New York Times By SARA RIMER and KAREN W. ARENSON At the most recent reunion of Harvard University’s black alumni, there was...
Letter from Gwen Mandell Join me in a nationwide campaign to open the upcoming presidential debates to include independent candidate Ralph Nader. A new organization is being launched — LetNaderDebate.Org — whose mission is to...