‘Hispanic’ label a creation of politicians Lexington Herald-Leader By Abdon Ibarra CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST Recently, the Web site for Black Entertainment Television posed the question: “Does it bother you that Hispanics […]
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Author: A.D. Powell
Cosby Defends His Remarks About Poor Blacks’ Values
Cosby Defends His Remarks About Poor Blacks’ Values The New York Times May 22, 2004 By FELICIA R. LEE Bill Cosby, known mostly as a genial father figure who contributes […]
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Too much liberal guilt and affirmative action?
Stealing the Answers: Prevaricators in the Classroom The Chronicle of Higher Education May 14, 2004 By JAMES E. McWILLIAMS When the last accused cheater arrived at my office door (at […]
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Unhealthy Disparities
April 20, 2004, 8:46 a.m. Unhealthy Disparities: Race-Card Rx By Roger Clegg Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has announced that one of his highest priorities this year will be passing […]
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A “Bone Woman” Chronicles the World’s Massacres
A “Bone Woman” Chronicles the World’s Massacres The New York Times April 24, 2004 By JANE PERLEZ Clea Koff was present at the big events of the 1990’s: Rwanda, Bosnia, […]
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Frist’s First Priority: Medical Quotas
Frist Priority: Medical Affirmative Action Last Priority: Competent Doctors By Steve Sailer April 25, 2004 Senate Majority Leader and surgeon Bill Frist (R-TN) is pushing as his “highest priority” a […]
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Race holds little importance in biology, genetics
Race holds little importance in biology, genetics The Daily Cardinal By Dinesh Ramde Published: Monday, April 19, 2004 Health statistics are often broken down into categories by race. But increasingly, […]
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Uncovering an Interracial Literature of Love . . . and Racism
Uncovering an Interracial Literature of Love . . . and Racism The New York Times April 17, 2004 By EMILY EAKIN The word miscegenation entered America’s bitter racial politics and […]
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No right to one’s own ancestry?
Conversation with Stephanie Bryant The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Yale Center for International and Area Studies Stephanie thought she had no right to […]
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Light and Dark Beauty among Somalis
Light and Dark Beauty among Somalis Camel Milk Threads I’ve noticed that quite a large amount of Somali woman have this twisted view that they must lighten themselves in order […]
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