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The curious case of Michael Steele2 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 2 months ago: By Christopher Metzler Let’s face it, if Barack Obama were not president of the United States, Micha … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, African-Americans, Culture, Diversity, General, HBCUs, Race, Barack Obama, Christopher Metzler

Obama and Paterson: Painful Politics1 comment

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 2 months ago: Dr. Christopher J. Metzler The New York Times has reported that President Obama has asked New York G … more →

Tags: African-Americans, Culture, Diversity, General, Race, Black Males, black scholars

What Educators Can Learn from President Obama’s Back to School Speech2 comments

Emery Petchauer wrote 2 months ago: By Emery Petchauer We now know that President Obama’s recent speech to America’s youngest citizens w … more →

Tags: Diversity, K-12, Teaching, technology, arne duncan, Back-to-school speech, Emery Petchauer, President Barack Obama, school speech

Come on People! What's the Big Deal about a President Welcoming Students Back to School?5 comments

Marybeth Gasman wrote 2 months ago: By Dr. Marybeth Gasman Ronald Reagan did it, George H.W. Bush did it, why can’t Barack Obama?  … more →

Tags: African-Americans, Culture, Diversity, General, Race, Barack Obama, CNN, Conservatives, Democrats

Racism, It's Viral2 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 4 months ago: By Dr. Christopher Metzler “To entertain her daughter, Michelle Obama loves to make monkey sou … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, Culture, Diversity, Gender, Race, General, African-Americans

The Flawed Logic of Anti-affirmative Action Bake Sales13 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 5 months ago: By Dr. Christopher J. Metzler The Affirmative Action Bake Sale is used by conservative groups on col … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, African-Americans, Asian Americans, Campus Life, Culture, Diversity, Gender, General, Higher Ed administration

Trading an Education for Thug Life3 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 5 months ago: By Dr. Christopher J. Metzler In the past several weeks, we have witnessed “two Black men in a Cadil … more →

Tags: African-Americans, Culture, Diversity, General, Race

It is High Time for a Black Woman on the High Court1 comment

Dr. Pamela D. Reed wrote 5 months ago: By Dr. Pamela D. Reed “Make me do it.” -Barack Hussein Obama The relevance of the above … more →

Tags: African-Americans, Diversity, General, Latinos/Latinas, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Desiree Rogers, hispanic national bar association

Black History, No More?1 comment

Dr. Pamela D. Reed wrote 6 months ago: By Pamela Reed Now that Barack Obama is President of the United States, why don’t we just pret … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, Culture, Diversity, Race, General, Native Americans, African-Americans, Latinos/Latinas, Barack Obama

A Litmus Test for Commencement Speakers?5 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 6 months ago: By Dr. Christopher J. Metzler Every President since President Eisenhower has been invited to speak a … more →

Tags: Campus Life, Culture, Diversity, Race, General, Religion, Barack Obama, Christopher J. Metzler, Notre Dame University

The Perils of a "post-racial" Presidency1 comment

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 6 months ago: By Dr. Christopher J. Metzler  A recent New York Times/CBS poll concluded that race relations are im … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, African-Americans, Diversity, General, Race

Shaping the Court: Race, Gender and Ideology2 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 6 months ago: By Dr. Christopher J. Metzler 2009 seems to be the year that the American electorate is turning left … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Gender, Race, General, African-Americans

Obama Decision to Boycott World Racism Conference is Regrettable9 comments

Dr. Pamela D. Reed wrote 7 months ago: By Dr. Pamela D. Reed Change has come to America. Doubters of this undeniable truth need only look t … more →

Tags: Culture, Diversity, Race, General, African-Americans, Barack Obama, Pamela Reed, Israel, United Nations World Conference against Racism

Michelle Obama: One Classy, Resilient, Intelligent First Lady4 comments

Elwood Watson wrote 7 months ago: By Elwood Watson From the moment her husband became a serious contender for the Democratic nominatio … more →

Tags: African-Americans, Culture, Diversity, Gender, General, Race, Barack Obama, claudia johnson, elwood watson

Remembering a Legend: John Hope Franklin

Marybeth Gasman wrote 7 months ago: By Dr. Marybeth Gasman In 1997, while I was doing my dissertation research, I had the wonderful oppo … more →

Tags: HBCUs, Race, General, African-Americans, Black Colleges, Marybeth Gasman, Fisk University, John Hope Franklin, African-American History

‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’1 comment

diheonline wrote 8 months ago: In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) ‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’   By Hilary Hurd An … more →

Tags: Culture, Diversity, HBCUs, Race, General, Duke University, Barack Obama, Howard University, Fisk University

The Beleagured Michael Steele3 comments

Elwood Watson wrote 8 months ago: By Elwood Watson Several weeks ago, the Republican National Committee  elected Michael Steele as its … more →

Tags: Culture, Diversity, Race, General, Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Steele, ada fisher, Ken Blackwell

Of Watermelons, Chimps and Cowards3 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 8 months ago:   Dr. Christopher J. Metzler   It was not that long ago that we were ushering in the “post-racial” e … more →

Tags: Race, General, Barack Obama, Christopher Metzler, Republican Party, John McWhorter, Dinesh D'Souza, post-racial America, dean grose

Arne Duncan on Tour and the Next Generation of Educators

Emery Petchauer wrote 9 months ago: By Emery Petchauer One important area of concern that received little attention during this year’s m … more →

Tags: K-12, Teaching, arne duncan, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education


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