The election that ended last night took several years off my life. Between the blatant racism of the Romney-Ryan campaign-such as calling Barack Obama the “food stamp” president-and recent polls indicating that too many Americans just don’t like Black people, my soul has been tested. Four years ago, I cried like a baby when theContinueContinue reading “Mr. President, Three Wishes of a Black American”
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Social Scientists File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
A group of social scientists today filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court with research offering a deeper understanding of how a diverse educational environment benefits White students as well as students of color, and why diversity benefits society as whole, even more than previously understood. The brief cites studies, provided to theContinueContinue reading “Social Scientists File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin”
Social Scientists File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
A group of social scientists today filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court with research offering a deeper understanding of how a diverse educational environment benefits White students as well as students of color, and why diversity benefits society as whole, even more than previously understood. The brief cites studies, provided to theContinueContinue reading “Social Scientists File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin”