racism
Tim’s Tips: A Word With Issues
A Word With Issues May 9, 2012, 12:01 am The Chronicle of Higher Education By Ben Yagoda Long before Naomi Schaefer Riley’s recent Brainstorm post for The Chronicle attacking the discipline of black studies (the controversy over which seemed to reach some closure yesterday), I’d been thinking about racists. The word, that is, not the [...]
Tim’s Tips: The Modern-Day Ku Klux Klan
May 15, 2011 The Modern-Day Ku Klux Klan Text and Photographs The Chronicle of Higher Education By James Edward Bates I grew up in McComb, Miss., one of the main battlegrounds of the civil-rights struggle in this country. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee held its first voter-registration drive there, in 1961; during the Freedom Summer [...]
Tim’s Tips: Conference to Examine Tough Issues Around Race in College Sports
Conference to Examine Tough Issues Around Race in College Sports April 12, 2011, 3:07 pm By Libby Sander The Chronicle of Higher Education Does media coverage perpetuate racial biases in college sports? Do academic-support services foster true academic achievement, or merely preserve eligibility? Does race still matter in coaching opportunities? Have African-American women benefited from [...]
Tim’s Tips: The “Reverse Discrimination Sentiment”
The “Reverse Discrimination Sentiment” April 5, 2011, 5:33 pm By Richard Kahlenberg The Chronicle of Higher Education As Peter Schmidt reported in The Chronicle, new research to be presented at the American Educational Research Association next week finds that Americans “see minority students as having much greater advantages in seeking access to college than is [...]
Tim’s Tips: As Technology Evolves, New Forms of Online Racism Emerge
As Technology Evolves, New Forms of Online Racism Emerge March 13, 2011, 10:15 pm By Jeff Young Chronicle of Higher Education Austin, Tex.—New forms of online racism are emerging as video games add audio-chat features, and as popular online games draw a more global audience…. (Note: May require subscription.) http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/as-technology-evolves-new-forms-of-online-racism-emerge/30351?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en