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North Carolina HBCUs Tackle Hazing
Does being asked to pick up an elderly member of your sorority and take her shopping constitute hazing? What about if an organization’s new recruits are tasked with building a mountain of bricks overnight? Those were some of the questions debated by the North Carolina HBCU students who participated in the Jan. 23 “Hazing Hurts”…
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2nd Amendment Protected Slavery
Author Says Southerners Wanted to Keep Slave Patrols As Hollywood puts slavery back in the American consciousness and the reaction to the Newtown, Conn., shootings has the Second Amendment on the front burner, an author and talk-show host links the two in an intriguing way. “The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery,” reads the…
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Study: When It Comes to Racism, Ignorance Is Bliss
File this under “Obvious stuff that’s now backed up by science.” According to research published last month in Psychological Science, ignorance about the extent of racism in history might explain why some people perceive less racism today than others. In a survey of college students, historical knowledge predicted perception of racism for black and white…
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Shedding Light on Haiti
(The Root) — To some extent, the greatest challenge facing Haiti is not just rebuilding the country after the destruction caused by the earthquake in 2010 — it’s tackling the problems the natural disaster exacerbated. The country’s identity has long been perched between two extremes: Haiti is the first independent black nation in the Western…
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How Will Obama Tackle Education Reform?
(The Root) — Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: the educational achievement gap. See previous postings in…
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Saving Our HBCUs From Financial Ruin
In the last several years, in the wake of the Great Recession, the U.S. economy has reinvented itself. Still, some sectors — including HBCUs — aren’t quite back on their feet. Lincoln University President Dr. Robert Jennings writes in Diverse Education that a shortage of funds is causing too many students to drop out. While…
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How Will Obama Handle HBCUs?
(The Root) — Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: the war on drugs. See previous postings in…
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'The Root Live' Video: Where to Work in '13
(The Root) — The jobs crisis isn’t a story we left behind in 2012; as we enter the new year, employment is on everyone’s mind! In the third webisode of The Root Live, taped on Jan. 7, host Harriette Cole was joined by Dedrick Muhammad, executive director of the NAACP’s Financial Freedom Center; executive recruiter Volora Howell;…
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How Will Obama Handle Gun Control?
(The Root) — Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. First up: gun control. Background: President Obama permanently solidified…
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Notables in Black Culture We Lost in 2012
Carter, who was a civil rights attorney for the NAACP, is best known for developing the legal strategy in cases that led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. Carter became NAACP general counsel in 1956 and would go on to win 21 of 22 cases that he argued before the…