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To (All) the White Girls Who Didn’t Get Into The College Of Their Dreams
via HTMLGiant.com To (All) the White Girls Who Didn’t Get Into the College of Their Dreams, I’m not gonna lie. When I applied to Brown University back in 2005, I was positive that I was getting in. I...
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And A Child Will Lead Them: Aamira Fetuga And Suzy Lee Weiss
By Guest Contributor Tressie McMillan Cottom, cross-posted from TressieMC 8-year-old Aamira Fetuga tails Tennessee state Sen. Stacey Campfield (R), author of a bill that would have tied welfare...
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From Science Class To School-to-Prison? Criminalizing Black Girls
By Guest Contributor Sikivu Hutchinson; originally published at Feminist Wire High stakes test question: a female science student conducts an experiment with chemicals that explode in a classroom,...
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Short but Sweet: Kim Ho’s The Language Of Love
By Arturo R. García Charlie (Kim Ho) tries to find the words in “The Language of Love.” If you’ve got a little less than 10 minutes to spare, the short film The Language of Love is worth your time, as...
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Race + Higher Ed: Fear Not, Suzy. You’re Still #1!
By Kendra James As we celebrate the graduating classes of 2013 over the next few weekends, lets take some time to glance at the new data on college graduation percentages vs. minority enrollment rates....
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Diversity at Wharton
Image courtesy of Jack Duval on Flick By Guest Contributor S. L. Huang; originally published at slhuang.com At my sister’s graduation Sunday, they flashed up on a screen the name and city of origin for...
View ArticleWednesday Video Potpourri
Just a few videos to start our journey toward the weekend. David Neptune and Ken Tanaka’s “What Kind of Asian Are You?” has amassed nearly 3 million views since debuting during YouTube’s “Comedy Week”...
View ArticleWatch: Racialicious Contributor Tressie McMillan Cottom on Dan Rather Reports
By Arturo R. García Always a joy to watch when our contributors get some shine in other media outlets. Latest case in point: Tressie McMillan Cottom, who has shared some great work with us covering,...
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Why Being a POC Author Sucks Sometimes
By Guest Contributor Ellen Oh, cross-posted from Hello Ello When I do my diversity presentation for high schools, I open with this chart: It’s an immediate attention grabber. Why? Because this...
View ArticleLate Update: Catch Kendra James On Al-Jazeera Today!
Just wanted to give everybody a heads-up: Our own Kendra James will be appearing on Al-Jazeera’s The Stream at 3:25 p.m. EST to discuss affirmative action policies in the U.S. in the wake of the...
View ArticleLunch Break Tidbits: Discussing Affirmative Action on Al Jazeera’s The Stream
Yesterday I appeared on Al Jazeera’s The Stream to discuss Affirmative Action policies in college admissions and hiring. Also on the panel were Ari Berman from The Nation, Jerome Hudson from the...
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Meanwhile, On Tumblr: Surprise, Surprise! SCOTUS Rules Against Native Americans
By Andrea Plaid Image via pbs.org. As you know, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) did the One Step Forward/Three Steps Back Dance when it came to rights for marginalized people. The Supreme Court ruled in...
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Quoted: Have HBCUs Outlived Their Usefulness?
The (now closed) Saint Paul’s College crest via. HBCUbuzz.com The news of St. Paul’s closing came around the same time that a board member at Howard University, another historically black institution,...
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Gender, Race, And Going To Class: A Call For A Feminist Reading of For-Profit...
By Guest Contributor Tressie McMillan Cottom, cross-posted from The Feminist Wire Most of us have seen the ads exhorting us to “call today!” to start on a new future with a college degree. How many of...
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Race + Education: New York Standardised Test Scores Hit New Lows
Standardised New York State test scores infografic via the New York Post Clearly we have a problem. According to the standardised test scores that came out last week only 26% of 3rd-8th grade students...
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Quoted: Inside Higher Ed on Meritocracy Vs. Bias
“While the principle of fairness may be a driving concern in people’s attitudes towards policies such as affirmative action, social welfare, and fair housing, the malleability of white respondents’...
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Race + Tech: Despite ‘Titstare,’ Black Girls Code Does Disrupt Right
By Arturo R. García While a pair of sophomoric, reckless displays ended up being the calling card for this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt developers’ gathering, let’s not let that take away from the work...
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Half of Asian-American NYC Teens Bullied In School, New Report Finds
By Guest Contributor Sukjong Hong Sikh-American student Pawan Singh (center) reacts at a Nirbhau Nirvair Workshop. All images courtesy of the Junior Sikh Coalition. No one promises junior high school...
View ArticleRace + Tech: Watch Black Girls Code’s Kimberly Bryant’s TED Talk
By Arturo R. García The opening of Kimberly Bryant’s video lays it out: “Just to say the words ‘Black Girls’ is revolutionary.” In this presentation from a TED Talks event in Kansas City in August...
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‘But Everybody On TV Is White And All The Nice People Are Blonde’
By Guest Contributor Hana Riaz, cross-posted from Media Diversified Participants in the upcoming exhibition, ‘A Different Mirror.’ Images and video by Martyna Przybysz. Earlier this summer, my...
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