February 2012
February 13th, 2012
Written by Paul C. Gorski ... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 11 Comments
In my favorite photograph of my Grandma Wilma, taken during her early teens, she stands outside her Kitzmiller, Maryland, house. The house’s exterior, cracking and worn, hints at the working poor life she and her family are living in Appalachia. Evidence, too, is her attire: full-length overalls, dusty and stained, hang over a plain white t-shirt. The tips of dirty shoes peek out from the bottoms...
February 13th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
Balancing the economic differences between the minority and majority communities throughout the nation remains a lingering problem as major metropolitan areas continue to dig out from under the 2008-09 financial melt-down. A good key indicator is small business ownership, an elusive goal for many people of color, particularly African Americans.No where is this gap more evident than in...
February 10th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
"I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group," revealed Peggy McIntosh in her groundbreaking work Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (1990). Being dominant and being victimized seem to be polar opposites, so how can white privilege victimize white people?Have you ever thought you were in charge when in reality you were...
February 9th, 2012
Written by Alonzo Weston in Latest News, "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket,Why do politicians, particularly Republicans, continue to overtly, or covertly perpetuate the impression that more blacks are on welfare and receive food stamps than whites?~Irate In Sonoma.Dear Irate, Racial stereotyping has replaced kissing babies in some Republican campaigns. Politicians like former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and former Speaker of the House Newt...
February 7th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Cover Stories, Latest News with 2 Comments
The worst type of discrimination is always the kind that is being directed at you. Trying to answer the question as to which minority group suffers most from discrimination is like trying to decide whether childbirth or passing a kidney stone is the most painful. The answer depends whether you are in labor or in the throes of passing a stone. That is why it is difficult to determine which racial...