May 2012
May 7th, 2012
Written by Allison Monterrosa in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 21 Comments
Over the weekend, my children and I were out doing our weekly grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. My daughter is 14, and my son is 18. As we walk in, they are both whining (yes…even the 18 year old) about how hungry they were. Conveniently and very strategically located right inside of Wal-Mart is a McDonald’s so I figured, “”hey, you guys can go get some McDonald’s and I will have a chance to shop in...
May 7th, 2012
Written by Abby L. Ferber ... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 5 Comments
Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.In this segment, Harry Brod, discusses how in moving the field away from a monolithic...
May 7th, 2012
Written by Manny Otiko in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
Family values is a catch phrase, often used by politicians on the right, but the term is very subjective. What are family values?Well, that often depends on the culture, and in the United States, a country made up of hundreds of different ethnic groups and nationalities, there is bound to be some disagreement on what family values are.When politicians use the word family values, they are often...
May 3rd, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Cover Stories, Latest News with 2 Comments
The unseen hands manipulating the message of this election year are the gloved appendages of racism and white privilege. Until recently, people of color and white liberals have been scratching their heads and wondering, “Is it just me or is there a racist element to the campaign themes being espoused by the GOP?” With the introduction of a new attack ad the gloves may have come off. According to...
May 2nd, 2012
Written by Russell Roberts in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Most people have heard of the Battle of Little Bighorn, a.k.a “Custer’s Last Stand.” What they don’t know is how that battle happened as a result of yet another broken treaty between the U.S. government and Native Americans – and how the aftermath of the conflict is still very much alive today.The American Army fought the Red Cloud War from 1866-68. Red Cloud was a Sioux chief who, allied with...