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Jul 16
The Study of Whiteness by Roberto Rodriguez
The Study of WhitenessRoberto RodriguezRetrieved on July 16, 2008 from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_6_16/ai_55618720/print IN RECENT YEARS, A BURGEONING NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, AND COURSES DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF WHITENESS HAS CAUSED SOME SCHOLARS TO ASK WHETHER THIS IS SERIOUS SCHOLARSHIP WITH A FUTURE, OR A PASSING CULTURAL FANCY At a conference held late in March, students, …
Jul 16
Racial Realism
From handout on July 16, 2008 in Critical Race Theory. Derrick Bell and others posit a racial philosophy:Views on Racial Realism: Black people will never gain full equality in this country (i.e., parity with White people) Efforts will only result in temporary progress Through acceptance of this perspective, Blacks can imaginatively devise strategies that foster …
Jul 16
Inglewood Riot discussion
Black / Brown conflict at Inglewood High School erupted after a Cinco de Mayo event near Los Angeles. It was described as a racial riot. The conflict does not include any gang members, no Crips, no Bloods, just normal students attending school. Later this racial conflict would eventually include gang members too. Mexicans walked out …
Jul 16
Racial Eliminativism
Eliminitivist methods include development of autobiographically based multicultural and borderline identity theories, refutations of biological essentialism, and identification of historical and conceptual underpinnings of white racism. Views on Racial Eliminativism: Racism must be abandoned in order to achieve holistic identity formation (a fear that without race one has no meaning or worth) Racism can be …
Jul 16
Debate: racism can be eliminated
If race is socially constructed then, than it can be deconstructed: kill everyone remove all forms of communication concept of a multiracial nation — the less concerned about race talked about Eliminivistshttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/race/
Jul 16
Dear Mr & Ms Racist
Retrieved on July 16, 2008 from http://mzansiafrika.typepad.com/mzansi_afrika/2006/05/dear_mr_ms_raci.html Dear Mr & Ms Racist Shock Treatment:With reference to your behaviour in these past few years, I’d like to inform you that more and more people are waking up to the fact that the premise of your beliefs rests on scorn. For example, today more and more performing …
Jul 10
State's digital divide widens even as more citizens log on
State’s digital divide widens even as more citizens log on Ethnicity, demographics, income play key role in who’s wired, survey finds Anastasia Ustinova, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, June 26, 2008 While the number of Californians who log on to the Internet has increased since 2000 from 65 to 70 percent, a statewide survey conducted by …