The U.S. Census Bureau data released on Tuesday paint a grim picture of growing economic turmoil in American households over the last several years since the beginning of the Great Recession. Although experts tell us the recession officially ended back in 2009, the number of people living in poverty in the United States in 2010—46.2 million —is the largest number in the 52 … [Read more...] about Canaries in the coal mine: Census data show long-term financial distress among people of color
Diversity
“Some Possible Changes, Critics and Cautions” by john powell (March-April 2008 P&R Issue)
By john powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The effort of Julius Chambers, Dean Jack Boger and William Tobin should be applauded. They are looking for a creative way to change the trajectory that has pointed toward both restricting diversity in higher education and increased racial isolation in K-12. Their effort should be engaged and experimented with on … [Read more...] about “Some Possible Changes, Critics and Cautions” by john powell (March-April 2008 P&R Issue)
“Race vis-a-vis Class in the U.S.?” by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
By john a. powell and Stephen Menendian (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In his groundbreaking 1903 treatise, The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.” A century later, and a full generation removed from the battles of the Civil Rights era, many now suggest that class, not race, is … [Read more...] about “Race vis-a-vis Class in the U.S.?” by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
“Inequality and the Schoolhouse” by Stan Karp (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
By Stan Karp (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Richard Rothstein asks how much schools can be expected to overcome the staggering inequality that continues to define our society. It’s the right question. Educational inequality—whose manifestations go well beyond test score gaps—is perhaps the central problem our schools face. How we deal with it will go a long … [Read more...] about “Inequality and the Schoolhouse” by Stan Karp (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
“We Aspire to Integration and Practice Pluralism” by Frank H. Wu (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By Frank H. Wu (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Of all the prophecies for the new millennium, demographic predictions will come true the earliest. Within the foreseeable future, our society will make a transition that has never before and nowhere else occurred peacefully, much less successfully: we will cease to have a single identifiable racial majority and … [Read more...] about “We Aspire to Integration and Practice Pluralism” by Frank H. Wu (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
