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Category Archives: Ethnicity & Race
White House courts Asian American, Pacific Islander votes
Kamala Harris, the first person of South Asian descent to be U.S. vice president, is leading a White House effort to attract Asian American votes at a key moment in the presidential race. Harris will give the keynote address at 3 p.m. … Continue reading
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New: “100 Questions and Answers About Hmong Americans: Secret No More”
Welcome, and please check out our latest Bias Busters guide, “100 Questions and Answers About Hmong Americans: Secret No More.” There is something in this guide for you whether you are Hmong or have always had the desire to know … Continue reading
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Juneteenth: Holiday’s name has a purpose
Juneteenth, our newest federal holiday, has a name that confuses people. Before we get into the story behind the quirky name, let’s talk a little about what the holiday means. Juneteenth refers to June 19th, 1865, when Union Army Major … Continue reading
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Secret War refugee wins high-profile $1.3 billion lottery
What are the odds? An immigrant in Oregon wins a $1.3 billion Powerball pot and people hear about his little known ethnicity. Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, came from Southeast Asia part of the refugee exodus that sprang from the U.S. CIA’s … Continue reading
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U.S. people agree: Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is up
The Israel-Hamas war has polarized people in the U.S. and pushed those who feel it is unsafe to state their position to the sidelines of silence. However, a Pew Research Center study on free seech and discrimination against Jews and … Continue reading
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What does MENA mean? The U.S. Census’ new category
The federal government announced big changes in the way the Census Bureau counts the country. The formal March 29 announcement said the Census is combining race and ethnicity into one section and adding a new category. The categories will be … Continue reading
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Which is preferred, Black or African American?
Either can be correct. Gallup polling since 1991 has shown that half to two-thirds of African American and Black respondents did not have a preference. Although the terms are not necessarily synonymous, it can come down to individual preferences about … Continue reading
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2024 Black History Month’s sad irony
In a disappointing three-way mixup of Civil Rights figures, Target has pulled its Black History Month book off the shelves. The book scrambled identifications for images of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois and Carter G. Woodson. Washington was an … Continue reading
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Latinx, Latino, Latina, Hispanic: What’s the difference?
New Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders caused something of a new-year kerfuffle by banishing the use of “Latinx” by state government as one of her first acts in office. So, why do we have the word and why did Sanders … Continue reading
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Lansing City Pulse reviews “The Black Church” guide
We appreciate Bill Castanier’s article in Lansing City Pulse on our most recent Bias Busters guide, “100 Questions and Answers About the Black Church: The Social and Spiritual Movement of a People.”
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