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Category Archives: Asian American
Americans value diversity, disagree on how to achieve it
A Pew Research Center study out this month reports that, while most Americans think the nations increasing diversity is a good thing, they do not agree on how to achieve it. Pew reports, “Most say it’s a good thing that … Continue reading
2018 mid-term election was female, young and Hispanic
High turnout in the mid-term election’s “Blue Wave” that flipped the U.S. House was driven in part by young and Hispanic voters, according to the Census Bureau. The 2018 turnout of 53.4 percent of eligible voters was called the highest … Continue reading
Bias Busters diversity quiz tests your cultural competence IQ
Welcome to the Bias Busters site. This connects to guides that answer more than 1,500 questions that everyone wonders about, but that they may be reluctant to ask because they don’t want to bruise feelings or appear to not know … Continue reading
Associated Press changes style on race, gender
Related: AP changes style to capitalize Black and Indigenous AP explains why it will not capitalize white The Associated Press stylebook sets the tone and conventions for news media across the United States and around the world. New editions typically … Continue reading
Congratulations to Rachele Kanigel, associate professor of journalism at San Francisco State University, for the launch of a new diversity style guide for journalists. The guide is filled with contemporary definitions and is well organized, listing terms alphabetically and by … Continue reading
New take on Asian-American studies
By Joe Grimm In March, a new book will provide a new take on Asian-American history. Curious about how that history might be different in the heart of the country from circumstances on the East and West Coasts, I asked … Continue reading
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Fall reading list includes Bias Busters series
Diverse reading list for fall includes Bias Busters, book about Bill Cosby and one by Charles Blow. Continue reading
Public schools are now mostly minorities
For years, we have known that the United States will become a country in which no racial or ethnic group is in the majority. The Pew Research Center reports why, when schools open, non-Hispanic white students will no longer be … Continue reading
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Hawaii’s diversity made election hard to call
Nate Silver’s elevated his reputation as a rock star statistician in the 2008 presidential electinby predicting the winner in 48 of 50 states. That brand helped him create the the website FiveThirtyEight.com, where he works with other numbers-minded writers. But … Continue reading
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Ted Nugent’s race remarks cost him concerts
Rocker Ted Nugent has had a controversial concert tour, having venues canceled or protested coast to coast over his remarks about Hispanics, Asians, American Indians and Trayvon Martin. * The City of Longview, Texas, paid Nugent to not perform at … Continue reading
