Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 43 other subscribersClick the covers for print or digital Bias Busters.
Category Archives: Hispanics and Latinos
School segregation on rise 65 years after Brown v. Board of Education
UCLA’s Civil Rights Project this month reported on its examination of schools, 65 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. The study showed a rollback. The authors wrote segregation … 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
Measles and migration story debunked
A fake story is making the rounds on Facebook, tricking people into thinking that the outbreak of measles in the United States has been caused by immigrants from South America. It reports, “A Facebook meme incorrectly blames the measles outbreak … Continue reading
Posted in Hispanics and Latinos, Immigrants, Latinos
Leave a comment
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
FBI adds hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus, Arab Americans
The FBI has announced that its mechanism for gathering reports on hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arab Americans is operational. Quantifying is an important step on the road to understanding a problem and then solving it. The FBI announced … Continue reading
Posted in Arab Americans, Faith, Indian Americans, Language, Latinos, Muslims
Leave a comment
6 ways Silicon Valley can build diverse talent pipeline
Posted in African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, Work
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Asian American, Hispanics and Latinos
Leave a comment