Video Thursday: Tradition and Empowerment

April 29, 2010 – 12:53 pm

An Indian woman and feminist shares three encounters with women who are working for women’s rights and for peace within their traditions. It’s long, but it’s worth it: All too often, I think we forget the balance of which she speaks. In one conversation, we talk about how tradition binds communities, provides a sense of [...]

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This Week in Diversity: Boys, Girls, and Government

March 12, 2010 – 3:58 pm

Yesterday we posted a video on the frustrations of biracial people being put into little boxes. Taking a very different view is Michele Elam, with a thought-provoking article about the pitfalls of “mark one or more races” on the census. On her blog, author Shannon Hale takes a look at the lack of girls in [...]

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Video Thursday: Many Black Girls Say White Dolls Are Prettier

February 11, 2010 – 2:51 pm

A look at how black children look at dolls—light and dark—in the 1940s and today. more about “In GMA Test Many Black Girls Still Sa…“, posted with vodpod There has been improvement, and that’s great. But what’s really telling is the difference between the boys and the girls; the boys universally look at the black [...]

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This Week in Diversity: Help for Haiti and an Unfair World

January 15, 2010 – 6:18 pm

Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Haiti, and those with family or friends there. Remember when giving to relief efforts that only nonprofits who already have operations in Haiti are situated to give immediate assistance. Aid Watch brings an explanation of why this is the case and suggestions for how to respond, and [...]

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This Week in Diversity

October 2, 2009 – 11:18 am

Every week, we’re going to be bringing you a roundup of interesting articles, commentary, and projects dealing with diversity—race, gender, immigration issues, discrimination, and people bridging cultural barriers. Drumroll, please! From the New York Times, a California hospital is working with Hmong shamans to improve care—body and soul—of the town’s Hmong immigrant population. From Genreville, [...]

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Work: Past, Present, Future

September 30, 2009 – 12:17 pm

I’ve been looking a lot at the Job Voyager, a nifty interactive chart of the U.S. labor force from 1850 through 2000. On it, you can see the number of farmers and farm workers decreasing fairly steadily and the number of clerical workers rising. You can see the percentage of women in workforce increasing, with [...]

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