Race Issues

Applying for American citizenship requires renunciation of a prior citizenship, but US dual citizenship is recognized and legal. How is this possible?

Nov 21, 2009 - Roger Tunsley

The National Urban League, NAACP and the Black Leadership Forum combined efforts to rally support behind U.S. national health care reform with much success.

Nov 19, 2009 - Leslie McCloud

Jorge Ramos provides perspective on immigration policy, the Hispanic community and how he has adapted to life in the U.S. after coming from Mexico in the '80s.

Nov 15, 2009 - Libby Black

Is there a complexion divide? Does Michelle Obama's complexion make her a rare beauty? This issue is debated along with its impact on American society

Nov 9, 2009 - Sophia Russell

Georgi State University held the Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation to honor the recipients of the Martin Luther King Jr.

Nov 8, 2009 - Gaurav Bhatia

Sixty years have passed since the end of World War II and this generation of secondary school students are the last who wil benefit from first hand Survivor testimony.

Oct 29, 2009 - Karen Finch

A retooling of what is respected in the consciousness of the African-American community as a whole is not only in order and appropriate, it is long overdue.

Oct 29, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responds to inequality and helps to lead America's Civil Rights Movement.

Oct 25, 2009 - Rhonda Campbell

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. mounted courage and led the charge for Civil Rights throughout the United States. Impact of his achievements continues.

Oct 25, 2009 - Rhonda Campbell

Public education was invented to improve society and its citizens. African-Americans and girls, to an extent, were excluded from this process.

Oct 19, 2009 - Leslie McCloud

Although most African American men are excited about Obama's presidency, discrimination in the judicial system and workplace still exists in most of their lives.

Oct 14, 2009 - Emmerson Philippe

The Swastika, at first thought, represents the terror of the Third Reich, but it has been used as a religious symbol for millennia

Oct 13, 2009 - Lynda Osborne

A poor judgment call from Hey Hey It's Saturday producers plus a decision to invite Harry Connick Jr onto the show resulted in an international incident.

Oct 12, 2009 - Lee-Ann Khoh

Whilst much is known about Nelson Mandela and the ANC little is known about a white Jewish South African who fought the oppression and injustices of the Apartheid regime.

Oct 11, 2009 - Ramon Youseph

Names connected to a family's multicultural background help a child develop a multiracial self-concept.

Oct 5, 2009 - Tricia Masenthin

American-Haitians refer to the group of Haitian students living in the United States who identify more with their local American communities than their Haitian roots.

Oct 5, 2009 - Emmerson Philippe

The term Haitian-Americans within the context of this article refers to Haitian students who remain steadfast to their Haitian heritiage though they are living in the US.

Oct 5, 2009 - Emmerson Philippe

Haitians-in-transition, Haitians who just entered the United States, tend to face many challenges including tougher standards in the US and familial adjustments.

Oct 5, 2009 - Emmerson Philippe

Most Haitian students living in the United States fit into 1 out of potentially 3 categories depending on their affinity for American versus Haitian culture.

Oct 5, 2009 - Emmerson Philippe

Many consider Austin, Texas an oasis of enlightenment, thriving in a desert of dumb conservatism. But even in this liberal enclave, an underground racist ethic prevails.

Sep 25, 2009 - William Padgett

Blog sites related to current situations in China all seem to have a thread about racism towards black people, by the Chinese, somewhere in the thousands of posts.

Sep 9, 2009 - Will Forgrave

Countless people believe there is a Jewish and Masonic plot to control the world; there is absolutely no truth to the story.

Aug 28, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Profiles of Black models who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to become catwalk queens.

Aug 28, 2009 - Kimberly Ward

Biography of the famous African-American pediatric neurosurgeon who overcame poverty and early disadvantages to become a leading figure in the medical field.

Aug 25, 2009 - Kimberly Ward

Profiles of Black people who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to become world changers

Aug 24, 2009 - Kimberly Ward

Profiles of Black singers and musicians who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to make outstanding contributions to world music.

Aug 22, 2009 - Kimberly Ward

Profiles of Black sportsmen and women who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to make outstanding contributions in their field

Aug 22, 2009 - Kimberly Ward

Michael Jackson's death renewed debate about how he, a black man, ended up with bleached white skin.

Aug 22, 2009 - Farai Muchemwa

Lucia Whalen, on July 16, 2009, witnessed what looked like a break-in and made an emergency call that led to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest.

Aug 20, 2009 - Ethel Matshiya

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is not the first governor whose wayward conduct has brought embarrassment to the state.

Aug 19, 2009 - Gene Owens

Apart from the spoken word, there are many different methods of greething which have originated across different cultures involving gesture and body language..

Aug 19, 2009 - Lynda Osborne

Using knowledge and forethought Dr. Gates has an opportunity to educate Americans to be better in the area of race and minority relations with the police.

Aug 17, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

As a potential teachable moment in America's history, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could show uncommon courage by not seeking a legal remedy.

Aug 14, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest sparked a firestorm of media coverage, as well as feelings of anger amongst many Americans. Justin Barrett only fanned the flames.

Jul 31, 2009 - Dresden Quinn Jones

As a shipping magnet and community leader, Paul Cuffee helped influence American colonial perspectives on how people of color should be accepted and treated in society.

Jul 30, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

President Obama's politically divisive remarks about Harvard Professor Henry Gates' Cambridge arrest highlighted the subliminal problems of racial tension within the USA.

Jul 26, 2009 - Frank W. Hardy

Gloria Anzaldua is stuck in the Borderlands, physically, morally and spiritually. She creates a new word to describe this - Mestiza - meaning "caught between."

Jul 23, 2009 - Liz McCormick

Stories about America's cities that feature minorities involved in crime, drugs and gangs are usually the norm for the nightly news broadcast or in online news headlines.

Jul 22, 2009 - Liz McCormick

Before the first Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. during the Civil War, the vision of founding father John Adams was put to the test in a Massachusetts courtroom.

Jul 22, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Just as money only has value because members of modern society agree that it does, racial classifications and the stigmas attached with them are similarly constructed.

Jul 21, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Interstate highways and urban renewal programs often destroyed inner city housing units which inadvertently segregated urban neighborhoods throughout the country.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The urban exodus of the American white-middle class exposed the underlying racism that spatially transformed American cities.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

In medieval Japan, a Spanish priest must face an unthinkable decision: renounce his faith, or watch the innocent suffer and die.

Jul 15, 2009 - Steven Slater

As the U.S. debates the future of a universal health care program, two deaths in 2008 that engendered shock and disbelief should be remembered for the pain they caused.

Jul 15, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Including the District of Columbia, four states have a higher minority population than that of the traditional majority population in the U.S.

Jun 25, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Minorities in the U.S. tend to have more health problems. That disturbing trend has many health care executives questioning the viability of the current system.

Jun 19, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Prejudice, discrimination and racism are three of the most misunderstood terms used today despite their regular practice around the world.

Jun 16, 2009 - Christopher Pascale

Not unlike the early days of move making when segregation was the rule of the day, some experts argue that despite advances minorities are still only given certain roles.

Jun 12, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

"With Liberty and Justice For All"! America's past has been anything but what it claims in this phrase extracted from the pledge of allegiance.

May 3, 2009 - Ronald Smith

Transparency regarding politics and race in the age of the election of President Obama is essential in order to move forward in progressive thinking.

Apr 25, 2009 - Alicia Michelle Morgan