Posts tagged ‘Race and ethnicity in the United States Census’
As a species we innately departmentalize things, whether we group similar rocks, similar cars, or similar people we naturally look for things that are the same in the world to group and understand our choices and place in civilization and nature. Yet that same encoded…
As another Native American Heritage Month comes to an end, I have to stop and ask, did anybody other than Native folks even know it was taking place? Since 1990, the federal government has declared the month of November a time to pay tribute to the achievements…
White Americans have 22 times more wealth than blacks — a gap that nearly doubled during the Great Recession. And people have the nerve to think we are in an post racial America <– really?! o_0 The median household net worth for whites was $110,729…
This is GREAT news! Americans complain about immigrants, but the fact of the matter more than 80% of Americans are NOT from America. Atop that, Americans have the nerve to complain about the presence of immigrants but then still hire them to do the jobs…
More than 50,000 people in 2011 were arrested in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana — the majority of whom were black and Latino — at a considerable judicial and financial cost. New York City spends about $75 million every year on…
U.S. minorities now represent more than half of America’s population under the age of 1, the Census Bureau said, a historic demographic milestone with profound political, economic and social implications. The bureau — defining a minority as anyone who is not “single race white” and…
I know, I know you’re tired of “hearing” about race! But aren’t we all? Isn’t that an irrefutable sign that there is still something wrong? When it comes to race, emotion, conjecture and perception make it hard to have a civilized dialog. Trust me, the…
First thing that needs to be noted is that we just had another police shooting of an unarmed man in Austin, Texas on Thursday night.. This happened after the report was compiled, so add another name to this grisly toll.. Second, folks have got to…
Being asked to describe what “post-racial” means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what is meant, but, if we are willing to be honest, we also know that none of the four describe something real,…
