Category Archives: RACE IN THE COUNTRY
RACE IN THE COUNTRY: Illegal Immigrants Turn up their Noses at Some Kinds of Work
I’m writing today about an interesting phenomenon: maid snobbery. Instinctively, one thinks that because the economy is in a downturn, people should be happy to find a job, any job. Depressingly, a lot of new jobs are low paying, minimum … Continue reading
RACE IN THE COUNTRY: IBM Fetes Leave Out Crucial World War II Role
IBM is making a comeback. Over the last five years, they have launched a major PR campaign, which thus far has included an enormous exhibit at Lincoln Center last fall, the celebration of “Watson,” IBM’s super computer and Jeopardy! contestant, … Continue reading
RACE IN THE COUNTRY: “Untouchables” Finally Becoming Obsolete
At a time when many US institutions, including state universities, are discarding affirmative action, often at the behest of its beneficiaries, like Clarence Thomas, India is stepping up its affirmative action program. India isn’t very racially diverse – in this … Continue reading
RACE IN THE COUNTRY: Black Scholarship Avoids Civil War
On NPR this morning, an African American writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, said that blacks do not like to study the Civil War, and that in African American Studies, the Civil War is often treated more as a sideshow rather than the … Continue reading
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