There has been a lot of hoopla about Latino immigrants and whether they make real efforts to participate in and assimilate to so-called American culture. Some say they do while others say they choose to self-segregate and make little effort to learn the English language. The recent Pew Research Center Report got [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Culture'
Immigrants, English, & American Culture
December 3rd, 2007 · 4 Comments
Blaming “Thugocracy”
December 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments
France’s response to a recent riot in the hood…
President Nicolas Sarkozy rejected the notion Thursday that a recent bout of rioting was part of a wider social crisis, blaming instead a “thugocracy” in France’s housing projects.
The conservative leader vowed to give law enforcement improved technology to fight urban disturbances like ones that shook the troubled [...]
Black Women NBC Series: Part 1
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments
The first installment of NBC’s five-part series was almost as much about the underachievement of black men as it was about the success of black women (check their website for videos). It pointed out a few gender gaps such as 64% of black college students consisting of black women–no newsflash here. Haywood Strickland, [...]
Black Beliefs on Progress
November 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I’ll probably do a couple of posts on this one. Here’s a start…
Yesterday, the Pew Research Center released their report on racial attitudes and concludes that optimism regarding black progress is declining and that there is a growing values gap between poor and middle class blacks. The study involves a phone survey administered to [...]
