Tag Archive: African-Americans

Re-Examining Race-Based vs. Class-Based Affirmative Action

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By Carolyn Warner, Student Writer for The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice In the 2003 case of Grutter v. Bollinger, Justice O’Connor said …

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“It is what it is”: some conservatives’ struggle to “rewrite” history

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By Chevon Chatman, Student Writer for The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice Slavery-schmavery. So I was surfing the world-wide web the other day …

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Pidgeonholing Kamala Harris: The implications of being labeled "The Female Obama"

Michelle Wolf, Student Writer, The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice Kamala Harris is a Democrat who is running for Attorney General in …

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Let’s Talk About Race, Baby

Mikaela Shotwell, Student Writer, The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice This week definitely did not lack blog-o-riffic topics in the world of …

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Crack: Now Slightly Less Wack (vis-à-vis powder cocaine)

Eric Taubel, Executive Editor, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (http://mjlst.umn.edu/ and http://twitter.com/mjlst) In 2002, famed singer and gay anthem belting diva …

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Urban Deserts: Race, Justice & Groceries

Sarah Pierce, Senior Symposium Editor for the 2010-11 JGRJ Board My notions of social justice issues have always largely focused in on the …

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State of the Union

-Kapri Saunders, JGRJ Student Writer 2009-10 Friday, February 05, 2010 Many things came out of the President’s State of the Union …

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Transforming Robots, Blue Creatures, "Negro Dialect," and STEP – Facing the Faces of Racism in America

-Eric McBurney, JGRJ Student Writer 2009-10 Thursday, January 14, 2010 There seems to be a popular notion of racism in America …

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Princess Tiana: Disney Princess or Social Revolutionary?

Friday, December 04, 2009 -Connie Valenzuela Lickstein, JGRJ Contributing Member 2009-10 This December, Disney will release “The Princess and the Frog,” …

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Mind the Gap: Racial Inequality in America Today

-Kaili Kuiper, JGRJ Student Writer 2009-10 Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Are we living in a post-racial society? Has the election of …

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