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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Obama’s impact on race in America

Jan 18, 2010

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in Culture, Generations, Race, Trends: Social

Christian Science Monitor: Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Obama's impact on race in America On Martin Luther King Jr. Day a year after the first African-American president took office, Americans appear to have mixed views about the impact of President Obama's election on race relations. For civil rights activist Si Kahn, the evolution in racial…

Decline in blacks in prison for drug crimes reverses 25-year trend

Apr 15, 2009

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in Crime, Race, Trends: Social

Christian Science Monitor: Decline in blacks in prison for drug crimes reverses 25-year trend New York – For the first time in a quarter century, the number of African-Americans incarcerated for drug offenses in state prisons has declined more than 20 percent while the number of white imprisoned drug offenders has increased more than 40…

Are These Conclusions Valid?

Dec 16, 2008

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in Health and Medicine, Public Policy, Race, Science, Sociology

As you know, I tend to post many links to articles with a statistical component. Yesterday I read an interesting article in the Kansas City Star (AP) titled Racial gap in colon cancer deaths is widening. The racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening, a new report says, and experts partly blame blacks'…

Cos and Effect

Jan 15, 2008

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in Economics, Poverty, Race, Sociology

Slate: Cos and Effect (HT: Greg Mankiw) Bill Cosby may be right about African-Americans spending a lot on expensive sneakers—but he's wrong about why. A few years ago, Bill Cosby set off a firestorm with a speech excoriating his fellow African-Americans for, among other things, buying $500 sneakers instead of educational toys for their children.…

Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class

Nov 16, 2007

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in Demography, Race, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Pew Social Trends: Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class Optimism about Black Progress Declines (Full Report Here) African Americans see a widening gulf between the values of middle class and poor blacks, and nearly four-in-ten say that because of the diversity within their community, blacks can no longer be thought of…

“Black Downward Mobility” is Really a Marriage Decline

Nov 13, 2007

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in Demography, Poverty, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Gruntled Center (Beau Weston): "Black Downward Mobility" is Really a Marriage Decline The Associated Press has a story across the country today by Stephen Ohlemacher with headlines like "Income Gap Between Families Grows." They are reporting on a series of studies by Julia Isaacs of the Brookings Institution on economic mobility. The news hook is…

More blacks going for suburbs, fast-growing locations

Aug 9, 2007

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in Demography, Race, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

USA Today: More blacks going for suburbs, fast-growing locations African-Americans are moving to the South in large numbers and trading some northern cities for their suburbs. Those are among the population trends highlighted by demographic data released today by the Census Bureau. Among counties with more than 100,000 residents, those that gained the greatest number…

Are Historically Black Colleges Good for Black Students?

Apr 23, 2007

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in Culture, Economics, Education, Race, Sociology

Freakonomics: Are Historically Black Colleges Good for Black Students? My good friend Roland Fryer has taken as his life’s mission to understand every aspect of the economic life of Blacks in America. His latest research, co-authored with another good friend, Michael Greenstone, tackles the issues of (a) who attends historically Black colleges, and (b) does…

“The Struggle To Think Outside The “Black” Box” Donna Britt

Dec 15, 2006

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in Culture, Race, Sociology

Black Intellects: The Struggle To Think Outside The “Black” Box Chatting at NABJ [National Association of Black Journalists], Boston Globe columnist Derrick Jackson and I admitted the unadmittable: We aren’t “really” black—or, as Jackson later explained, “really black in the eyes of some people.” ……. Jackson recently asked an editor at a black women’s publication…

McCaskill offers little new for blacks here

Oct 8, 2006

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in Politics

From STLtoday.com: McCaskill offers little new for blacks here It was a safe bet that state auditor and U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill scheduled lunch with me Tuesday to discuss black voters. Last month, I wrote a column about a few locals who expressed frustration with the Democratic Party and vowed to support McCaskill's Republican…

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