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Demography Links

Dec 2, 2013

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mwkruse

in Demography, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. American ethnicity map shows melting pot of ethnicities that make up the USA today. 2. Test your geography knowledge of European countries. I got a perfect score with some lucky guesses about the Balkan countries: Europe: countries quiz 3. This Map Shows How Americans Speak 24 Different English Dialects 4. The 25 Most Segregated…
Saturday Links

Aug 10, 2013

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mwkruse

in China, Culture, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Generations, Links – Saturday, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Theology, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Phillip Swagel with a good piece on Inequality and Opportunity … I am not convinced, however, that the president's proposals are well matched to the problem he describes. Indeed, Mr. Obama is better at describing the outcomes he seeks than at putting forward a coherent set of policies to reach those outcomes. But I…
Saturday Links

Apr 27, 2013

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Saturday, Politics, Public Policy, Race, Religion, Science, Socialism, Sociology, Technology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Research Digest reports that Students motivated by wealth are just as likely as others to help in an emergency "… Seventy-eight per cent of the business students offered some kind of help to the stranger. Sixty-six per cent went so far as refusing to leave the stranger or giving him/her their mobile phone. The…
Saturday Links

Apr 20, 2013

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in Business, Christian Life, Crime, Ecclesia, Environment, Generations, Health and Medicine, Links – Saturday, Music, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. What a horrific week for Boston and west Texas people. Our prayers are with the many people who have been so deeply traumatized and injured in these events. Regarding how we respond to such events in public discourse, I thought this article from Slate was especially good. Be Meaningful or Be Quiet "… We…
Segregation: The dream is getting closer

Feb 10, 2012

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mwkruse

in Demography, Race, Trends: Social

Economist: Segregation: The dream is getting closer A report shows that America’s cities are steadily becoming more integrated “ALL-WHITE neighbourhoods are effectively extinct,” according to “The End of the Segregated Century”, a recent report by the Manhattan Institute, a New York think-tank. Only 0.5% of America’s 70,000 neighbourhoods are now all-white. In fact, American cities…
Segregation Illustrated for Kansas City (and Maybe Your’s)

Sep 20, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Kansas City, Race, Sociology

HT: Blog KC Key: Red = Caucasian, Blue = African American, Yellow = Latino, Green = Asian. One dot is 25 people. Based on 2000 Census data. See the full Kansas City Map here. For forty other cities click here.
Why didn’t they tell us?: the racist & pro-segregation roots of the formation of RTS, the PCA, and the role of First Prez in Jackson, Miss in all of it

Jul 13, 2010

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mwkruse

in Ecclesia, History, Race, Religion

The Institute: Why didn't they tell us?: the racist & pro-segregation roots of the formation of RTS, the PCA, and the role of First Prez in Jackson, Miss in all of it I missed this post by Anthony Bradley from two weeks ago as the PCUSA General Assembly was getting underway. Important stuff! Peter Slade's…

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Segregation: The dream is getting closer

Segregation Illustrated for Kansas City (and Maybe Your’s)

Why didn’t they tell us?: the racist & pro-segregation roots of the formation of RTS, the PCA, and the role of First Prez in Jackson, Miss in all of it