Camden School District Takeover a Symptom of Racial Segregation
One of the monthly features on diversitycentral.com is News and Trends. I usually write up 3 or 4 of these pieces each month from press releases and external research. This month one of these pieces concerned the takeover of the Camden school district of New Jersey. Now, I hadn’t heard of the takeover before I...
Killing Us Softly 4
This month my article on Jean Kilbourne’s 2010 film Killing Us Softly 4 is going live on www.diversitycentral.com. This film discusses the negative impact of advertising on women as well as men, how ad companies put forth an impossible image for women to aspire to, as well as many other interesting things you never knew...
A Month for Rebellion
For the past several months I have crafted the diversity calendar for Diversity Central. This month, as I was compiling my data, I noticed something interesting. More than previously, I noted Independence Days, National Days, Liberation Days. It appeared as if April were a month for rebelling. In this month alone here are the countries...
Holocaust Remembrance Day
This is a day set aside in April to commemorate the Holocaust as it evolved during World War II. Over six million people died in the Holocaust, through starvation, maltreatment, disease, and murder, among other ways. This month I was selected to research a quiz on the Holocaust, and through it learned many interesting things....
Easter as part of a semi-religious family
I grew up with a mother and father who were raised Protestant. They kept it personal, however, not attending church, but rather praying on their own and living the word of God through their actions. I was raised Protestant as well, but was not forced into Sunday School or any other overtly religious practice. I...
March Diversity Calendar
Women’s History celebrated in March in the United States! 1911 marked the first International Women’s Day, but it wasn’t until 1981 that Senators Orrin Hatch and Barbara Mikulski sponsored the joint Congressional Resolution proclaiming a Women’s History Week. In 1987 Congress expanded it to an entire month. This year’s theme, sponsored by the National Women’s...
Gold Medal Tour seeks donations to educate Americans about untold Japanese-American stories
As part of a 45-day campaign, the National Veterans Network is trying to get the Congressional Gold Medal to tour seven cities in the United States before making a permanent home at the American History Museum. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award in the United States, and is given to people who...
February Diversity Calendar
February is Black History Month in the United States! In 1926 Dr. Carter Woodson instituted a week-long celebration of the contributions of African Americans to history. Since then the celebration has extended until it encompassed an entire month, and it is recognized on both a scholarly and commercial level. This year’s theme is “At the...
Searching for quiz material: Celebrating Black authors
This month I had the opportunity to create the Diversity Quiz, centered around Black Heritage Month. As this heritage month had been explored in previous quizzes, I decided to focus on contemporary African American authors. Having taken multiple history and literature courses which explored prominent books by black authors, I already had a base from...
Google Play removes apps after public outrage over racist content
In mid-November, the app “Make me Asian” went public through the Google Play app store. This application allowed users to take a screenshot of themselves and add details such as a Fu Manchu mustache, slanted eyes, and yellow skin. Alongside it was the equally offensive “Make me Indian” application, which added a broadened nose, war...
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New Diversity Tools Available: May the odds be ever in your favor
New versions of two well-known diversity games are now available. Originally released in 1991, the US Diversity Game, which won an award for Best New Training Product from the publication Human Resource Executive, has been updated using new data from the 2010 Census. This game can be customized for your particular company and provides thought...
Diversity Statistics: Black Inventors Past & Present
New patents are submitted every day. In fact, most patent submissions are improvements upon existing inventions. They make our lives easier and more efficient, and yet, how much do we really know about the people who created them? In reverence of Black History Month, these statistics are focused on Black Inventors from both past and...