We know about the poor high school graduation rates, but this report looks at college graduates. It says that 50% of males of color ages 15-24 who graduate from high school end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead. Wow!
On the College Board site that has an initiative to examine the educational experiences of young men of color http://youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org/home. It has some very interesting information.
Showing posts with label African American/African Heritage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African American/African Heritage. Show all posts
Thursday, August 13, 2015
I Am A Statistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Additional statistics: Boston Globe 2/22/15
9 out of 10 black people 12 or older currently don’t use illicit drugs
93% don’t suffer from substance abuse
7 out of 10 black fathers ages 15 to 44 who live with their children bathe, dress, diaper, or help their child use the toilet daily – the highest ration by race
9 out of 10 young black ages 25 to 29 have completed high school or its equivalent – the same ratio as the national average
Among Boston area universities and colleges, Tufts, Harvard, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Bentley, Babson and Emerson graduate at least 8 out of 10 black men enrolled
There are 59% more black men in postsecondary education than jail
Black high school graduates are 3X more likely to be in college or employed than unemployed
Black fathers ages 15 – 44 had the highest rates of helping children with homework and taking them to and from activities of any race
6 out of 10 black young adults 25 to 29 (compared to 18$ in 1971) have at least some college – the same rate as the national average
4 out of 5 black fathers living with their children read to them
Urban public institutions which serve populations from tougher circumstances are know for lower graduation rates but UMass Boston has gone from 2 out of 10 black men graduating in 2004 to 4 out of 10 in 2010, one of the fasted rises in the nation.
Additional statistics: Boston Globe 2/22/15
9 out of 10 black people 12 or older currently don’t use illicit drugs
93% don’t suffer from substance abuse
7 out of 10 black fathers ages 15 to 44 who live with their children bathe, dress, diaper, or help their child use the toilet daily – the highest ration by race
9 out of 10 young black ages 25 to 29 have completed high school or its equivalent – the same ratio as the national average
Among Boston area universities and colleges, Tufts, Harvard, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Bentley, Babson and Emerson graduate at least 8 out of 10 black men enrolled
There are 59% more black men in postsecondary education than jail
Black high school graduates are 3X more likely to be in college or employed than unemployed
Black fathers ages 15 – 44 had the highest rates of helping children with homework and taking them to and from activities of any race
6 out of 10 black young adults 25 to 29 (compared to 18$ in 1971) have at least some college – the same rate as the national average
4 out of 5 black fathers living with their children read to them
Urban public institutions which serve populations from tougher circumstances are know for lower graduation rates but UMass Boston has gone from 2 out of 10 black men graduating in 2004 to 4 out of 10 in 2010, one of the fasted rises in the nation.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
If _____ Said the Stuff White People Said
Every race has
its own annoyingly repetitive tropes to deal with: for Latinos, it's
often things like, "I love your accent," or, from the spoof, "I hooked
up with a white guy once. He was crazy!" There's always the,"if you went
to a really good college it must be because of your race," bit of
offensiveness, too.
If African Americans Said the Stuff White People Said
If Asians Said the Stuff White People Said
If Latinos Said the Stuff White People Said
Stuff White People Say About Multiracial People
Stuff White People Say About Adopted People
see above
Friday, July 11, 2014
What's in a Name?
The Lime
http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/03/lime-racist?cmpid=tp-ptnr-upworthy
Not only are we dealing with racist overtones—the slur is xenophobic too. So maybe it's time for Thai-takeout-loving America to embrace the makrut lime.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/03/lime-racist?cmpid=tp-ptnr-upworthy
Not only are we dealing with racist overtones—the slur is xenophobic too. So maybe it's time for Thai-takeout-loving America to embrace the makrut lime.
Zwarte Piet: A Tradition of Blackface in The Netherlands.
Let's hear it for the legislature!
http://dynamicafrica.tumblr.com/post/90894666918/zwarte-piet-a-tradition-of-blackface-in-the
In 2011, legislators in the former Dutch colony of Suriname stated that government-sanctioned celebrations involving Zwarte Piet were considered an insult to the “black part of Suriname’s community.” Demonstrators in Amsterdam held an anti-Zwarte Piet protest in 2013 on the weekend of the city’s Sinterklaas celebration in November. And now, in 2014, something that’s been a long time coming has finally happened. An Amsterdam court has ruled that the traditional Dutch figure Black Pete is offensive due to its role in continuing stereotypes of black people.
Some clips from article showing history of this stereotypical event:
In a book published in 1850 and written by Jan Schenkman, Sint Nikolaas en zijn Knecht (“Saint Nicholas and his Servant”), the foundation of a Christmas tradition where the Dutch paint their faces black, emphasize their often non-existent lips with red lipstick, wear kinky-textured wigs and Renaissance period attire, was birthed through a character known as ‘Zwarte Piet’. Although not named in Schenkman’s book, the name ‘Pieter’ would not appear in print until the publication of the 1891 book Het Feest van Sinterklaas, the Amsterdam-based primary school teacher depicted Saint Nicholas’ ‘servant’ as a young page with dark skin and wearing clothes typically associated with Moors at the time. The book stayed in print for a hundred years, until 1950.
This Dutch folklore character was portrayed as a ‘helper’ of Sinterklaas (Santa Claus), also known as Saint Nicholas. According to some depictions in medieval European folklore, Saint Nicholas “is sometimes presented as taming a chained devil, who may or may not be black”, and who some allude to being changed to represent a Moor, essentially Zwarte Piet, in post 19th century Germanic European folk literature. Part of this change came about as both teachers and clergymen became concerned with the way Sinterklaas, who was essentially a saint, was being portrayed. Folklore often depicted Saint Nicholas as some sort of a boogeyman who scolded bad children and made them fearful of him. Sinterklaas had more terrifying qualities than good ones, most of which were later transferred to Zwarte Piet.
Thus, what some say began as a ‘black devil’ was later transformed into a more human form, at the same time that it dehumanized and demonized the very people it portrayed.
http://dynamicafrica.tumblr.com/post/90894666918/zwarte-piet-a-tradition-of-blackface-in-the
In 2011, legislators in the former Dutch colony of Suriname stated that government-sanctioned celebrations involving Zwarte Piet were considered an insult to the “black part of Suriname’s community.” Demonstrators in Amsterdam held an anti-Zwarte Piet protest in 2013 on the weekend of the city’s Sinterklaas celebration in November. And now, in 2014, something that’s been a long time coming has finally happened. An Amsterdam court has ruled that the traditional Dutch figure Black Pete is offensive due to its role in continuing stereotypes of black people.
Some clips from article showing history of this stereotypical event:
In a book published in 1850 and written by Jan Schenkman, Sint Nikolaas en zijn Knecht (“Saint Nicholas and his Servant”), the foundation of a Christmas tradition where the Dutch paint their faces black, emphasize their often non-existent lips with red lipstick, wear kinky-textured wigs and Renaissance period attire, was birthed through a character known as ‘Zwarte Piet’. Although not named in Schenkman’s book, the name ‘Pieter’ would not appear in print until the publication of the 1891 book Het Feest van Sinterklaas, the Amsterdam-based primary school teacher depicted Saint Nicholas’ ‘servant’ as a young page with dark skin and wearing clothes typically associated with Moors at the time. The book stayed in print for a hundred years, until 1950.
This Dutch folklore character was portrayed as a ‘helper’ of Sinterklaas (Santa Claus), also known as Saint Nicholas. According to some depictions in medieval European folklore, Saint Nicholas “is sometimes presented as taming a chained devil, who may or may not be black”, and who some allude to being changed to represent a Moor, essentially Zwarte Piet, in post 19th century Germanic European folk literature. Part of this change came about as both teachers and clergymen became concerned with the way Sinterklaas, who was essentially a saint, was being portrayed. Folklore often depicted Saint Nicholas as some sort of a boogeyman who scolded bad children and made them fearful of him. Sinterklaas had more terrifying qualities than good ones, most of which were later transferred to Zwarte Piet.
Thus, what some say began as a ‘black devil’ was later transformed into a more human form, at the same time that it dehumanized and demonized the very people it portrayed.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Would You Like To Touch My Hair?
Why this is a problem and what a few women did to educate others about the issue.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Defining The N-Word
Defining The N-Word
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10492425
Click the link to see a great video of famous athletes and student-athletes from Teaneck (NJ) High School discovering a generation gap concerning the meaning of the N-word.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10492425
Click the link to see a great video of famous athletes and student-athletes from Teaneck (NJ) High School discovering a generation gap concerning the meaning of the N-word.
How Many ‘White’ People Are Passing?
How Many ‘White’ People Are Passing?
http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2014/03/how_many_white_people_have_hidden_black_ancestry.html?fb_action_ids=639124709490904&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=sm_fb_like_toolbar
Click to link to get more information on this fascinating research:
“Although it is a relatively small percentage,” Hadly continues, “the percentage indicates that an individual with at least 1 percent African ancestry had an African ancestor within the last six generations, or in the last 200 years [meaning since the time of American slavery]. This data also suggests that individuals with mixed parentage at some point were absorbed into the white population,” which is a very polite way of saying that they “passed.”
The "One Drop" Rule
http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2014/03/how_many_white_people_have_hidden_black_ancestry.html?fb_action_ids=639124709490904&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=sm_fb_like_toolbar
Click to link to get more information on this fascinating research:
“Although it is a relatively small percentage,” Hadly continues, “the percentage indicates that an individual with at least 1 percent African ancestry had an African ancestor within the last six generations, or in the last 200 years [meaning since the time of American slavery]. This data also suggests that individuals with mixed parentage at some point were absorbed into the white population,” which is a very polite way of saying that they “passed.”
“Southern states with the highest African American populations tended
to have the highest percentages of hidden African ancestry,” Hadly
writes of Bryc’s findings. "In South Carolina at least 13 percent of
self-identified whites have 1 percent or more African ancestry, while in
Louisiana the number is a little more than 12 percent. In Georgia and
Alabama the number is about 9 percent. The differences perhaps point to
different social and cultural histories within the south.”
The "One Drop" Rule
My answer is, yes, of course it matters, because the more we learn about the black, white and browning of
our past, the more we can see how absurd, how arbitrary and grotesque
the “one-drop rule” that defined the color line in America for decades
and decades during its most painful chapters truly was. Back then, a
white-enough black woman or man could pass for white; now, with Bryc’s
findings, we realize that all along, there was a whole other layer in
the color aristocracy that no one could see. And to shop owners, hotel
clerks, railroad conductors and federal judges in those times,
appearances were what mattered; in our time, thankfully, it is the truth
that sets us free.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Haiti
Exploring Culture
Haitian History This site offers an entire history course onHaiti
Haitian Culture
A gallery with Haitian art including pictures and biographies of painters http://www.galleryofwestindianart.com/haitianthumbnails.htm
This site from theAmerican
Museum
Writers of theCaribbean web site from
East Carolina University Graduate Multicultural Literacy program
http://core.ecu.edu/engl/deenas/caribbean/carbwtrs.htm
YouTube Videos Scenes ofHaiti
Haiti
In an effort to be better
prepared for the increasing diversity in our society it is important to learn about the histories and experiences
of people from a diversity of backgrounds
Here are a few resources about
the history and experiences from people of Haitian descent from the EMI Exploring
Culture course.
Haitian History This site offers an entire history course on
Timeline
Famous People of Haitian Decent
Haitian Culture
A gallery with Haitian art including pictures and biographies of painters http://www.galleryofwestindianart.com/haitianthumbnails.htm
This site from the
Writers of the
YouTube Videos Scenes of
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
50 Years Ago…
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) gave his "I Have a Dream" speech." He would have been 84 today.
"Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly…speech…press… that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights." Many people know the "I Have a Dream" speech (it's shorter than this one), but I like "I've Been to the Mountaintop." - The words are true…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixfwGLxRJU8
"Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly…speech…press… that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights." Many people know the "I Have a Dream" speech (it's shorter than this one), but I like "I've Been to the Mountaintop." - The words are true…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixfwGLxRJU8
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Slavery Examples Used In Georgia School Worksheet Upsets Parents
The danger of transforming curriculum when someone denies the impact of historical racism and isn't paying attention to "intent vs. impact."
Also, view video from Huffington Post website here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/08/examples-of-slavery-in-school-worksheet_n_1192512.html
It's not just the word problems that are sparking criticism, but the way it's being handled. According to the AJC, district officials said the elementary school's principal will "work with teachers to come up with more appropriate lessons."
District spokesperson Sloan Roach told the station the teachers were trying to incorporate social studies lessons in math problems for a "cross-curricular activity."
Also, view video from Huffington Post website here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/08/examples-of-slavery-in-school-worksheet_n_1192512.html
It's not just the word problems that are sparking criticism, but the way it's being handled. According to the AJC, district officials said the elementary school's principal will "work with teachers to come up with more appropriate lessons."
District spokesperson Sloan Roach told the station the teachers were trying to incorporate social studies lessons in math problems for a "cross-curricular activity."
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Hunger Games
Check out this site to see comments related to the race of Rue, one of the main characters. What is surprising is that people are angry that she is being portrayed as Black (even though it is clear in the book that she IS). The first portion of the article is below:
Last week the Hunger Games character posters were revealed to fans.
There were the usual complaints of actors not meeting book loyalist expectations. However, among the usual complaints of “She doesn’t look as young as I thought” or “Where are Effie’s pink curls?” There was a different kind of shock and surprise toward Rue & Cinna, who will be played by Amandla Stenberg and Lenny Kravitz, respectively.
”And most hauntingly, a twelve-year-old girl from District 11. She has dark brown skin and eyes, but other than that, she’s very like Prim in size and demeanor.“―Katniss Everdeen, while watching Rue’s reapingShe is 12 years old, with dark brown hair, skin, and “golden brown” eyes.- Wikipedia
Rue is pretty clearly described as African-American which has been confirmed by director Garry Ross and author Suzanne Collins.
Entertainment Weekly: In the books, Katniss is described as being olive-skinned, dark-haired, possibly biracial. Did you discuss with Suzanne the implications of casting a blond, caucasian girl?
Ross: Suzanne and I talked about that as well. There are certain things that are very clear in the book. Rue is African-American. Thresh is African-American.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Looking for Bird in the Big City
The story of Miles Davis.
Other profiles, videos, and timelines of remarkable African heritage folks can be found on this website to PBS special about African American Lives, Part 2: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Racism in Cartoons
This young man did a great job analyzing stereotypes in cartoons, connecting them to United States historical events (ie: segregation, Civil Rights), and narrating the images he sites as examples. Some of the examples he uses are repeats - I have the entire video clip in other posts on this blog.
What do imagine when you think of a woman wearing a hijab? The images on this site http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3QDvqk/beenidrew.com/pretty-models-in-hijaab/ challenge the stereotype.
Racism in Children's Cartoons
Not just Disney (Elmer Fudd, Dumbo, Jungle Book), but also Popeye and Bugs Bunny have/had racism.
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