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Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely
Diversity training programs work best, our research shows, when they form part of a broader, ongoing company effort against intolerance.The Conversation
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I’ve been seeing a lot of us posting about The Handmaids Tale
But did yall read the book??
Black people are mentioned only briefly, and are described as being rounded up and sent to a colony in the Midwest to die.
Gilead was an all white country.
We aren’t even human enough to be Handmaids.
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Black entrepreneurs are often shut out from capital, but here’s how some are removing barriers
Black business owners are often frustrated by systemic racial disparities, but a new study shows how they are using race to capitalize on their ventures.The Conversation
Have you read Audre Lord's essay, 'We Must Learn to Use Our Power'? (1985)
It reminded me of the arson that tried to burn down Baldwin Hills. It is eerily prescient of the BLM movement. It also paints a harsh picture of the social stew in the rising days of the South African divestment movement.
I searched for this essay, looking for this quote:
" We are also citizens of the most powerful country in the world, a country which stands upon the wrong side of every liberation struggle on earth."
I had seen it elsewhere and wanted context. The essay is a compelling argument that ties the struggle for Black freedom from state violence to the Black African movement to free themselves from apartheid in S.A.
It's a fad to reduce feminist thinkers to bite sized quotes for pinterest inspo. It's another to read their work in total.
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Audre Lorde: We Must Learn to Use Our Power
New York City, 1985. The high sign that rules this summer is increasing fragmentation. I am filled with a sense of urgency and dread: dread at the apparently random waves of assaults against people…Literary Hub
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Campus diversity is becoming difficult to measure as students keep their race and ethnicity hidden on college applications
A year after the Supreme Court banned race-based admissions, students’ choices and college policies have affected a view of its impact.The Conversation
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Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in elementary school
Achievement gaps between white, Black and Hispanic students can be substantially explained by one factor: Their family’s socioeconomic status.The Conversation
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Poor teacher training partly to blame for stalled engineering diversity goals
Universities have made little progress diversifying STEM fields in recent years.The Conversation
A person is talking about their crochet pet peeves in a post (not on Mastodon.)
They mentioned crochet hooks that have seams.
My general rule is: if it looks uncomfortable, it is.
If it's a plastic hook with a huge seam on it or sharp bits... it will likely hurt. Ditto for knitting needles.
If you're new to knitting/crochet, try a friend's needles or hooks. Go to a local yarn store, they might have tester hooks.
Michaels & Joanns will not.
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"#Misogynistic #social posts, #bullying of #women and #girls have spiked since #election"
We need to make #Mastodon a #sanctuary
Mastodon has delivered excellence with no #algorithms and good #moderation (I've met a few bad mods- it's #decentralized, to be expected. Also some of the best mods I've ever met are here)
But, it has to get a grip on the #replyguy problem
Everyone knows this, #BlackMastodon and #QueerMastodon have been vocal on the issue for a long time
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New Orleans schools still separate and unequal 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
On Nov. 15, 1960, four Black first graders desegregated New Orleans schools. One of them was Tessie Prevost, who died in July 2024 with the promises of the post-Brown era still unfulfilled.The Conversation
💛 “A Lynching in Central Florida”
The Ocoee Massacre is still considered the bloodiest day in modern American political history.
—@clayrivers
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Weight loss plans are less effective for many Black women − because existing ones often don’t meet their unique needs
Healthy diet and regular exercise are key to treating obesity. But the stress of everyday racism and sexism hinder Black women from adopting lifestyle changes necessary for weight loss.The Conversation
- Professor Bruce Huber, Notre Dame and Professor Stephanie Shonekan, University of Maryland @academicchatter #academicchatter @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
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Racism is such a touchy topic that many US educators avoid it – we are college professors who tackled that challenge head on
A history course created amid the upheaval of the Black Lives Matter movement invites students to have honest conversations about race. Now in its seventh year, it uses music to build bridges.The Conversation
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Scholar’s new rap album seeks to turn the tables on the ‘masters’ from the Old South
Should a rap album be counted as a scholarly work? We asked a scholar who makes hip-hop and hit the recording studio to earn his Ph.D.The Conversation
Speed cameras showed no racial bias in ticketing, and reduced fatal crashes.
Police officers, on the other hand, disproportionately stop Black drivers.
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Police stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago
‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the drivers are Black.The Conversation
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Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes
The visionary arranger thought of himself as a storyteller, not just a sound engineer.The Conversation
‘When emancipation comes, it was a shock to a lot of white people in this country to see formerly enslaved people so eagerly embrace democracy—embrace the right to vote. Eighty percent of Black males registered to vote immediately after emancipation and began using the ballot to create real opportunities and power,” says Bryan Stevenson.
“Violence became the primary tool for pushing against that Black participation.”’
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These Black Americans Were Killed for Exercising Their Political Right to Vote
In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to fight for equality and freedomTracy Scott Forson (Smithsonian Magazine)
in 1920, Mose Norman, a Black man who managed to register to vote tried to exercise his rights in Ocoee, Florida. He was refused.
He took refuge with July Perry, a successful Black businessman. A white mob came to arrest them. Norman escaped, but Perry was lynched.
For July Perry’s heirs, and despite a recent plaque, the violent history of voting can’t be overlooked with the Voting Rights Act having been gutted.
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For one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the use of racist literacy tests and poll taxes to ban Black voters. It came too late for Black voters in Ocoee, Florida.The Conversation
"Two students who discovered a seemingly impossible proof to the Pythagorean theorem in 2022 have wowed the math community again with nine completely new solutions to the problem."
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High school students who came up with 'impossible' proof of Pythagorean theorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem
In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.Sascha Pare (Live Science)
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Haymarket Books Will Provide Free Black History E-Books to Florida Students
Books are "dangerous to those in power…. that's why we publish them," Haymarket Books said in a press release.Chris Walker (Truthout)
