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BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
Robert J. Barro |
What's In A Name For Black Job Seekers? A new study shows that the more black-sounding a person's name, the more likely the parents have a lower socioeconomic status. Employers thus might infer that a job seeker with a black-sounding name is more likely to have grown up in a less educated and poorer family, which could influence perceived potential job success.   |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Roger O. Crockett |
How to Narrow the Great Race Divide Progress in narrowing the economic divide between blacks and whites has stalled, and the time has come for a new national effort. Unlike in the 1960s, though, the battle can't be run out of DC. It will require the efforts of all levels of government, as well as companies, schools, and individuals. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Roger O. Crockett |
Jesse Jackson on "Savage Inequality" The controversial civil rights leader talks about the economic effects resulting from the "broken promise" of equality |
Salon.com
April 5, 2001
Dalton Conley |
How to widen the black-white wealth gap Ignore the claims of rich, black estate-tax foes. The tax is good for African-Americans... |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Gary S. Becker |
How to Level the Playing Field for Young Black Men Improved schools are crucial. But until the U.S. can bring itself to decriminalize drugs, too many black sons will have no dad at home. |
Reason
October 2005
John Hood |
Racial Blind Spots Book Reviews: The affirmative action path not taken -- The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action, by Terry H. Anderson... Affirmative Action Around the World, by Thomas Sowell... |
Reason
July 2002
Richard A. Epstein |
Color Schemes Can affirmative action be reconciled with liberal individualism? A review of The Anatomy of Racial Inequality, by Glenn C. Loury. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Roger O. Crockett |
How The NAACP Could Get Its Clout Back No one expects just one organization to solve all of black America's problems. But fresh leadership, money and creative thinking could go a long way toward invigorating black achievement, improving the nation along the way. |
Job Journal
January 21, 2007
Rich Heintz |
Debating the Dream Ten years after Prop 209, the debate over Dr. King's dream continues. |
Salon.com
April 28, 2001
Cathy Young |
Secrets and lies The most pernicious thing about racial preferences is the culture of concealment that they spawn... |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2005
Kathy Gevlin |
White Paper Race and retirement planning attitudes: Only 65% of higher-income African-American households invest in the stock market, compared with 80% of whites. Financial planners may help with these obstacles. |
Managed Care
February 2001
Patrick Mullen |
A Conversation with Rodney G. Hood, M.D. Unintentional bias can be just as damaging as the overt brand, according to the president of the National Medical Association... |
Salon.com
May 30, 2000
David Horowitz |
The latest civil rights disaster Ten reasons why reparations for slavery are a bad idea for black people -- and racist too. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Emmett D. Carson |
The Black/Brown Divide There is much that foundations can do to improve relations between Mexican and African Americans. By creating a shared dialogue, foundations can assist African and Mexican Americas in finding and acting on their mutual self-interest. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
David Horowitz |
Stuck on Oprah Earl Ofari Hutchinson sets up a straw woman to knock down my arguments against reparations, and he fails. |
Salon.com
June 5, 2000
Earl Ofari Hutchison |
Debt wrong David Horowitz is incorrect. It's time for the United States to pay up for slavery. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Our Diversity Problem Is there rampant discrimination on Wall Street or is it just a few bad apples giving the industry a bad name? Either way, the industry's efforts to hire -- and promote -- women and minorities have not produced impressive results. |
Reason
October 2004
Damon W. Root |
Bad Deal Two books chronicle how FDR made life worse for African Americans: Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown... FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression... |
Salon.com
October 1, 2002
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
"Barbershop" doesn't need a trim Beneath the furor over the film's wisecrack about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. lies a real crisis in black leadership. |
Managed Care
May 2003 |
Latinos more likely to be uninsured, says study Latinos are much more likely to report being uninsured than whites or blacks, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. |
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Crisis In France How welfare state economics failed a generation in France. |
Salon.com
December 16, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Two nations, once again Black and white America are worlds apart in the way they view President-elect Bush, and how he came to power... |
Job Journal
September 7, 2003
Bob Rosner |
All Workers Are Created Equal All employees have a right to fair and equal treatment. |
ifeminists
September 22, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Wage Gap Reflects Women's Priorities The disparity in wages has nothing to do with discrimination against women. It reflects the preferences of women themselves. |
Salon.com
July 20, 2000
Philip A. Klinkner |
Will whites ever vote to improve life for black Americans? David Horowitz called me anti-American, anti-white and ignorant for saying no, but history says I'm right. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2007
Crockett & Ante |
Equal Opportunity Speedway African Americans are snapping up broadband - and closing the digital divide. |
Reason
May 2001
Nick Gillespie |
The Census and The Sopranos Adventures in a post-racial America... |
Salon.com
July 13, 2000
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Has lynch law returned? Whether it was murder or suicide, the grim spectacle of a Mississippi teen's death shows that interracial dating is still taboo -- in the minds of blacks as well as whites. |
Job Journal
January 16, 2005
Julia Hollister |
What Would Dr. King Say About Today? In the 42 years since, the equality gap has narrowed and the workplace has indeed become more diverse. But how does today's workplace measure up to his dream? |
Salon.com
October 6, 2000
Annie Murphy Paul |
"An American Health Dilemma" By W. Michael Byrd & Linda A. Clayton Long before the horror of the Tuskegee experiments, blacks were suspicious of the white medical establishment -- with good reason... |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 13, 2012
Carmen Nobel |
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness Research by Harvard Business School's Michael I. Norton and colleagues shows that attempting to overcome prejudice by ignoring race is an ineffective strategy that -- in many cases -- only serves to perpetuate bias. |
ifeminists
January 21, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Gambling with Race and Gender Cards The race card -- the accusation of racism -- is back on the table again. Like the gender card, it is being played too often. |
Salon.com
November 1, 2000
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Killer cops The slaying of actor Anthony Dwain Lee by a black officer is evidence that many black cops have the same prejudices as their white colleagues... |
Managed Care
November 2000 |
Rise in employer-based coverage spurs drop in ranks of uninsured The Census Bureau reports that the number of Americans without health insurance dropped from 44 million in 1998 to 42 million in 1999, thanks in large part to a boost in the share of employers offering job-based coverage... |
Salon.com
May 2, 2002
Fran Smith |
Bush's band-aid approach A prestigious, congressionally mandated report has found that minority Americans receive glaringly inferior medical care. The Bush response: Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day... |
Reason
May 2006
Damon W. Root |
When Bigots Become Reformers Book Review: The Progressive Era and Race: Reform and Reaction, 1900-1917, by David W. Southern deserves careful attention. The Progressive movement unleashed, aided, and abetted some of the most destructive forces in America. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2001
Richard Rodriguez |
Black and tan fantasy The Census says Hispanics are poised to outnumber blacks as America's largest "minority" -- but can Hispanics really be compared to African-Americans? |
ifeminists
December 10, 2002
Wendy McElroy |
Affirmative Action Insults Immigrant Contributions The crossfire of commentary about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review affirmative action makes one thing clear: The Left thinks it owns the concepts of "justice," "equality" and "freedom." |
InternetNews
December 22, 2009 |
Latinos Closing Digital Divide: Pew New report finds rising Internet usage among minority segment. |
InternetNews
November 2, 2005
Tim Gray |
Report: African American Online Growth Continues The African American population is now online at an all-time high of 48.7 percent, but there is still a gap to close. |
AskMen.com
May 6, 2013 |
Favoritism Nancy DiTomaso, who conducted research on the unemployment disparity between whites and blacks, finds that the driving but unspoken force behind it is often the favoritism that results from social networking. |
BusinessWeek
March 15, 2004
Roger O. Crockett |
Why Are Latinos Leading Blacks In The Job Market? The booming Hispanic labor force turns out to have an unexpected side effect: Latinos are outperforming blacks in the job market. Part of the reason stems from the fact that many Hispanics have less education or are vulnerable illegal immigrants willing to work for less pay. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Gene Callahan & William Anderson |
The Roots of Racial Profiling Why are police targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
Reason
March 2003
Charles Paul Freund |
Dixiecrats Triumphant The secret history of Woodrow Wilson |
Salon.com
March 8, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
Mixing it up Alabama just legalized black-white marriage. An expert talks about why it took so long and the American obsession with racial purity... |
InternetNews
January 2, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
Ethnic Personalities Apparent Online An examination of the African-American, white, and English-speaking Hispanic Internet population revealed as much diversity online as there is offline. |
Salon.com
January 14, 2003
Suzy Hansen |
Another shade of black John McWhorter talks about the pitfalls of reparations and affirmative action, why Eminem will never be hip-hop's Elvis, and why the N-word doesn't bother him much. |
Reason
November 2008
Michael C. Moynihan |
A Transformation on Race Two new books, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, by Randall Kennedy, and Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness, by John L. Jackson, Jr., discuss America's quiet but radical shift in liberal ideas about race. |
Salon.com
August 31, 2000
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
The politics of lynching A photography exhibit on the once-common horror misses a key part of its legacy: The federal government's hands-off policies. |
Salon.com
June 2, 2000
Christopher Shea |
I am somebody! Do blacks really need to work on their self-esteem? An African-American psychologist says no. |
