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A May 2011 YourBlackWorld.com study reports that 42 percent of all African-Americans at predominantly white college campuses never had a single black professor during four years of college. Seventy-four percent of the same students had only one black professor in a field outside of African-American studies.
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A new report from NYU’s Women of Color Policy Network, “At Rope’s End,” offers a definitive examination of wealth in families headed by single mothers. The findings are not surprising: women of color, who bear the compounding and accumulating weight of racial and gender inequities in the economy, are most likely to be left with no wealth. Wealth, as opposed to income, is the balance between all assets and debt; it’s what provides a cushion in hard times and a step up for children.
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From CNNMoney.com:
African-American workers continue to earn far less than whites, according to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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On Monday, the U.S. Census Bureau launched their campaign to count more than 300 million American residents but the use of a familiar and offensive term on the Census form has the black community outraged.
HEAR BOTH SIDES & SPEAK OUT
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Is it tough being an INTELLIGENT African American? Something to think about: “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” Now imagine being a particularly intelligent ‘Negro’ (and some of you don’t have to imagine.)”
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Despite falling unemployment rates overall, African-Americans face the biggest uphill battle in their search for employment
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The subject of gay marriage has come up repeatedly in recent years and is now taking on a new perspective for black voters. Should Gay Marriage Be Viewed As A Civil Rights Issue?
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By Jesse Washington
Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all.
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