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Nov 15, 2011 at 8:11 am

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Blacks Play More Video Games, But Missing Behind The Scene And In Games

Despite studies that show African American and Latino youth play more video games per day than white youth, diversity is lacking in the gaming industry and also in games, where few characters of color can be found.

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Jul 13, 2011 at 11:52 am

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Racism? Day Cares Protest Requirment To Carry Diverse Dolls

COLORADO – A Colorado state regulation that requires day care centers to provide at least three different races of dolls angered some local day care owners, who say their rights are being infringed upon.

The Root Reports:

Some child care providers in the state aren’t too happy about it. One day care owner told a local news station why she’s against the proposal: “They are infringing on a lot of our

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Apr 6, 2011 at 12:11 pm

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Census Shows U.S. Becoming White Minority State Faster Than Thought

According to the U.S. census, America will become a nation in which white people are no longer that majority faster than people have expected. The Huffington Post reports:

The data shows a declining number of white adults and growing under-18 populations of Hispanics, Asians and other minorities. Nationwide, 67 percent of adults are white, but just 54 percent of children are.

“Were it not for Hispanics, the nation’s child population would have declined,”

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Feb 9, 2011 at 3:16 am

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TJMS: Roland Martin And, Richard Prince Discuss AOL Huffington Post Deal And Online Diversity

Roland Martin talks with Richard Prince about the AOL Huffington Post deal, what it means for African-American journalist and diversity in online media.

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Aug 10, 2010 at 3:14 pm

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Minorities, Women Underrepresented In Boardrooms

Minorities and women are still underrepresented in the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, lagging far behind the national population percentages, according to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat out of Hoboken.

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Aug 6, 2010 at 10:07 am

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Lack Of Diversity An Issue At Elite NYC High School

With one of its alumnae, Elena Kagan, poised for confirmation as a justice on the United States Supreme Court, it should be a triumphant season for Hunter College High School, a New York City public school for the intellectually gifted.

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Aug 2, 2010 at 10:01 am

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A New Century, Same Old Colorline [OPINION]

by Malik Russell

Over a century ago, scholar and sage W.E.B. Dubois wrote in his groundbreaking book, The Souls of Black Folks that “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line.”

Today, optimism springs eternal as a new century and new firsts for Black folks symbolize a socially utopian world only found at the end of rainbows and during one brisk night last November when for a moment everything was

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Jul 1, 2010 at 11:05 am

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France Faces Pressure To Bring Diversity To Top Schools

From the NY Times:

PARIS — France is embarking on a grand experiment — how to diversify the overwhelmingly white “grandes écoles,” the elite universities that have produced French leaders in every walk of life — and Rizane el-Yazidi is one of the pioneers.

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