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Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations

Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations

Basic Black

06/14/13

June 14, 2013

This week on Basic Black we look at issues in higher education including:
- Affirmative action hangs in the balance at the US Supreme Court - what's at stake?
- What happens when the financial demands of the for-profit college industry intersects the goals African American struggle for education?
- How diverse is the leadership in the halls of the Ivy League?



(Photo:  People supporting the University of Texas rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some college admissions. The case could produce new limits on affirmative action at universities, or roll it back entirely. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations

Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations

Basic Black

06/14/13

June 14, 2013

This week on Basic Black we look at issues in higher education including:
- Affirmative action hangs in the balance at the US Supreme Court - what's at stake?
- What happens when the financial demands of the for-profit college industry intersects the goals African American struggle for education?
- How diverse is the leadership in the halls of the Ivy League?



(Photo:  People supporting the University of Texas rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some college admissions. The case could produce new limits on affirmative action at universities, or roll it back entirely. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations

Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations

Basic Black

06/14/13

June 14, 2013

This week on Basic Black we look at issues in higher education including:
- Affirmative action hangs in the balance at the US Supreme Court - what's at stake?
- What happens when the financial demands of the for-profit college industry intersects the goals African American struggle for education?
- How diverse is the leadership in the halls of the Ivy League?



(Photo:  People supporting the University of Texas rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some college admissions. The case could produce new limits on affirmative action at universities, or roll it back entirely. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines

Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines

Basic Black

06/08/13


June 7, 2013

The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product.  All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
 
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
 
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?


Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines

Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines

Basic Black

06/08/13


June 7, 2013

The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product.  All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
 
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
 
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?


Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines

Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines

Basic Black

06/08/13


June 7, 2013

The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product.  All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
 
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
 
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?


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6/21/13 7:30 PM
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6/22/13 7:30 AM
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6/22/13 5:00 PM
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6/22/13 11:00 PM
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Sonsat commented on Basic Black on 01.15.11
I want to comment on some breaking news. The newly sworn in governor of Maine says the NAACP is a special interest organization and that he is not a racist because he adopted a 24 year old from Jaimaca.The president of Maine NAACP says they are not questioning his racism or not, but the guy is a classic racist. He is ignorant, a bigot and a racist because he does not either understand the principle of majority rule accompanied by respect for the rights and interests of minorities or he wilfully and deliberately chose to violate this holy grille, principle of democracy. Like a pediphile who befriends the family of the child he is abusing to cover up his tracks, the new governor is unashamely doing the samething. Both Thomas Jefferson and Strom Thurmond had biological black children and they were still avertently racist. I am an MBA, CPA and a Political Scientist just moved to the Northeast/New England.

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