Monday, March 25, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
Wayne Law to host symposium on race relations March 22
Gosh I wish I could go to this but somehow SOME WAY, I will find another way to soak up this knowledge.
http://law.wayne.edu/alumni/news.php?id=11166
http://law.wayne.edu/alumni/news.php?id=11166
Thursday, March 21, 2013
"The basic thing I want you to see is that while this period (the protest phase of the civil rights movement) represented a frontal attack on the doctrine and practice of white supremacy, it did not defeat the monster of racism....The roots of racism are very deep in this country."
~Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.doi.gov/pmb/eeo/AA-HM.cfm
~Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.doi.gov/pmb/eeo/AA-HM.cfm
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Kenneth B. Clark
The works of Kenneth B. Clark
Prejudice and Your Child (1955)
King, Malcolm, Baldwin: Three Interviews (1963)
Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power (1965)
Social and Economic Implications of Integration in Public Schools (1965)
The Negro American (1966, with Talcott Parsons)
A Relevant War Against Poverty (1969)
Crisis in Urban Education (1971)
A Possible Reality (1972)
Pathos of Power (1975)
Prejudice and Your Child (1955)
King, Malcolm, Baldwin: Three Interviews (1963)
Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power (1965)
Social and Economic Implications of Integration in Public Schools (1965)
The Negro American (1966, with Talcott Parsons)
A Relevant War Against Poverty (1969)
Crisis in Urban Education (1971)
A Possible Reality (1972)
Pathos of Power (1975)
They have no inner-determined direction. Whoever develops any movement toward power in the ghetto finally does so through winning the allegiance of this group-the largest in the ghetto-not of the semicriminal and certainly not of the elite and comfortable" (Clark 14).
Monday, March 18, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
a 1991 biography by Alex Kotlowitz that describes the experiences of two brothers growing up in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes
a 1991 biography by Alex Kotlowitz that describes the experiences of two brothers growing up in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes
Placemaking is not a new idea
The concepts behind Placemaking originated in the 1960s, when visionaries like Jane Jacobs and William “Holly” Whyte offered groundbreaking ideas about designing cities that catered to people, not just to cars and shopping centers. Their work focused on the importance of lively neighborhoods and inviting public spaces. Jane Jacobs advocated citizen ownership of streets through the now-famous idea of “eyes on the street.” Holly Whyte emphasized essential elements for creating social life in public spaces.
The concepts behind Placemaking originated in the 1960s, when visionaries like Jane Jacobs and William “Holly” Whyte offered groundbreaking ideas about designing cities that catered to people, not just to cars and shopping centers. Their work focused on the importance of lively neighborhoods and inviting public spaces. Jane Jacobs advocated citizen ownership of streets through the now-famous idea of “eyes on the street.” Holly Whyte emphasized essential elements for creating social life in public spaces.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Need for More Supermarkets in New York
Special Report
Key Findings
Access to food is not evenly distributed in New York. Many people have to travel excessive
distances to buy food at a supermarket.
The uneven distribution of food in New York disproportionately affects large numbers
of low-income people.
There is a connection between diabetes and lack of supermarket access.
Weekly Sales Volume for Supermarkets
Key Findings
Access to food is not evenly distributed in New York. Many people have to travel excessive
distances to buy food at a supermarket.
The uneven distribution of food in New York disproportionately affects large numbers
of low-income people.
There is a connection between diabetes and lack of supermarket access.
Weekly Sales Volume for Supermarkets
Healthy Food Access Portal
Welcome to the nation’s first comprehensive healthy food access retail portal.
http://www.healthyfoodaccess.org/
http://www.healthyfoodaccess.org/
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Photography of the ghetto / urban decay / Detroit
Photos based on Flickr
The Ghetto
http://www.flickr.com/groups/theghetto/
Urban Detroit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tooloose-letrek/sets/813247/with/8534197890/
Urban Decay
http://www.flickr.com/groups/decay/pool/with/8534197890/#photo_8534197890
The Living City
http://www.flickr.com/groups/thelivingcity/pool/with/8534197890/#photo_8534197890
The Ghetto
http://www.flickr.com/groups/theghetto/
Urban Detroit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tooloose-letrek/sets/813247/with/8534197890/
Urban Decay
http://www.flickr.com/groups/decay/pool/with/8534197890/#photo_8534197890
The Living City
http://www.flickr.com/groups/thelivingcity/pool/with/8534197890/#photo_8534197890
My other blog
Graffiti is one of my interests / overlaps with some of my research interests so check out my graffiti / street art blog :
http://jaybejaybe.blogspot.com/
http://jaybejaybe.blogspot.com/
* Book Wish List *
to check out
The New Jim Crow
-Michelle Alexander
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now
Touré (Author)


The New Jim Crow
-Michelle Alexander
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now
Touré (Author)
Friday, March 8, 2013
Immigrants have a better chance of being hired than anyone else for fast food jobs in Harlem, especially recent immigrants (Newman 242-43).
Why they are preferred: Higher energy levels, willing to do anything, work for nothing (244-45).
Previous experience not as crucial for immigrants as for native-born- preference for immigrants (246)
25% native-born had found a job, 40% of foreign-born (247)
Why they are preferred: Higher energy levels, willing to do anything, work for nothing (244-45).
Previous experience not as crucial for immigrants as for native-born- preference for immigrants (246)
25% native-born had found a job, 40% of foreign-born (247)
How the NY Times Went Too Far in Slamming Big Organic
The organic label, for all the untoward influence of Big Food players like dairy giant Dean Foods, still means something. If you buy food labeled organic, you can be reasonably sure it was grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, without genetically modified seeds, without (in the case of dairy, meat, and eggs) antibiotics and other dodgy pharmaceuticals, and on farms required to have a plan for crop rotation and (quoting straight from federal organic code) to "manage plant and animal materials to maintain or improve soil organic matter content."
In other words, despite 20 years of effort by Big Food to make organic friendly to GMOs, monocrops, dodgy fertilizers like sewage sludge, and more, the organic label remains the single most accessible way for consumers to avoid supporting the worst ecological practices of industrial agriculture.
And as Strom's article demonstrates amply, corporate giants have indeed big-footed their way into organic, lured in by two things that have been missing for years in the conventional food industry: robust annual sales growth and the ability to charge higher prices.
In other words, despite 20 years of effort by Big Food to make organic friendly to GMOs, monocrops, dodgy fertilizers like sewage sludge, and more, the organic label remains the single most accessible way for consumers to avoid supporting the worst ecological practices of industrial agriculture.
And as Strom's article demonstrates amply, corporate giants have indeed big-footed their way into organic, lured in by two things that have been missing for years in the conventional food industry: robust annual sales growth and the ability to charge higher prices.
The American Dream
What is the American Dream?
James Truslow Adams, in his book The Epic of America, which was written in 1931, stated that the American dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position." (p.214-215)
The authors of the United States’ Declaration of Independence held certain truths to be self-evident: that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Might this sentiment be considered the foundation of the American Dream?
Were homesteaders who left the big cities of the east to find happiness and their piece of land in the unknown wilderness pursuing these inalienable Rights? Were the immigrants who came to the United States looking for their bit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their Dream? And what did the desire of the veteran of World War II - to settle down, to have a home, a car and a family - tell us about this evolving Dream? Is the American Dream attainable by all Americans?
Some say, that the American Dream has become the pursuit of material prosperity - that people work more hours to get bigger cars, fancier homes, the fruits of prosperity for their families - but have less time to enjoy their prosperity. Others say that the American Dream is beyond the grasp of the working poor who must work two jobs to insure their family’s survival. Yet others look toward a new American Dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple, fulfilling life.
Thomas Wolfe said, "…to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity ….the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him."
Is this your American Dream?
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/american-dream/students/thedream.html
James Truslow Adams, in his book The Epic of America, which was written in 1931, stated that the American dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position." (p.214-215)
The authors of the United States’ Declaration of Independence held certain truths to be self-evident: that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Might this sentiment be considered the foundation of the American Dream?
Were homesteaders who left the big cities of the east to find happiness and their piece of land in the unknown wilderness pursuing these inalienable Rights? Were the immigrants who came to the United States looking for their bit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their Dream? And what did the desire of the veteran of World War II - to settle down, to have a home, a car and a family - tell us about this evolving Dream? Is the American Dream attainable by all Americans?
Some say, that the American Dream has become the pursuit of material prosperity - that people work more hours to get bigger cars, fancier homes, the fruits of prosperity for their families - but have less time to enjoy their prosperity. Others say that the American Dream is beyond the grasp of the working poor who must work two jobs to insure their family’s survival. Yet others look toward a new American Dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple, fulfilling life.
Thomas Wolfe said, "…to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity ….the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him."
Is this your American Dream?
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/american-dream/students/thedream.html
Promoting Equity through the Practice of Health Impact Assessment
Only 8 percent of African Americans live in a census tract with a supermarket, compared to 31 percent of whites.
In 30 years, people of color will constitute a majority of the U.S. population.
http://www.policylink.org/atf/cf/%7B97c6d565-bb43-406d-a6d5-eca3bbf35af0%7D/PROMOTINGEQUITYHIA_FINAL.PDF
In 30 years, people of color will constitute a majority of the U.S. population.
http://www.policylink.org/atf/cf/%7B97c6d565-bb43-406d-a6d5-eca3bbf35af0%7D/PROMOTINGEQUITYHIA_FINAL.PDF
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
Michigan Will Take Over Detroit
According to Governor Snyder, the situation is now beyond the reach of city politicians. "There is no city that is more financially challenged in the entire United States," Snyder said.
Detroit will be the largest city in the country to lose the ability to govern itself.
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/03/michigan-will-take-over-detroit-snyder-has-top-candidate-mind/4843/
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