Sub-Topics Asexual Marriages Civil Rights and Racism Domestic Partnerships Gender Equity Lookism Same-Sex Marriages Supporting Diversity Transgender White Privilege News -01-10-06 Bush Administration Opposes Protection of Cultural Diversity (USA Today) "Delegates at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday began debating a convention to protect 'cultural diversity' which is expected to be approved by the body's General Assembly on Thursday despite opposition from the United States." "Supporters of the convention say that once ratified it would have legal weight in negotiations at the World Trade Organisation over such issues as cinema, publishing and the Internet." 01-06 -03-02-06 Cohabitation Laws Still on the Books (CBS News) "There are some 144,000 unmarried couples living together in North Carolina, and they are all breaking the law - a statute that has been on the books since 1805." 03-06 -05-02-07 Study: NBA Referees Biased (CBS News) "An academic study of NBA officiating found that white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players, The New York Times reported in Wednesday's editions." "The NBA strongly criticized the study, which was based on information from publicly available box scores, which show only the referees' names and contain no information about which official made a call." 05-07 Papers "Standard American" Dialect for Improving Job Success (PBS.org) "The thinking behind My True Voice was straightforward: teach a Standard American dialect to underserved children and increase their chances for future success in the working world." 3-05 -Study: How Stereotypes Defeat the Stereotyped (Time.com) "The power of stereotype is so strong that it can overwhelm many of our other traits, which means that what you learned in kindergarten is true: you're only as good as you expect to be." "But the good news is that you can flip this particular psychological coin on its opposite side: recent research has found that positive stereotype reinforcement may be just as powerful as any negative threat." 05-09 Editorial: The Limits of Tolerance (New York Times) "For us, gender equality is a fundamental value. But we also profess tolerance for other people’s culture and religion. Which principle should prevail? Should we respond to these developments with tolerance?" "We should not. Tolerance ends where harm begins." 04-09 Editorial: The Merit of Diversity (CNN News) "More than 20 years ago, I got into an argument with a college roommate over affirmative action -- one I've thought about since President-elect Barack Obama began nominating people to serve in the Cabinet and White House staff." 11-08 Language Prejudice (PBS.org) "We often make snap decisions about character and intelligence based on our language biases. Decisions that can at times have devasting consequences." 3-05 Myth: Women Talk Too Much (PBS.org) "Social context and relative power determine who talks more, men or women. Janet Holmes sets the record straight and establishes the reasons for the lingering myth of female chattiness." 3-05 Study: Minorities Arrested More During Traffic Stops (ABC News) "Black, Hispanic and white motorists are equally likely to be pulled over by police, but blacks and Hispanics are much more likely to be searched, handcuffed, arrested and subjected to force or the threat of it, a Justice Department study has found." "The study, by the department's Bureau of Justice Statistics, was completed last April and posted on the agency's Web site after Bush administration officials disagreed over whether a press release should mention the racial disparities." 8-05 Teaching Multicultural Issues in the Classroom (CBS News) "Take the City of Brotherly Love: It's the first public school district to require all high school students entering this September to take a year-long course on African and African-American history before they graduate." 9-05 Testing for Hidden Racial Bias (MSNBC News) "While Don Imus has apologized for his racial slurs, he insists he’s not a racist. But is it possible that virtually all of us have a hidden racial bias, hidden even from ourselves? Several years ago Dateline brought together two groups of volunteers, African-American and white, who agreed to take a test, scientifically designed to answer just that question." 04-07

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