Leslie Barlow creates an inclusive space for BIPOC nerds with Confluence convention
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Harvest Celebrations
Seward Co-op is ready to help you plan a delicious gathering for any group – large and small, family and friends.
Posted inSports
Johnson remains focused on the positives
Is it make or break time for Gopher men’s basketball head coach Ben Johnson?
Posted inNational, News
Black Census Project quadruples participation
The Black Census Project, launched in 2018, engages communities typically under-represented in traditional surveys and policymaking.
Posted inLocal & State, National, News
Diversity on campus post-affirmative action
The year California voters approved an affirmative action ban at public universities in the state in 1996, Black and Latino enrollment at the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA fell by 40 percent.
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Supreme Court decision prompts U of Minnesota to revise admissions criteria
The University of Minnesota announced this week that it had updated its undergraduate admissions to no longer consider race and ethnicity in the application process.
Posted inOpinion
We are not colorblind
Arguing to ignore the category of race is a form of White supremacy.
Posted inOpinion
Overturning opportunity
‘If the colleges of this country are required to ignore a thing that matters, it will not just go away. It will take longer for racism to leave us. And, ultimately, ignoring race just makes it matter more.’
Posted inOpinion
Op-Ed: A Supreme Court that has eyes but refuses to see
This is not colorblindness, but rather the willful blindness.
Posted inArts + Culture, Movies
Yes, #OscarsSoWhite—but there are still plenty of reasons to celebrate contemporary Black film
It was natural to wonder whether the fact that each featured a Black female director and Black female cast may have had something to do with the snubs.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports, Vikings/NFL
Diverse hiring up at NFL League Office
The NFL’s racial hiring score went down from last year’s but its gender hiring score went up according to a new report.
Posted inFeatured, Sports
How Blacks in baseball get pigeonholed
Minnesota Twins’ Chris Archer is among that paltry number of Black pitcher this season.
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
Turning Point’s Peter Hayden nationally recognized as pioneer of Black sobriety
A national association recently awarded Dr. Peter Hayden the inaugural ‘Diversity, Inclusivity and Racial Equity Award’ for pioneering cultural-specific treatment.
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College hockey pledges more diversity, equity, inclusion
‘The racial injustice and inequities that played out during the summer of 2020 were impactful across our campuses.’
Posted inOpinion
Right-wing efforts to erase history do not change the facts
Blotting out history to protect reputations or to prevent perceived criticism of races may be a feel-good exercise for some but it blurs reality and leads to ignorance.
Posted inSports, Twins/MLB
Twins’ efforts to draw more Black fans ineffective so far
Team officials are hopeful that with the full stadium opening fans will come back in the current post-pandemic environment. But will African Americans be among them?
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
Attacking racism from the inside out
Children’s Minnesota attacking racism from the inside out.
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports, Timberwolves/NBA
NBA and WNBA lead in diversity and inclusion
The WNBA and the NBA have for several years set the standard for diversity and inclusion in pro sport, consistently getting high marks in racial and gender hiring.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
Final Four visitor’s guide misses diversity mark
The MLOC and Meet Minneapolis, the city’s visitors and convention bureau, were asked if any Black-owned businesses are included in this year’s Final Four visitor’s guide. Spokespersons from both organizations said they didn’t think so.
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Diversity finally reaches MIAC volleyball
So the secret is out — diversity in MIAC volleyball has arrived. Diversity “is something that is necessary to have teams and people who reflect the world, and be leaders,” said Graves.