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What has come to be known as gentrification -- the migration of (mainly white) middle-class homesteaders into poor (mainly black and Hispanic) urban neighborhoods -- is neither the cause nor an effect, exactly, of the historic renovation boom. But the two trends have abetted each other. The original '60s militants of...
Hearteningly, the fate of reviving districts is not always black and white. Preservationists are not all chevre eaters and squash players. Among the thousands of tax-delinquent houses New York City has sold off during the past five years, more than half have been bought by black and Hispanic homesteaders...
The most fought-for stars are women and minorities because they are in short supply. In the University of California system, for example, only 1.7% of tenured faculty are black, 2.5% Hispanic and 10.1% female. Says Duncan Rice, N.Y.U.'s dean of the faculty of arts and sciences: "My department...
Sixty-seven Blacks applied early this year, compared to 51 last year. Meanwhile, 60 applications came from Hispanic students, down six from last year, and six applications came from Native Americans, one less than last year.
"This conference provides them with an opportunity to meet role models from the Black and Hispanic Communities that have obtained an MBA and advanced their careers in management," said Angela M. Airall, GMAC national director of project development.