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...push for ethnic studies, said that she hopes to finalize the details of the secondary field before her term concludes at the end of this semester. She said that the issue of ethnic studies became important to her because social science concentrations like history were not focused on racial diversity, leaving to the wayside subjects like Chicano history and Asian American history.Ethnic Studies Coalition co-director Athena L.M. Lao ’12 said she hopes the secondary field will be in place by the time she graduates in 2012. “There are a lot of universities with...
...appointment. “I think having more resources of this type is just extremely, extremely important,” said sociology professor Lamont, who added that she hopes FAS will recruit and tenure more women and minorities. “It’s not just about racial diversity; it’s about cosmopolitanism and the range of realities that our faculty have experience in as human beings.” Mitchell worked as communications director at Brandeis University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Hahnemann University, and also served as an adjunct professor of public relations...
...city to elect a black mayor in 1973, Atlanta has had African-American leadership ever since. However, this year, a white city council member is leading in polls over three black challengers, causing some to fret that her election could lead to a setback for a "black agenda" of racial and social justice...
...post-racial" politics, the current Atlanta mayor's race is resisting attempts to paint it in crude black-and-white. For one, the cliche of black political organizers facing off against white corporate elites doesn't fit. The black candidates include a former real estate corporate vice president, a state senator, and a corporate-law attorney who was a Rhodes Scholar. The white candidate, re-elected city-wide four years ago, is a longtime community activist and the candidate most likely to be photographed with a bullhorn in her hand. This all comes at a time when Atlanta is struggling...
...racism, has long tinged politics in Atlanta. The city saw a dynamic population shift in the 1960s, from a heavily white population to a majority-black makeup that neared 70% in the 1980s. But while the legacy of the segregationist past caused strains, the city never fractured along racial lines. "Atlanta is a city that has been built on black hope and white pragmatism," says Gary Pomerantz, who wrote the Atlanta history Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn. "Race isn't everything in Atlanta, but it is in everything...