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...will receive the recognition from the Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts largely for his work within the greater Boston community, in particular the science programs he has conducted to encourage more young black boys and girls to go into science. “I’ve helped to train them in the area of science in hopes they would make something great of themselves,” Counter said in an interview yesterday. “Young black boys in particular are at risk because of poor educational programs, lack of job opportunities for their parents, and brutality...
Similar tension is evident far beyond Saint-Gilles. In the wake of the 2005 riots in suburban projects and pitched battles between police and immigrant youth last month in Paris' Gare du Nord train station, more French are gravitating toward hard-line positions. Sarkozy, the former Interior Minister, is a natural law-and-order candidate who spent his time in office noisily battling crime and deporting illegal aliens. But even some of his allies have questioned his campaign pledge to create a "Ministry for Immigration and National Identity"--a linkage many decry as a Le Penesque invocation of a creeping...
That education takes many forms. At Embraer, the world's fourth largest commercial aircraft manufacturer and the pride of Brazil's export industry, directors realized that the company faced a shortage of aerospace engineers because the advanced training they needed wasn't available in Brazil. In 2000 the company set up an 18-month-long postgraduate course to train its engineers in aerodynamics and flight mechanics. So far, nearly 800 people have taken the course. "We create from inside, and we are now delivering engineers with a specialist aerospace background," says Peter Clignett, a Dutch lecturer in Embraer's program...
Still, there's no denying that fewer and fewer black youths are taking up the sport. One reason commonly offered is that black neighborhoods lack the necessary equipment and facilities--bats, gloves, green fields--to train children to play. In sociology, this is called deficit theory, the idea that one group does not do what another group does because it lacks the resources. Deficit theory is often used to explain the behavior of black Americans. But it is almost always wrong. If lack of green spaces and the cost of equipment explain why black Americans don't play baseball today...
...flip side of the instant-attention era is the gotcha era. We may be more inured to shock than ever, but when someone manages to find and cross a line, we're better able to generate, spread and sustain offense. You get eaten by the same tiger that you train. Imus got special love from the media over the years because his show was such a media hangout. But when the controversy erupted, it snowballed in part because the media love to cover the media...