Uptown Notes

Apparently, Nike has continued appropriating culture in the form of sneakers . If you’ve been around the Puerto Rican Day […]

Africana has just launched the Racism Threat Index . The index assesses the current level of threat racism poses to […]

The rise in college campus conservatism was covered in a NY Times Magazine article. It’s a long read, so here […]

I recently heard of a BBC story that suggested a group of Ugandans were immune to contracting HIV. I have […]

Continuing with the surreal . .. or social, take your pick, I was recently forwarded an email about Rent-a-Negro. What […]

And if you thought it was just about higher education admissions, check this Sun Times article. Chicago city is in […]

Clearly, you can’t just hush that fuss . The suit that Rosa Parks brought against Outkast for their song entitled, […]

The Racial Privacy Initiative Ward Connerly’s latest dastardly scheme to “colorblind” the nation has not been supported by the UC […]

It’s been a long time . . . I shouldna left you . . . hope you get that reference, […]

The New York Times reports the Cambridge, MA school system is turning to socioeconomic diversity to improve achievement in public […]