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Though racial identities continue to shape access to jobs, health and education, critical questions of racial equity remain unanswered.

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ARC in the News
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Post-9/11 immigration debate needs shift in focus
September 14, 2009
Op-Eds
Rinku SenRinku Sen discusses the post-September 11 immigration debate at The Grio.
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Rising Costs Break Students Along Color Lines
September 04, 2009
In the News
cindy_web.jpgColorLines summer intern and Cal State Northridge student, Cindy Von Quednow, has on op-ed on the L.A. Daily News about how the Cal State tuition hikes are affecting students of color.
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Seth Wessler on CommonDreams.org
September 03, 2009
In the News
seth_w.jpgARC's research associate Seth Wessler has an editorial on how the country's history of racial discrimination set the foundation for the economic crisis that is affecting communities of color the hardest.
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Seth Wessler in In These Times
September 03, 2009
In the News
seth_w.jpgARC's research associate Seth Wessler on how the foreclosure crisis is hitting people of color the hardest. 
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Gates Case Should Expand Discussion Of Race
August 20, 2009
In the News
dom1.jpgOn NPR, ARC's research director, Dominique Apollon, writes on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. He pushes for an expanded discussion that focuses on racial outcomes rather than on intentions.
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Daisy Hernández in Christian Science Monitor
August 07, 2009
In the News
daisy_h.jpgThe Christian Science Monitor asked Daisy Hernández, Executive Editor of ColorLines magazine, if she’d share an experience from her own life that challenged her to assess her views on race.
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100 Years Old, NAACP Debates Its Current Role
July 13, 2009
In the News
ph2009071102553.jpgThe Washington Post reflecting on the role of the NAACP, as the civil rights organization observes its 100th anniversary this week. NAACP President Benjamin Jealous remarks on the organization’s move towards more deeply representing all communities of color. Applied Research Center President and Executive Director Rinku Sen is featured in the story, commending the NAACP for furthering broadening its mandate.
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Denver Daily News: Colorado Governor gets a C- in Race Report Card
July 02, 2009
In the News

by Gene Davis, DDN Staff Writer

A new report from the Colorado Progressive Coalition gives Gov. Bill Ritter and the Colorado legislature a C- for their efforts in the 2009 session to increase racial equality within Colorado.

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Tammy Johnson on BBC News
June 30, 2009
In the News
This morning, Applied Research Center’s Tammy Johnson appeared on BBC Radio’s “World Have Your Say” program to discuss the identity politics surrounding Michael Jackson’s appearance, sparked by Jamie Foxx’s comments at the Black Entertainment Awards that Jackson ‘belongs’ to the black community.

 

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Rinku Sen: The White Supremacist in Us
June 18, 2009
Op-Eds

Over the past two weeks, Americans struggled to make sense of tragic shootings that seemed disconnected at first glance. Anti-Semite James Von Brunn killed Stephen T. Johns, a black security guard at the Holocaust Museum. George Tiller's murder a few days earlier seemed to be about abortion, yet his shooter, Scott Roeder, also had roots in the racial purity movement. Yesterday, it was reported that the murders of Raul Flores and his daughter in Arizona were charged to three people with white supremacist ambitions.


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