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Jenni Young

Accidental Racism - YouTube - 0 views

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    A funny look at racial and ethnic stereotypes
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    A funny look at racial and ethnic stereotypes
Jenni Young

Bossy Pants? - 0 views

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    Opinion column on gender stereotyping.
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    Opinion column on gender stereotyping.
Jenni Young

Don't Ban 'Bossy' : The New Yorker - 0 views

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    Is the word "bossy" sexist? Probably. Does that mean that we should ban it? No. (blog)
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    Is the word "bossy" sexist? Probably. Does that mean that we should ban it? No. (blog)
Jenni Young

Don't Call them Mr. Mom: More Dads at home with kids because they want to be - 0 views

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    The number of dads who stay at home has doubled in the last 25 years. The growing At-Home Dad's Network has been leading a campaign to banish the term 'Mr Mom'.
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    The number of dads who stay at home has doubled in the last 25 years. The growing At-Home Dad's Network has been leading a campaign to banish the term 'Mr Mom'.
Jenni Young

What's Lost as Handwriting Fades - 0 views

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    Does handwriting matter?
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    Does handwriting matter?
Jenni Young

Is Cursive Dead? - 0 views

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    The new Common Core State Standards, a set of national benchmarks for American public schools, do not require students to learn cursive. As a result, states and districts are grappling with whether to teach this skill.
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    The new Common Core State Standards, a set of national benchmarks for American public schools, do not require students to learn cursive. As a result, states and districts are grappling with whether to teach this skill.
Jenni Young

Newly Elected Parliamentarians Take Oath in Sanskrit - 0 views

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    An usually high number of lawmakers took their oaths in Sanskrit on the second day of the new Parliament session in New Delhi.
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    An usually high number of lawmakers took their oaths in Sanskrit on the second day of the new Parliament session in New Delhi.
Jenni Young

The First Time - spoken word - 0 views

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    March 26th changed the way Nick Gilyard looked at the world. Hate crimes were something that was only seen in books and movies, but that all changed on his walk home. Spoken word.
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    March 26th changed the way Nick Gilyard looked at the world. Hate crimes were something that was only seen in books and movies, but that all changed on his walk home. Spoken word.
Jenni Young

The First Time - spoken word - 0 views

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    March 26th changed the way Nick Gilyard looked at the world. Hate crimes were something that was only seen in books and movies, but that all changed on his walk home. (spoken word)
Jenni Young

Study Claims People Less Frightened Of Female-Named Hurricanes - 0 views

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    Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds.
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    Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds.
Jenni Young

How did the C-word become such an offensive insult? - 1 views

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    article about the development of the use of the 'C-word'
Jenni Young

Life as an Alien by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah - 0 views

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    Meri Nana-Ama Danquah left Ghana at the age of 6 to live in the US. In this essay she examines what it is like to grow up bicultural.
Jenni Young

Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu - 0 views

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    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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    Eric Liu's essay examines the meaning of assimilation, and what it means to be a "banana", an Asian American who identifies as white.
Jenni Young

Taylor Mali on "What Teachers Make" - YouTube - 0 views

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    Taylor Mali's performance of his spoken word poem plays on the different meanings of "make"
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    Taylor Mali's performance of his spoken word poem plays on the different meanings of "make"
Jenni Young

TAYLOR MALI: What Teachers Make - 0 views

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    Cartoon illustration of Taylor Mali's spoken word poem
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    Cartoon illustration of Taylor Mali's spoken word poem
Jenni Young

BBC News - The unstoppable march of the upward inflection? - 0 views

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    The habit of making statements sound like questions is a genuine linguistic mystery.
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    The habit of making statements sound like questions is a genuine linguistic mystery.
Jenni Young

Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? - ABC News - 0 views

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    Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? Study shows that recruiters have a preference for 'white' sounding names.
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    Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? Study shows that recruiters have a preference for 'white' sounding names.
Jenni Young

A Roshanda by any other name. - 0 views

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    How do babies with super-black names fare?
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    How do babies with super-black names fare?
Jenni Young

Girls at North Arlington school swear not to swear as part of lesson in civility - See ... - 1 views

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    Catholic school girls think it's just plain sexist that they were asked to take a no-cursing pledge on Friday - and the boys weren't.
Jenni Young

Don't Hire People With "Black Sounding Names" --The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show - You... - 1 views

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    Jesse Lee Peterson is founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, an American religious nonprofit organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.
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    Jesse Lee Peterson is founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, an American religious nonprofit organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.
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