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Posts tagged with "Richard Lapchick"
Twins’ diversity talk seems mostly for show
Apr. 10 | A new movie on the life of Jackie Robinson premieres Friday. It has support from people in high places. “We think that everybody in this country needs to watch this movie,” advises First Lady Michelle Obama on the movie 42...
‘Enormous’ graduation gap between Blacks and Whites in college hoops
Mar. 27 | In past years, I used to scrounge newsstands for any piece of needed information to fill out mimeographed bracket sheets, only to later lose my hard-earned money in the worksite pool. Don’t get me wrong — I still sequester myself watching...
In college sport, it’s still a White man’s world
Dec. 5 | An unfortunate imbalance continues in college sport according to the latest report by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES): White men run the show, and women in particular, in spite of Title IX, are losing ground rather than...
Major League Baseball earns top grade for racial hiring practices
Oct. 17 | Twins’ diversity lags far behind league progress Second in an occasional series The 2012 Major League Baseball Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC) released earlier this year gave the league an A for its racial hiring practices. “MLB...
WNBA sets the standard while Lynx falls behind on race
Sep. 19 | First in an occasional series The WNBA recently scored its 10th top grade for race in the 2012 Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC), which is published annually by the Institute for Diversity and...
Mentors needed to model success
Jul. 11 | Kids enjoy a 100 Strong Who Care event. Photo courtesy of MPS To be a mentor these days, especially to Black youngsters, doesn’t take a lot of academic letters behind one’s name. It just takes someone committed to the next...
