My neighbor always says, “If you don’t know Spanish already, you’d better learn it, because the Latinos saved Phillips; we owe them that much.” In the 1990’s, a wave of immigration increased the Hispanic population of the Phillip’s neighborhood by over 500% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). Today, once vacant Lake Street retail space is occupied by Latino-owned businesses. Read More »
inner city life
Closing the Achievement Gap Part I: The Basics of Poverty and Education
By ediblewoman - Posted on June 19th, 2008
Tagged: achievement gap
• Children
• inner city life
• poverty
• public schools
• Race
• school
• testing
• Education
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Better future
Would It Help If I Wore A Brown Paper Bag Over My Head?
By bohemienne - Posted on February 24th, 2008
...no, because you'd still see my hands.
Yeah. Probably.
I might as well come out with my hands up right now, I, a young, black woman. Or African American.
Caribbean American always sounded the best to me though.
Not only am I black, but I've made a choice most of my black sisters, and even more brothers, scoff at--my decision to wear my hair natural. Read More »
