Search Results
Showing 1 through 10 of 11 results Next >
Basic Black LIVE
Panelists discuss the state of diversity in Massachusetts and the week in news in a LIVE edition of Basic Black. (Originally broadcast on July 30, 2009)
moreBasic Black Live: The Realities of Affirmative Action
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Business | Education | Politics
(Originally broadcast May 20, 2010) This week on Basic Black we discussed the consideration of affirmative action in the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.
moreBasic Black Live: Are women of color left out the "women's agenda"?
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Health | Politics
In acknowledgment of Women’s History Month Basic Black presents a Women’s Roundtable. This special presentation will be a conversation on the issues and concerns of women of color coming out of the political landscape in this presidential election year. In addition to the wealth income gap and health care reform, we’ll dig deep on issues such as reproductive rights, women of color in political life, and setting the "women's agenda.'" Our panel featured Anita Hill, Lani Guinier, and Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-MA).
more
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Education | Politics
June 14, 2013This week on Basic Black we look at issues in higher education including:
- Affirmative action hangs in the balance at the US Supreme Court - what's at stake?
- What happens when the financial demands of the for-profit college industry intersects the goals African American struggle for education?
- How diverse is the leadership in the halls of the Ivy League?
(Photo: People supporting the University of Texas rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some college admissions. The case could produce new limits on affirmative action at universities, or roll it back entirely. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) more
Basic Black Live: Are women of color left out the "women's agenda"?
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Health | Politics
In acknowledgment of Women’s History Month Basic Black presents a Women’s Roundtable. This special presentation will be a conversation on the issues and concerns of women of color coming out of the political landscape in this presidential election year. In addition to the wealth income gap and health care reform, we’ll dig deep on issues such as reproductive rights, women of color in political life, and setting the "women's agenda.'" Our panel featured Anita Hill, Lani Guinier, and Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-MA).
more
Basic Black - Affirmative Action: Slippery Slope Or Uphill Battle...?
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Education | Politics
May 2, 2014This week on Basic Black, we take a look at the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding Michigan's ban on affirmative action as a consideration in admissions to the state's public universities. The majority and dissent opinions mirrored the national debate on achieving racial diversity in higher education, but we'll discuss how that debate intensified with the backdrop of Donald Sterling's audiotaped disdain for the company of "black people," Cliven Bundy's remarks on the merits of slavery, and African American students at Harvard creating the "ITooAmHarvard" campaign.
more
Basic Black After The Broadcast: What's next for affirmative action?
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Education | Politics
May 2, 2014After the broadcast, the panelists discuss what equal opportunity and diversity in higher education might look like in the absence of affirmative action.
more
Basic Black - Affirmative Action: Slippery Slope Or Uphill Battle...?
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Education | Politics
May 2, 2014This week on Basic Black, we take a look at the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding Michigan's ban on affirmative action as a consideration in admissions to the state's public universities. The majority and dissent opinions mirrored the national debate on achieving racial diversity in higher education, but we'll discuss how that debate intensified with the backdrop of Donald Sterling's audiotaped disdain for the company of "black people," Cliven Bundy's remarks on the merits of slavery, and African American students at Harvard creating the "ITooAmHarvard" campaign.
more
Freedom Summer from The American Experience
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Education | Politics
June 20, 2014
On June 23rd the American Experience presented a preview of the film Freedom Summer at the Strand Theatre, Dorchester, Mass. The screening was followed by a discussion with filmmaker Stanley Nelson and activists and icons of the civil rights movement, Bob Moses and Dave Dennis. Basic Black was on hand to live tweet the event; see below for an archive of photos and comments from the evening.
(PLEASE NOTE: BASIC BLACK RETURNS IN THE FALL WITH NEW CONVERSATIONS - CHECK BACK LATER THIS SUMMER FOR DETAILS.)
more
Freedom Summer from The American Experience
Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Education | Politics
June 20, 2014
On June 23rd the American Experience presented a preview of the film Freedom Summer at the Strand Theatre, Dorchester, Mass. The screening was followed by a discussion with filmmaker Stanley Nelson and activists and icons of the civil rights movement, Bob Moses and Dave Dennis. Basic Black was on hand to live tweet the event; see below for an archive of photos and comments from the evening.
(PLEASE NOTE: BASIC BLACK RETURNS IN THE FALL WITH NEW CONVERSATIONS - CHECK BACK LATER THIS SUMMER FOR DETAILS.)
more
Showing 1 through 10 of 11 results Next >
