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Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black
June 14, 2013
This 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)
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black
June 14, 2013
This 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)
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black Live: Higher Ed and Higher Aspirations
Basic Black
June 14, 2013
This 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)
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black
June 7, 2013
The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product. All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black
June 7, 2013
The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product. All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black Live: Shifting Racial Fault Lines
Basic Black
June 7, 2013
The folks who make Cheerios thought their commercial highlighted the heart health benefits of their product. All anyone sees is the interracial family consuming the cereal; the virulent racist reaction moves YouTube to shut down the comments section...
Michelle Obama confronts a heckler who interrupted her remarks at a private fundraiser…Twitter erupts on all sides of the issue...
And a challenge to the appointment of a white person to lead the board of Roxbury Community College sparks a debate….?
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(Originally broadcast on February 18, 2010) This week: A conversation on the relevance of Black History Month and a look at class divisions within the African American community. Our regular panelists Callie Crossley (WGBH Radio's The Callie Crossley Show) and Latoyia Edwards (New England Cable News) are joined by guest panelists this week: Beverly Morgan Welch, Executive Director of the Museum of African American History, and playwright Lydia Diamond, whose play Stick Fly opens February 19th with the Huntington Theatre Company at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
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