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RACE - The Power of an Illusion . Sorting People

RACE - The Power of an Illusion . Sorting People

Anthropological Video Games A cluster of teen-agers gathered around a small table, and passersby could hear them exclaim, “Asian! Yeah, I knew it!” and “Aryan? Aiding the swarms of museum patrons who stopped to play were volunteers from Games for Change, a New York City-based nonprofit that encourages the development of what it calls “social-impact games.” I selected an adult worker, rather than a child, to box up hats on the assembly line, and asked the volunteer, “Do you find that most people choose children to work?” “By the end, you have to,” she said. “So, are you supposed to feel a sense of accomplishment in this game? “You feel good when you complete a level. When I reached the third level, I sent out too many unfinished orders, and my contract was ripped in half. When playing a game, one always takes on a role (banker, shortstop, sword-bearing elf), which involves both identifying with that character and maintaining an awareness of yourself as the player.

Bass Pro Failed to Hire Blacks and Hispanics at its Stores Nationwide, EEOC Says in Suit Retailer Also Retaliated Against Employees Who Opposed Discrimination, and Destroyed Records, Federal Agency Charges HOUSTON -- Bass Pro Outdoor World, LLC (Bass Pro), a nationwide retailer of sporting goods, apparel, and other miscellaneous products, engaged in a pattern or practice of failing to hire African-American and Hispanic applicants for positions in its retail stores nationwide, and retaliated against employees who opposed the discriminatory practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the EEOC’s suit filed in U.S. The lawsuit alleges that managers at Bass Pro stores in the Houston area, in Louisiana, and elsewhere made overtly racially derogatory remarks acknowledging the discriminatory practices, including that hiring black candidates did not fit the corporate profile. “As a law enforcement agency, the EEOC is uniquely positioned to challenge systemic hiring discrimination,” said P. Added R.J.

Why Mixed-Race Americans Will Not Save The Country : Code Switch What do mixed-race Americans mean for the future of racism? Roberto Westbrook/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Westbrook/Getty Images What do mixed-race Americans mean for the future of racism? Americans like to fantasize that a mixed-race future will free them from the clutches of racism. But this illusion is incompatible with an America in which the presidential election was won by the candidate who ran a "Make America Great Again" campaign, which many critics have pointed out was widely heard as a call to "Make America White Again." If the election results are a vindication for those championing the politics of President Trump, the demographic trends point in the opposite direction. "What Biracial People Know," a recent op-ed in The New York Times, argues that the growing multiracial population may act as a "vaccine" to the bigotry that buoyed Trump's campaign, granting America "immunity" to the longstanding politics of exclusion shaped by racism.

Sweatshop Sweatshop Sweatshop Many of the clothes available in our high street shops have been manufactured in sweatshops, factories that routinely pay their workers less than the minimum wage, and prevent the formation of unions to campaign for better working conditions. Sweatshop is a light-hearted game, but it’s based upon very present realities that many workers around the world contend with each day. Littleloud and Channel 4 worked with experts on sweatshops to integrate some of these realities into the game design. In addition, there are numerous facts and figures spread throughout the game, highlighting the plight of the workers who may well have made the clothes you are wearing today. Read on for more information about the truths behind Sweatshop (with the relevant sources). UNITE, the US garment workers union, defines a ”sweatshop” as any factory that does not respect workers' right to organise an independent union. Terms and Conditions | Privacy Channel4 Littleloud x Select a friend Page 1 / 1

Affirmative Action Pros and Cons Affirmative action is a policy that gives opportunities to minorities, women, and any group who has been subject to discrimination in the past. People are split about the positives and negatives. We put together a few of the points that each side makes. Pros Students and workers who start at a disadvantage get a boost to succeed.Affirmative action creates diversity.Special preference is given to minorities to make up for years of discrimination.Affirmative action is needed to break stereotypes. Cons It may be demeaning to minorities to say that they need affirmative action to succeed.A society cannot be truly color-blind until they stop making decisions based on race.Affirmative action may create reverse discrimination.Because of affirmative action, a minority may beat out someone more capable for a job or school, simply because of race or gender. You decide. Learn more by checking out History on Affirmative Action. Sources: Balanced Politics

Making Education Fun Through Game-Based Learning Like a lot of teachers, Lucas Gillispie had no problem with the textbook material he taught to his high school students. His biggest challenge during his seven years in the classroom was connecting with the teenagers in his classes. His solution, it turned out, was right in front of him. So when the game-loving teacher became the instructional technology coordinator for Pender County (N.C.) By May 2009, Gillispie was seeking buy-in from his district’s manage­ment team to give 15 Cape Fear Middle School ­students a chance to get ­together after school and play World of Warcraft (WOW), a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) with more than 10 million ­subscribers. Together with teachers and the school’s principal at the time, Edith Skipper, Gillispie identified students to invite and launched the program in fall 2009. “We saw amazing things,” Gillispie says. The program was so successful that at the end of the school year, the principal suggested expanding its reach.

Group at Missouri Capitol pushes for non-discrimination law for gays and lesbians JEFFERSON CITY — While the U.S. Supreme Court was hearing arguments Wednesday about same-sex marriage, a group of Missourians gathered at the Missouri Capitol hoping to make it illegal for an employer to fire someone simply for being gay. Discrimination against gays and lesbians is not against the law in Missouri. For the last 13 years, legislation has been introduced that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes in the Missouri Human Rights Act. Each year, the bill has gotten little traction. Rep. “Very few people in Missouri even realize that’s legal,” Engler said. Sen. Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate this year changing the law, but neither has been granted a hearing. “History is written by the victors,” he said, “and we will be victorious.” A dozen municipalities in Missouri have amended their local anti-discrimination laws to protect gays and lesbians, including Kansas City and Jackson County.

Mark Sample The future belongs to crowds. Don DeLillo observes this in Mao II (1991), as his characters watch a mass wedding of six thousand couples in Yankee Stadium. In light of the Occupy Movement, los indignados, the Arab Spring, and ongoing protests and marches throughout the world, it’s tempting to say that the future is here. But... read more In the 1993 afterward to The Bluest Eye (1970), Toni Morrison explains the origins of her devastating debut novel. In an unusually redemptive reading of the widely disparaged Atari VCS game E.T. (1982), Ian Bogost observes that the game perfectly (though perhaps not intentionally) captured the essence of Spielberg’s hit movie. Detroit bears the distinction of being one of the few cities in the world whose name alone stands in for an entire industry.

Discrimination charges filed by former UT coach AUSTIN -- Earlier this month, a lawyer for former University of Texas woman's head track coach Bevy Kearney filed a complaint with the EEOC and Texas Workforce Commission. Attorney Derek Howard sent KVUE copies of the charges filed. Kearney claims harassment began as far back as 1994. She filed employment discrimination charges based on race, color, sex, retaliation and disability. Kearney resigned in January after UT told her a termination process would begin over a relationship with a student athlete ten years ago. Kearney claimed one of the most glaring examples of how she was treated differently was noticeable when compared to the treatment received by her white counterpart, UT football offensive coordinator Major Applewhite. In February, Applewhite admitted to an inappropriate consensual relationship with a student. In the paperwork, Kearney claims two months before she was placed on leave, she was presented with a five-year contract to bring her salary up to $475,000.

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