Racial

Magazine articles on racial issues or of special interest to minorities.

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Fast Company August 2004 Irwin Speizer	Mariachi in the Morning Problem: How to connect isolated Mexican farmworkers; Solution: A public radio station in Spanish.
Inc. August 2004 Lora Kolodny	Can You Judge a Biz by Its Color? Corporations, which have the same legal status as persons, can now sue for racial discrimination, a federal court recently found. The case involved a Silicon Valley company which alleged that it was rejected as a preferred vendor because of its minority status.
Job Journal July 18, 2004	Being Bilingual Translates into More Opportunity English language skills are extremely important. But the ability to be bilingual offers opportunities that never before existed, and those with that extra dexterity are already ahead.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Roger O. Crockett	Can This Woman Save Savoy? Hermene Hartman's acquisition of this national magazine for black professionals could put her in the top tier of black publishers.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004	Hermene Hartman's "Motown Model" The budding media mogul talks about her vision for magazines that have "the feel, the flava, the hipness of [black] culture."
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Roger O. Crockett	Martin Luther King Jr.: Putting Words To The Dream The American civil rights leader stressed black earning power, never losing sight of the economic underpinnings of his cause.
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Alexandra Starr	It Takes More Than A Little Espanol What's hampering Bush's efforts to woo Hispanics?
ifeminists June 23, 2004 Wendy McElroy	The Decline of Affirmative Action The Supreme Court's ambiguous attitude toward Affirmative Action in academia is echoed through lower courts across America, with some states explicitly rejecting the policy.
HBS Working Knowledge June 21, 2004 Martha Lagace	Racial Diversity Pays Off Diversity has been a buzzword in organizations for at least fifteen years. How much is really known about its effects on performance? Harvard professors Robin Ely and David Thomas investigate.
Sports Central June 18, 2004 Mason Williams	Let Larry Legend Speak On the ESPN special "Two on Two," Larry Bird stated that it would be beneficial to the NBA if there were more white star players. He went on to say that the NBA is a black man's league and that blacks are better athletes.
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