Can a name sound ‘white’?
There’s been the trend of people “whitening” their resumes by using initials instead of a full name. But can you tell someone’s race by his or her first name?
There’s been the trend of people “whitening” their resumes by using initials instead of a full name. But can you tell someone’s race by his or her first name?
In many African American neighborhoods in Chicago, tension simmers between black customers and Arab corner store owners.
Sometimes the journey from immigrant to American is a long one, with misunderstandings along the way. One Chicago writer says the journey can also include the kindness of strangers.
In the world of Hollywood or wherever there are minorities heavily present, rarely is there anyone who comes out as a Republican supporter. This is because there are so few and if they are …
J. Nicole Brooks says that as a theater student, her teachers didn’t know what to do with a young black woman from the South Side of Chicago. “They didn’t know that the arts was my refuge,” she says.
Next time you’re stuck in traffic because of road construction, take a look at how diverse the crew is. Race plays a significant role in how construction contracts are awarded. But do programs …
Poet Janeida Rivera represented Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School when she competed in the Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival in the Spring of 2005 with this critique of Humboldt Park’s …
Their 2001 encounter on a South Side youth basketball court added to tensions that had an African American team leaving a mostly white league.