AlterNet: MediaCulture: The Power of People's Media-

Have we lost our sense of Democracy?

Harper's Index for May 2004 (Harpers.org)

Great Statistics. These are numbers that leave you thinking about the greater global picture.

AlterNet: MediaCulture: Stepford Wife: You've Come the Wrong Way, Baby

We Have a LONG Way to Go as Women, Women of Color, Women of Sexual Orientation and how Hollywood perpetuates the Good 'Ol Days.

Artists Seek the Truth

Artists Need Your Support. Attend the opening. Submit Your Art and be heard.

A Migrant's Grim Sea Voyage

How many of us benefit from immigrant labor? This article outlines the perilous journey of immigrants who only then come to face more predjudice and injustices when they arrive in the United States.

Harper's Index

Disturbing numbers on the War in Iraq and money spent by the U.S.

Scraping a living on Peru streets

A disturbing look at the bleak future of many Peruvian children

Fahrenheit 9/11 | | L.A. Premiere

This is a must see documentary. This will provide another viewpoint besides what U.S. mainstream media feeds us.

AlterNet: The Wal-Mart Effect

Where do we draw the line? Class issues are not being discussed by either political party. What are our options?

Who is Listening??

 

Gender and Management

I have taken a break from teaching to get a taste of real life. The saying "Be careful of what you wish for" definitely holds true here.

There lies the irony- in order to confront such issues one needs to see how it plays out in reality every once in awhile.
Ha!
I am experiencing the joys and pains of management as a woman of color- where it can be used to fit a quota or image but seen as a viable threat at the same time.
The workplace in many ways does not differ from the classroom. All actions are contigent on the environment/structure in place. If predjudices and stereotypes are to cease it will only happen when all players take an active role to ensure this happens. How often does it happen in either environment- work or classroom? Or for that matter in the home?



What are the risks in the workplace for one to confront such issues or is it greater in the classroom? How do our social constructs intersect in either positive or negative ways?

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