Ethnic Identity formed at Early Age - Brown University researchers have published one of the first longitudinal studies demonstrating that children of first-generation immigrants develop their ethnic identity at an earlier age than previous research has shown. The research is published in the International Journal of Behavioral Development. Access it here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]
Racism's Cognitive Toll - While certain expressions of racism are absent from our world today, you do not have to look very hard to know that more subtle forms of racism persist, in schools, workplaces and elsewhere. Some psychologists reason from this that subtle racism might actually be more, not less, damaging than the plain antipathy of yesterday, sapping more mental energy. Learn more from this news release here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]
The First Peoples Child & Family Review - This online journal is published jointly by the First Nations Research Site, Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. The e-journal focuses primarily on First Nations and Aboriginal child welfare practices, policies, and research. Review past issues here. [Source: First Peoples Child & Family Caring Society]
Racialized Poverty - Poverty in Toronto is highly racialized, and the economic gap between members of European and non-European ethno-racial groups has been increasing over the last 30 years. All 20 of the poorest ethno-racial groups in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) are non-European, according to the study, Ethno-Racial Groups in Toronto, 1971-2001: A Demographic and Social Profile. Read the full report here. [Source: The Laidlaw Foundation]
Racial barriers keep minorities from good jobs - According to a new report released by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, employment equity legislation and other efforts to break down racial barriers are failing due to inconsistent implementation and poor enforcement. The report found bigotry continues to deny good jobs and pay to many Canadians. Read the article here or download the full report here. [Source: Sympatico/MSN]
Job Sprawl and Spatial Mismatch - New research from Brookings strongly suggests that job sprawl and low-density, geographically spread-out patterns of employment growth exacerbates the racial employment divide in America. However, policies better linking job growth with existing residential patterns could help narrow this spatial mismatch. Read more here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]
Minority artists earning less - A new report from Hill Strategies Research finds there is an increasing number of visible minority, immigrant, and Aboriginal artists, most of whom earn less than the overall average among artists. Diversity in Canada's Arts Labour Force: An Analysis of 2001 Census Data showed that between 1991 and 2001, the number of artists in Canada grew by 29%, close to three times the rate of growth of the overall labour force (10%). With average earnings of $23,500, artists earned 26% less, on average, than other labour force workers. Visible minorities accounted for 8.9% of all artists, Aboriginal artists represented 2.4%, and immigrant artists represented 20% of all Canadian artists. Their average earnings were $20,800, $16,900, and $23,200 respectively. Despite the lower-than-average earnings, the number of visible minority and immigrant artists grew strongly between 1991 and 2001 (by 74% and 31% respectively). Get more information or download the report here. [Source: Charity Village]
Affirmative Action Gets an Affirmative - According to a study from the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research students who had more racially diverse friends and classmates tended to show even higher levels of thinking, suggesting that long-term exposure to racial diversity may be even more beneficial to higher-order thought than is immediate immersion in a diverse environment. Read the report here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]
Leaders of Color Impact Stronger Communities - More than 100 racially and ethnically diverse leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors say that involving more leaders of color in policy development and implementation will make communities of color and the nation stronger. The leaders were interviewed for Leadership for Policy Change: Strengthening Communities of Color through Leadership Development, the new PolicyLink report that was funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Download the full report here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]
Canada's Diversity - 2001 Census data released January 21, 2003 showed Canada to be one of the most diverse societies on earth. You can find CCSD's summary and analysis of social policy implications here.
Racism Deeply Rooted in Economic System - According to a new study by the Canadian Labour Congress, experts are predicting social tension in Canada will rise if a persistent wage gap between people of color and the general population is not closed. Read the article here. [Source: CBC]
Structural Racism & Community Building - Out of the Aspen Institute's Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives is a project examining race and community revitalization. Offering "a race-centered analysis," the project is premised on the concept "that race and racism amount to far more than a problem of interpersonal relationships; they are active generators of the economic, physical and other problems of place that the community revitalization." Download the full report here.
Tracking the Miner's Canary - This interview with Harvard educator and social critic, Lani Guinier explores issues of race, power and social injustice. With interesting notes about poverty and race. Learn more here.
Poverty & Race Research Action Council - PRRAC is a non-partisan, multiracial, national, nonprofit organization convened over a decade ago by major civil rights, civil liberties and anti-poverty groups. PRRAC's mission is to generate, gather and disseminate information on the relationship between race and poverty, and to promote policies and practices that alleviate conditions caused by that interaction. PRRAC publishes a bimonthly newsletter, Poverty & Race. Visit the PRRAC website here.
Colorlines Magazine - Published by the Applied Research Center, is the first national, multi-racial magazine devoted to covering the politics and creations of communities of color. Visit the website here.
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