By The Admin on August 26, 2010
Washington Post
- When Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued an “Inclusive Workplace Statement” to his employees last week, there was little indication of the pressure his department has been under on the diversity front.
Last month, an administrative judge ruled against the department in a discrimination case, finding that a supervisor called African American subordinates “monkeys.” In [...]
Posted in Federal Government | Tagged Interior Department
By The Admin on August 26, 2010
President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office and visit troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced the dual commemoration in a statement and Twitter post on Wednesday.
The speech will mark only the second address Obama [...]
Posted in White House | Tagged Iraq
By The Admin on August 25, 2010
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Apparently, the federal government is finally recognizing Ebonics as a viable language.
Indeed, the Justice Department’s Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has put out a call for Ebonics interpreters to work in its Southeastern regional office in Atlanta. Specifically, the DEA is seeking the assistance of nine linguists fluent in Ebonics to [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race | Tagged DEA, Department of Education, ebonics
By The Admin on August 25, 2010
Forty years ago, Alabama football fans watched Southern California and a black running back named Sam Cunningham trounce coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s Crimson Tide in a game widely credited with helping start the integration of Southern football.
Fans weren’t the only ones watching Alabama football back then. The FBI, apparently with the approval of then-director J. [...]
Posted in Federal Government, Race | Tagged Bear Bryant, FBI
By The Admin on August 25, 2010
With a broad grin and aw-shucks approach, Bill Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.
While Gibbs comes off as combative and hot, Burton is low-key and self-deprecating. He always seems ready to smile.
Describing how Obama was spending his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Burton joked Tuesday, [...]
Posted in White House | Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Burton
