Is the term 'minority' outdated?
As the population of immigrants continues to increase in the United States there will eventually no longer be a majority race of citizens...
Outcry over Romney's Mass. affirmative action move
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney scuttled the Massachusetts government's long-standing affirmative action policies with a few strokes of his pen on a sleepy holiday six months after he became governor...
Minority students face harsher punishments
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 70 percent of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American...
Black men a 'distinct minority' at HBCUs
CLUTCH - One look at the make-up of any university campus and you'll notice one thing: black men are scarce...
Genetic research changes view of disease in blacks
theGRIO REPORT - For the first time, researchers are looking into the genetic makeup of African-Americans and changing the way we view minority illnesses...
NCAA forum aims to increase minority head coaches
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The NCAA's coaching academy is an effort to increase the number of "ethnic minorities" in head coaching positions at the 583 institutions with football teams...
Delaware movie theater sued for quieting black audience
At a 2007 showing of Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married in a Dover, Delaware movie theater, the manager of the cinema is alleged to have told a large group of patrons to "be quiet and behave."...
US college enrollment highest in 40 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - College freshman enrollment among African-Americans jumped by 8 percent in 2008...
Census 2010: Minority areas, cities lagging in response
WASHINGTON (AP) - With five days left for people to return their census forms, Census Bureau director Robert Groves urged those in big cities and border regions to step up...
