Ethnicity/Race
Master's in leadership graduate CJ Gross shares his expertise on Bridge Mentorship in this Harvard Business Review article: A Better Approach to Mentorship! (June 6, 2023)
Presented by the Jandoli School of Communication in partnership with the Black Student Union and JAB Entertainment Productions, "Hear the Brothas" features several male African American artists who utilize poetry, rap, and spoken word to express themselves and the challenges they face.
Presented by the Jandoli School of Communication in partnership with the Black Student Union and JAB Entertainment Productions, "Speak on Sistas" features several female African American artists who utilize poetry, rap, and spoken word to express themselves and the challenges they face.
Good Morning America segment on the work of the Rev. Edwin Leahy to bring students of different races together at St. Benedict’s Prep School, where he has served as headmaster for 50 years.
A viral TikTok post says New York City’s Central Park once was a town founded by African Americans. Journalism students Hannah Roesch and Julia Schneider fact-checked that post for PolitiFact.
Journalism student Hannah Legacy's interview with Vernon Robinson Jr., who was appointed to the Olean Common Council in July. Robinson is believed to be the city's first Black alderman.
Jandoli School Lecturer Anne Lee's story on the Race Unity Circle Book Club.
Hip hop artist Akala is a label owner and social entrepreneur fusing rap/rock/electro-punk with fierce lyrical storytelling. In this talk, Akala demonstrates and explores the connections between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop, and the wider cultural debate around language and its power.
Tara Dowdell, an accomplished entrepreneur and communications strategist, spoke with Dr. Richard Lee’s Media and Democracy class on April 2, 2020.
Tara is the founder and President of TDG Speakers and Tara Dowdell Group, a marketing and strategic communications firm driven by a passion for helping socially conscious organizations and businesses grow. In addition to her business ventures, Tara is a respected television commentator and speaker. She appears regularly on MSNBC, CNN, and PIX11 News where she provides progressive insight and analysis on a range of political, government, and business topics.
Ziad Ahmed, an American-Muslim-Bangladeshi student, entrepreneur and speaker, spoke with students in Dr. Richard Lee's Media and Democracy class on March 26, 2020.
Ziad is the CEO/Co-Founder of JUV Consulting (www.juvconsulting.com), a purpose-driven Generation Z consultancy that works with clients to help them reach young people. The company has worked with over 20 Fortune 500 companies, has been profiled by the New York Times, and has established full-time offices. As a result of JUV, Ziad was named to the 2019 Forbes #30Under30 list at 19-years-old. Ziad started the company in 2016 (while in high school), and JUV has kept growing since as people continue to wake up to the power of young people.
A group of about 150 people gathered in Olean's Lincoln Park on May 31 to protest the death of George Floyd.
A news report by Jandoli School journlaism student Hannah Legacy on a Black Lives Matter Town Hall meeting in Olean.
Caleb McGuire's column on white privilege.
The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.
National Geographic investigates: Homo sapiens have been on the move from almost their beginnings. Climate-caused floods, drought, and water shortages will likely join the list of reasons to migrate.
The subject of race can be very touchy. As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a "conversational third rail." But, she says, that's exactly why we need to start talking about it. In this engaging, persuasive talk, Hobson makes the case that speaking openly about race — and particularly about diversity in hiring -- makes for better businesses and a better society.
In the pilot episode of FOX's hit show Empire, one of Lucious Lyon’s sons, Jamal, says, “We King Lear now?” Lyon will have to decide to which of his three sons he will leave control of his music business empire. Fans of Shakespeare may immediately think of Cordelia, Goneril, and Regan, but some of the fun of Empire is that the series offers many more parallels to Shakespeare’s plays than solely King Lear. Throughout the first season, we see connections to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Othello and Iago, and Romeo and Juliet, among others. Each episode, in fact, is named after a line from a Shakespearean play, which can prompt us into an even deeper investigation into parallels between the series and Elizabethan drama.
A video of inspiration for all people looking at art and making art and for all those seeking to talk with and include diverse audiences in an authentic and celebratory way!
Ashley Bryan is an eclectic artist who uses painting, poetry, music, collage, and prose to tell stories. Bryan fuses these seemingly separate art forms within his books for children. "I try not to accept walls and boundaries and definitions in a strict way," he says. "I would hope that everything I do is interrelated." Bryan is known for retelling African folktales in a distinct, rhythmic prose that is heavily influenced by African-American poetry. In 1981 his collection of Nigerian folktales, Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum, received the Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award. For more author interviews, visit us at readingrockets.org, a national education service of public television station WETA. Funding is provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
According to the author: "We need White History Month to educate much of this nation about exactly how caucasians as a whole got in the privileged position they currently are in."
I showed this in my JMC/WS 482 [Women, Minorities and the Media] class in Spring 2014, not long after I had seen the actor, Norm Lewis, in a Jazz at Lincoln Center solo show. That show took place on the weekend Dr. Rich Lee and I had taken a total of 11 students from my 482 class and his JMC 483 [Media and Democracy] class to give a presentation on advocacy journalism during the annual March 2019 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference.
A News21 investigation of the growing climate of hate in the United States conducted through analysis of national crime victimization data and on-the-ground reporting by 38 reporters in 36 states. Bryce Spadafora, a 2018 Jandoli School graduate, was part of the reporting team.
Lian Bunny, the Jandoli School's 2017 Mark Hellinger Award winner, spent the summer between her junior and senior years as part of the News21 team, reporting on voting inequities throughout America.
The author, after earning a PhD in psychology, became a journalist. He wrote this reflection about an incident in the 1970s, about how his mere presence as a black man caused a white woman to panic, for Ms. magazine in 1986 and titled it "Just Walk on By." He slightly revised the article for Harper's a year later and gave it the current title.
November 2014 NPR feature comes with a warning: A heads-up to our readers: We use some language in this post that some folks might find offensive.
This reading was a topic of discussion among my 10 students in a Learning Community for the Women, Minorities and the Media class I taught in St. Bonaventure's Francis E. Kelley Oxford Program in the summer of 2018. annelee
This is a news blog article about:
an industry with structural barriers to entry, such as access to capital, as inherently white supremacist if industry leaders didn’t also institute material efforts to redistribute opportunity. It was abundantly clear that centuries of racism have kept a majority of American industries, organizations, and political bodies white, concentrating wealth and power primarily in white hands.
Researchers have found that a diverse workforce delivers a competitive advantage, but diversity remains a challenge for corporate America. Studies have shown that employers tend to hire people who are similar to them in culture and experience. Less than 1 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are black, 4 percent are women and even fewer are openly gay.
This is a brilliant advertising campaign that uses 5 minute video mini-series to get their message out about how different they are as a bank. This is the first in the series that I use when discussing social media content creation.
Inspired by #TrueStories, #SPARKS is a mini-series by DBS which follows a group of bankers as they navigate work and their personal lives. A smart and sassy portrayal of how the power of purpose and having the right banking partner enables everyone to get a lot more out of life – and a lot more joy from banking. #LivemoreBankless
For many Americans, sports represent more than just a game – it’s a way of life, something that brings families and communities together. And, it’s a $70 billion industry. People have argued that, when it comes to race, sports are the great equalizer. But it turns out that in sports, and specifically sports journalism, we have a long way to go. Scholar Pat Ferrucci explains why this problem impacts all of us.
An open letter/advertisement that appeared in the New York Times on June 14, 2020.
This letter/advertisement appeared in the New York Times on June 14. It is linked here from deadline.com
From the June 6, 2020 Business section of the New York Times.
"For a group of elite black executives, police killings and protests have unleashed an outpouring of emotion and calls for action."
Angélica Dass's photography challenges how we think about skin color and ethnic identity. In this personal talk, hear about the inspiration behind her portrait project, Humanæ, and her pursuit to document humanity's true colors rather than the untrue white, red, black and yellow associated with race.