Posts Tagged: race in America

Whites Are Minority on Billboard’s Top 10

  According to a recent analysis by Draft FCB, over 80% of today’s most popular US albums are produced by minority or multicultural musical groups. The agency looked at Billboard’s Top 10 artist’s race and ethnicity from 1950-2009.

Whites Are Minority on Billboard’s Top 10

  According to a recent analysis by Draft FCB, over 80% of today’s most popular US albums are produced by minority or multicultural musical groups. The agency looked at Billboard’s Top 10 artist’s race and ethnicity from 1950-2009.

The Tanning of America Continues

The Pew analysis found that among newly married couples, 14.6 percent were mixed in 2008, compared with 11.2 percent in 2000 and 8.3 percent in 1990. (Among all people currently married, 8 percent of marriages were mixed in 2008, compared

The Tanning of America Continues

The Pew analysis found that among newly married couples, 14.6 percent were mixed in 2008, compared with 11.2 percent in 2000 and 8.3 percent in 1990. (Among all people currently married, 8 percent of marriages were mixed in 2008, compared

Multiracial Youth Adapt

The link below is to a pdf of the full report. Multiracial youth that identify with two or more of their ethnicities are happier than those who only identify with one, according to a study published by the Stanford Graduate

Multiracial Youth Adapt

The link below is to a pdf of the full report. Multiracial youth that identify with two or more of their ethnicities are happier than those who only identify with one, according to a study published by the Stanford Graduate

Your Race Affects Your Contact Rate When Online Dating

More great data and pretty charts from the kids at OKCupid (yes the dating website!) proving that what we say and what we do are often very different animals. The website’s blog often dissects the crates and crates of data

Your Race Affects Your Contact Rate When Online Dating

More great data and pretty charts from the kids at OKCupid (yes the dating website!) proving that what we say and what we do are often very different animals. The website’s blog often dissects the crates and crates of data

Scientists’ Changing Findings on Kids and Race

An excerpt from the book NurtureShock was published in Newsweek last month. (Link to the book here.) One of the many topics the authors studied in the book is how and when we humans become aware of race and how

Scientists’ Changing Findings on Kids and Race

An excerpt from the book NurtureShock was published in Newsweek last month. (Link to the book here.) One of the many topics the authors studied in the book is how and when we humans become aware of race and how

Check Out WireTap Magazine

The website WireTap is new-found favorite of mine. Heavy on advisers from Current TV, The Nation, and AlterNet, the site is a great platform for young (appears to be mostly college age) writers / content creators from the most diverse

Check Out WireTap Magazine

The website WireTap is new-found favorite of mine. Heavy on advisers from Current TV, The Nation, and AlterNet, the site is a great platform for young (appears to be mostly college age) writers / content creators from the most diverse

True Blood is a True Hit

Any of you that know me personally, know how I love to rave about this show. I, who have never been an art director, music director, set director – any of those things, cannot stop running at the mouth about

True Blood is a True Hit

Any of you that know me personally, know how I love to rave about this show. I, who have never been an art director, music director, set director – any of those things, cannot stop running at the mouth about