She co-edited (with Erin McNamara Horvat) the book, Beyond Acting White: Reframing
the Debate on Black Student Achievement.
Not exact matches
When we briefly reminded Femi about the
debate spearheaded by Samuel L Jackson that argued
black British actors are cast because they are cheaper than their US counterparts, the actor — who has four
black British
students and clients with a Bafta Award under their belt — did not respond directly to Samuel's comments, but focused
on offering a different perspective.
Only 10 percent of
students admitted this year were
black or Latino (52 percent identified as Asian), and the wisdom of basing admittance entirely
on this one exam is being
debated in New York City.
Fifty years after the March
on Washington, a major challenge facing California and the West in general is increasing segregation of
black and Latino
students, reviving a
debate that Brown v Board of Education was supposed to resolve: whether it is possible to have «separate but equal» schools.