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100-question cultural competence guides with answers about race, religion and more from the Michigan State University School of Journalism

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Hoping that as newsrooms "follow AP style" on capitalizing Black they meet, discuss and are transparent about the reasons why. Bigger than a style issue. #APStylechat news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcom…
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Michigan State capitalized Black in its cultural competence guide series in 2015. We capitalized White, in parallel uses, at the same time. White supremacists notably capitalize one and NOT the other. That's the difference. #APStylechat
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I agree that the creation of racial constructs are problematic and illegitimate. Centuries of being engrained in our society and adopted by people make this a real issue we must pay attention to. #APStylechat
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news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcom… Successful inter-faith program comes out this week as a book.
It's complicated, but we have answers on the interplay of immigration, refugees and border security. news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcom…
Methodists confront a painful breakup over same-sex marriage and gay clergy. Here is some basic information. news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcom…
Politics clash with the agency of people with Down syndrome, art and drag. nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…
U.S. birth rate hits 30-year low, a bad thing for the economy, but before you start blaming Millennials, look at the economy they were born into. news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcom…
"Democracies die behind closed doors," an oft-quoted statement by U.S. Sixth Circuit Court Judge Damon Keith, who died today. You know the quote, but do you know the context? It resonates with recent news.
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A Facebook meme linking the U.S. measles outbreak to immigration from South America is a variation on an older stereotype and is being debunked. news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcom…
The Easter week events at Notre Dame and Sri Lanka raise a question that has been indelicately proposed: How will American responses to the fire and the massacres differ? Why?
Have you seen the new Bias Busters guide? "100 Questions and Answers Abut Chaldean Americans." aerbook.com/maker/productcar…
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Even just showing students how to network, write thank-yous, etc. can open doors. Little ways, big differences. @jessejholland #UNITY2017
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Natives are not considered when hiring happens ... or ... one individual is taken to represent millions. @SimonMoyaSmith (right) #UNITY2017
It's just a first step toward learning. From the Native American Journalists Association. #BiasBusters #UNITY2017 amzn.to/1N3cFN0
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