SBOE Votes a Little Ethnicity

Compromise vote locally developed ethnic studies courses

April 11, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Tie-Died: Rock 'n Roll's Most Deadicated Fans

"...also observe the absence of people of color and ethnicity. When interviewed, a kid with a mohawk complains of..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Young Latino Artists 21: Amexican@"

This exhibit is about being Mexican-American, but it will make things happen for you whatever your ethnicity

"...going to bet most people, whoever they are, whatever ethnicity or whatever zip code they represent ('44!), that they..."

July 15, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

"...Big Fat Jewish/Italian/Irish Wedding; it's not so much the ethnicity that's the running joke here (although that is key..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Count Me In

there's power in numbers with the census 2000 data.

"...have the most DTEs, using formulas that combine income, ethnicity and language, and home ownership, along with the tract's..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Equity Under the Lens

City office release first equity assessment

"...Only a few had data on the race and ethnicity of their contractors, and many didn't capture that data..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

The university makes a proposal to reintroduce affirmative action to admissions.

"...the UT System a proposal to include race and ethnicity as factors for consideration in admissions. The proposal comes..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hybridity Principle

A diverse, ambitious crop of restaurateurs is feeding Austin's cosmopolitan cravings.

"...us consider ourselves cultural mutts, of mixed ancestry and ethnicity. The oft-invoked melting pot metaphor that has been circulating..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...of the various ways the DeLeons have negotiated their ethnicity. Mack, a devout but conservative Democrat, managed campaigns for..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Literary Guisado

An Interview with Francisco Goldman

"...expression of cultural intermingling rather than strict ideas of ethnicity...."

June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Reaping the Strange Harvest

Fantastic Fest mockumentary recreates classic true crime shows

"...the thing. Their parts weren’t written for any particular ethnicity or gender. It was just ‘best actor wins.’..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ban Starts to Chip Away at UT–Austin

New law bans diversity-conscious hiring practices, training, workshops

"...employment practices "with respect to race, sex, color, or ethnicity." Tangible changes so far at the University of Texas..."

Jan. 5, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent's follow-up to The Babadook is a true historical horror

"...unflinching examination of the dual standards for gender and ethnicity to the film’s lush compositions, The Nightingale is a..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Instant Family

Adoption comedy is rocky but charming

"...chooses – as it also does with questions of ethnicity – to awkwardly sidestep some of the issues raised..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Other Side of Hope

Searching for a better tomorrow in Aki Kaurismäki's droll tale of immigrants and restaurants

"...skinheads who attack Khaled can’t even deduce the immigrant’s ethnicity correctly. The film’s sharp-contrast lighting (another recurring Kaurismäki touch)..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...said of Hispanic workers. Longstanding tensions based on nationality, ethnicity, and legal status among immigrants in general – and..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Zimmerman Talks Housing

D6 CM explains his position to the Chronicle

"...best people. It has to do with performance, not ethnicity," Zimmer­man insisted. "To me it looks like economics."..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Fire at AFD

Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics

"...effects of diversity are more important than someone's specific ethnicity or gender. "They bring the things that are important..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...in such matters, this friend recently sent me an ethnicity breakdown of her 25 third-graders: Irish-Iraqi, Puerto Rican-Mexican, WASP-Japanese,..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Hate Crimes in Texas: A Breakdown

According to the FBI, Austin came in fourth among Texas cities in number of hate crimes reported in 2006

"...offenses resulting from bias against race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Of 5,449 "crimes..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

TV Eye

For once, Ellen Pompeo is spared Belinda Acosta's wrath while she goes after ... America Ferrera?

"...a complex assortment of U.S. women's issues, interconnecting gender, ethnicity, race, class, and, of course, dominant beauty norms."..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...demanded one person one vote no matter what their ethnicity. And that American law required that the person with..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Column

CD 25: It's a Small District After All

The congressional race in District 25 is not about race -- except when it is.

"...Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos of Austin -- firmly disclaimed that ethnicity should be the issue that decides the race, both..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TV Eye

Blacks and Latinos inch toward equity on television, but there are still miles of progress to be made.

"...star in a series. While the flavor of the ethnicity needs to shine through, it still has to appeal..."

April 5, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Feeling the Heat

A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell

"...how police should collect data on the race and ethnicity of people they stop; it promises to train rank..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Postmarks

The Real Obscenity

"...of harassment at any moment, simply because of their ethnicity. I wonder how long the Serbs thought they could..."

April 30, 1999 Column

Exhibitionism

The Last Night of Ballyhoo: Southern Discomfort

"...trying to be upper-class whites, who have amputated their ethnicity and culture and are therefore indifferent to the plight..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Arts Review

First Things First

Paradise by UT's Stadium Lights

"...court. The ruling outlaws the use of race or ethnicity as a factor in college admissions, effectively throwing out..."

May 2, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Smilla's Sense of Snow

"...the wrong ways. As a result of her multi-layered ethnicity, Smilla is a woman who has barricaded herself behind..."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La Haine

With great passion and intelligence, Kassovitz graphically illustrates the violent disaffection of French immigrant youth.

"...power. Here, people are divided not so much by ethnicity and race but by an even simpler separation of..."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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