Reviews issues faced by many national organizations as they select conference sites--eliminating sites or localities with anti-affirmative action laws, which fly the Confederate or similar flags, have religious icons in meeting rooms, or are involved in on-going discrimination lawsuits. Many organizations are checking with the National Association…

This multi-sample study of master of social work students from various faith traditions (N = 391) explores the extent to which religious discrimination is perceived to exist as a problem in social work education programs. No difference in perceptions emerged between religiously affiliated and non-affiliated respondents. Evangelical Christians…

This article provides a summary of the Cuban Revolution and its implications and consequences for Christian higher education in Cuba. Christian institutions experienced the same oppression from the communist revolution as the rest of the evangelical denominations during the sixties and seventies. The worst period for Protestantism began in 1965…

This monograph, written in 1960, examines the part prejudice played in politics throughout our national history. Part I of the monograph discusses "The Colonial Era." The immigrants that populated the new nation brought with them varied cultural heritages and different religious faiths. Soon the colonial pattern of religious prejudice reflected…

H.R. 9832 is a bill to eliminate discrimination based on sex with respect to the appointment and admission of persons to the service academies. H.R. 10705, H.R. 11267, H.R. 11268, H.R. 11711, and H.R. 12729 are bills to insure that each admission to the service academies shall be made without regard to a candidates sex, race, or religious beliefs.…

Discusses the three categories of the overall Soviet human rights movement: that of the Jewish community, that which is comprised of the numerous Christian sects, and the component comprised of Soviet intellectual dissidents. (JM)

Lessons from distinctions drawn on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, and disability are discussed: equality requires looking from multiple perspectives, neutrality requires looking for starting points and exposing them to questions, and tolerance demands that unstated norms are exposed and the views embedded in institutional practices…

Argues that traditional religions of American Indians (and other persons) are under the secular attack because the civil religion of the United States will tolerate no value higher than the state. Cites court decisions suggesting that civil laws have become the definitive statement of what is acceptable religious behavior. (SV)

From the colonial period to the present, no form of integration (defined as the opening of institutions and communal spaces to members of different groups) has produced more conflict than the integration of American schools. Struggles to open other locations within the social landscape--such as railroad cars, buses, restaurant counters, and water…

"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Quality Counts: Doesn't It? (Kate Walsh and…

Logical inconsistencies in Americans' views of Blacks - a commitment to equality and freedom while simultaneously espousing group superiority themes - are traced back to the attitudes which the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay held toward the American Indians during a century of sustained cultural conflict (EH).

The history of Catholic schools began in the Archdiocese of St. Louis 160 years ago, significantly antedating Catholic schools on the eastern seaboard. The first Catholic college and university west of the Mississippi were in St. Louis. Catholic education began in St. Louis with four giants, Bishop Louis Du Bourg, Bishop Joseph Rosati, Blessed…

This manual explains how to use a bias review checklist to detect bias in educational materials. Following an introduction, section 1 provides a general definition of a biasing element and gives three specific examples: slurs, stereotypes, and erroneous group representation. In section 2, a nine-step procedure for material review based on the use…

Examines the parameters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and relevant First Amendment case law, reviews several analogous court decisions in private employment, and analyzes Yott vs. North American Rockwell Corporation (case involving an employee who, on religious grounds, refused to join a union) and its application to public employment.…