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The Art of Diversity

Culture in America is likely to be spelled these days with a hyphen. Watch it on TV. There’s Cuban-American singing star Gloria Estefan in a music video on MTV Latino. See it at the cinema. The film version of The Joy Luck Club, based on the popular novel by Chinese-American author Amy Tan, could be […]

Ignoring Diversity, Runways Fade to White

By Guy Trebay
IN the days of blithe racial assumptions, flesh crayons were the color of white people. “Invisible” makeup and nude pantyhose were colored in the hues of Caucasian skin. The decision by manufacturers to ignore whole segments of humanity went unchallenged for decades before the civil rights movement came along and nonwhite consumers started […]

Ten Commandments To A Debt Free Life Style

In a 2004 Consumer Fraud Survey released by the FTC, it was found that “American Indians and Alaska Natives, African Americans, and Hispanics are more likely to be victims of fraud than non-Hispanic whites.” The survey of 2,500 randomly chosen consumers shows that consumers with high levels of debt were more likely to be victims […]

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