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"The cast of ‘Scandal’ poses at the 44th NAACP Image Awards, February 2013 Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images " (Source: Colorlines)

Whom we see — and don’t see — on TV

November 1, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On Think Progress, Alyssa Rosenberg surveyed the racial and gender compositions of the casts of the scripted prime time shows on American’s largest four cable networks, to see how these shows represent the American population: Half the population would be white men. Five percent of the population would be black men. Just 1.9 percent of the world would be Asian or Latino men. Overall, 57 percent of the population would be men. 34 percent of the world would be white […]

Categories: TV/Movies • Tags: Diversity, prime-time, television

US Population by Race and Hispanic Origin (source: US Census)

US Census forecasts increasingly diverse country

December 12, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

According to a recent forecast by the US Census Bureau, the United States will continue to become more racially diverse and will reach a level of plurality by 2043 in which no racial group will be in majority: “The next half century marks key points in continuing trends — the U.S. will become a plurality nation, where the non-Hispanic white population remains the largest single group, but no group is in the majority,” said Acting Director Thomas L. Mesenbourg. As […]

Categories: Reports/Studies • Tags: Census, Diversity, pluralism, United States, United States Census Bureau

Respecting diversity in workplace also good for employers

July 12, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

David Briggs, of the Association of Religion Data Archives, writes an article about the benefits to employers when respecting religious diversity in the workplace. Often, employers are reluctant to acknowledge their employees’ faith in the workplace, but Briggs suggests that this may have a negative affect on productivity and morale: Researchers say more studies need to be done, but past work showing positive relations between faith and better physical and mental health indicate those same benefits could extend from factory […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: AB1964, Association of Religion Data Archives, California, David Briggs, Diversity, Employment, Mariko Yamada, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, WRFA