Tag Archives: Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte

METRO | Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte : Are Texas legislators just slow learners?

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas is not alone in its willingness to restrict its upscale education to a ‘possessive investment in whiteness.’ By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2014 AUSTIN — The Texas legislature seems determined to govern … Continue reading →

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Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte :
Ferguson: Living through the replay

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

We seem repeatedly surprised by the anger generated by educational inequity, vanished jobs, income disparities, lost affordable housing, and racial and ethnic profiling. By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte | The Rag Blog | August 26, 2014 Like many other Americans, … Continue reading →

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Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte : Supreme Court Case Raises Larger Diversity Issues at UT-Austin

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Though the UT-Austin student body is among the most diverse in the country, other related issues plague the school and its history. Photo by Eric Gay / AP / Christian Science Monitor.Supreme Court focus on UTstudent DNA masks pressing issues … Continue reading →

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