- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/ethnicity/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:37:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Racial Attitudes Conference to focus on race and ethnicity in popular culture /news-archive/2019/04/08/racial-attitudes-pop-culture/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:37:35 +0000 /news/?p=73919 ... Racial Attitudes Conference to focus on race and ethnicity in popular culture]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host the 16th annual Racial Attitudes Conference on Wednesday, April 17, to explore attitudes toward race, ethnicity, and popular culture in Little Rock.聽 The conference will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Legends Room in the Jack Stephens Center. This year’s survey covers a wide range of themes related to popular culture including social relationships, social media, television news, media representations of race and ethnicity, music, residence, and sport protests. 鈥淭he survey reveals the very different ways in which Hispanics, blacks, and whites consume and relate to popular culture, as well as demonstrating some common understandings and similarities,鈥 said Dr. John Kirk, director of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity. 鈥淣otably, and strikingly, for example, there seems to be a good understanding of and significant support for the NFL 鈥榯ake a knee鈥 protests across racial and ethnic lines.鈥 In the race, ethnicity, sport, and protest section of the survey, a majority of blacks, Hispanics, and whites believe that the football players鈥 protests are trying to call attention to racism and unfair police tactics and are not trying to disrespect the military or veterans. A majority of all three groups also think that a professional athlete or team who protests an issue by not standing for the national anthem is demonstrating the freedom the anthem represents. Some of the other results of the survey include:
  • 听听听听听Whites are more likely than blacks and Hispanics to describe the place they live in as mostly upper income or mostly middle income.
  • 听听听听听Blacks are the most likely to think the place where they live is worse than other places to live.
  • 听听听听听Hispanics are the most likely to use social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter while blacks are the least likely.
  • 听听听听听Whites are the least likely to see posts about race or race relations on social networking sites while blacks are the most likely.
  • 听听听听听A majority of blacks and whites do not think it is ever acceptable for a white or black person to use the n-word.
  • 听听听听听Hispanics are more likely to trust television news to report information fairly than whites and blacks.
  • 听听听听听A majority of blacks and half of whites say the way blacks are portrayed in television and movies hurts day-to-day public perceptions about racial and ethnic stereotypes, while a majority of Hispanics say it helps or has no effect.
A panel of community leaders will discuss the results of the survey, including:
  • 听听听听听Tanisha Joe-Conway, who has spent over 20 years developing, producing, and coordinating public affairs programming for the Arkansas Educational Television Network. 聽 
  • 听听听听听Jimmy Cunningham Jr., a grant writer, voiceover artist, author, community program consultant, and executive director of the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Alliance. Cunningham has been involved in programs focused on the social and cultural development of inner city youth and in research regarding African-American history in the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta area. 
  • 听听听听听Stephen Koch, an Arkansas Delta native and an award-winning journalist. He is the author of 鈥淟ouis Jordan: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B鈥 and writer/host of 鈥淎rkansongs,鈥 a weekly radio program examining and celebrating Arkansas music and musicians. 
  • 听听听听听Miguel Lopez, the Hispanic resource officer for First Community Bank. He serves on the boards of Just Communities of Arkansas, Harmony Health Clinic, Museum of Discovery, and Goodwill of Arkansas Education Initiatives. 
  • 听听听听听Kara Wilkins, a communications and community engagement strategist, with a background in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She is the founder and president of K. Wilkins Consulting Group and previously served as the corporate communications specialist at Delta Dental of Arkansas.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information on the Racial Attitudes Survey, contact the Anderson Institute at 501-569-8932 or race-ethnicity@ualr.edu.]]>
Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Conference to focus on race, ethnicity, religion /news-archive/2017/04/03/racial-attitudes-pulaski-county-conference-race-ethnicity-religion/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:00:16 +0000 /news/?p=66739 ... Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Conference to focus on race, ethnicity, religion]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host the 14th annual Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Conference on Thursday, April 13.聽 The conference will feature the results of the 14th annual Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Survey, which focuses on attitudes toward race, ethnicity, and religion, as well as the results on the Little Rock Congregations Study, which reviewed how religious organizations in Little Rock affected community and political engagement in their congregants. 鈥淭he theme of race, ethnicity, and religion is one that has not been covered in the past, and in particular reflects our founder Dr. Joel Anderson’s desire to engage the city’s religious communities in efforts to address issues of race and ethnicity,鈥 said John Kirk, director of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity. 鈥淗e believes that religious communities can play an important leadership role in influencing attitudes and opinions on the subject.鈥 The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fine Arts Building with a panel discussion on the results of the Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Survey, followed by a free lunch at noon. The panel on the results of the Little Rock Congregations Study will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The Racial Attitudes panel will include religious leaders discussing race and religion in Pulaski County. Scheduled participants include Pastor Alex Diaz of Mosaic Church, Pastor Wendell Griffen of New Millennium Church, the Rev. Marie Mainard O鈥機onnell of First Presbyterian Church, and Bishop Anthony Taylor of the Diocese of Little Rock. The results of the racial attitudes survey indicate members of the black community tend to identify themselves as being more religious than do white and Latino people, Kirk said.

Little Rock Congregations Study

Dr. Rebecca Glazier, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock associate professor in the School of Public Affairs, and Dr. Warigia Bowman, assistant professor at, led the Little Rock Congregations Study to determine how religious organizations affected community and political engagement in their congregants. The professors and their students surveyed nearly 1,500 people at 17 houses of worship in Little Rock. The congregations included four black Protestant churches, four Evangelical Protestant churches, three mainline Protestant churches, two Catholic churches, one Mormon church, one mosque, one Jewish temple, and one nondenominational Unitarian Universalist church. Some of the results of the Little Rock Congregations Study include:
  • 听听听听听86 percent say they are aware of the important needs in their community
  • 听听听听听81 percent say they can make a difference in their community
  • 听听听听听76 percent volunteered at their place of worship in the past month
  • 听听听听听72 percent volunteered outside their place of worship in the past month
The Little Rock Congregations Panel includes local religious leaders who will discuss community involvement and religion in Little Rock. Panel members include Pastor Brodes Perry from Saint Mark Baptist Church, Pastor Carissa Rogers from Quapaw United Methodist Church, the Rev. Danny Schieffler from St. Mark鈥檚 Episcopal Church, Brother John Tait of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and from the Islamic Center of Little Rock. The event is free and open to the public. Register by filling out the online form. The conference is sponsored by the Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock School of Public Affairs, and the University of Arkansas . For more information on the Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Survey, contact Tamisha Cheatham at 501.569.8932 or tmcheatham@ualr.edu. For more information on the Little Rock Congregations Study, contact Rebecca Glazier at 501.569.3331 or raglazier@ualr.edu. In the upper right photo, Rebecca Glazier leads a training session for her students participating in the Little Rock Congregations Study. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Communications.]]>