Riding the Subway

Here's another scrapbook page from my New York scrapbook.  Here we are on the subway with our New York friends:

I used a paper that had blue and green swirls (mimicking Becky's green coat and Carolyn's blue scarf).

And then a I used some pink paper to matte the photos to help offset them from the black background.

A little touch of journaling so we remember the context of the photos:

And an embellishment I do very rarely: a banner.  I used paper that was a light and muted to stand apart from the dark background, and it mimics the paper that I used for the journaling.

And one more photo of Mark with Becky and Carolyn.  :)

#BBUM

Here's another article about diversity (this time, Being Black at UM) in Michigan, post-Prop 2.

If everyone agrees that diversity is important, then why does the law interfere to keep the status quo?

Gratz Can Suck It Part 2

So, I made have more to add to this arena later, but here is more information from another Inside Higher Ed article in the realm of affirmative action, this time in regards to the University of Texas at Austin's use of race in admissions decisions:

diversity is a legitimate goal for a college to have for the way it educates all students

and

"Given the test score gaps between minority and non-minority applicants, if holistic review was not designed to evaluate each individual’s contributions to UT-Austin’s diversity, including those that stem from race, holistic admissions would approach an all-white enterprise,"

Fisher, the student involved in this lawsuit, stated:

"It is a shame that for the last six years, hundreds of UT applicants were denied admission because of UT’s racial and ethnic preferences."

I would like to point out that when admissions reviewers do not make a conscious effort to consider (non-white) ethnicity and race, the bias tends towards white males--in other words, hundreds of applicants who are not white males would be denied admission...Again, how easy it is to complain about this issue when you are among the privileged majority.

 

#TBT: Nox

Here's our cute Nox from last fall--look how small he is in comparison to my parents' dog, Murphy!  And he had the cutest vest we had gotten him!

Here he is scoping out the leaves, which, for some reason, he loves.  He's too cute!  :)

Central Park

Here's another page layout from my NYC scrapbook:

I used DCWV paper for the base of the page.  I used yellow paper to mat the photo, and a little "makes me happy" sticker, to draw the eye to the group photo.

I used a journaling tag that utilizes some of the same colors that are in the base paper.  I used the tag to make a note about the location of the photos.

Here's a fabulous photo of Central Park, matted with orange paper.