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Frederic Malle Russian Nights home fragrance
Greetings! I recently splurged on a Frederic Malle Russian Nights fragrance gun. I purchased it in Europe for considerably less than the US retail...
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Does Vitamin C Serum Really Lose Potency After It Turns Yellow?: From FutureDerm Labs
“Does vitamin C serum have any potency after it turns yellow?” “Should I throw out my vitamin C serum after it turns yellow?” “Is L-ascorbic acid pro-oxidant after it turns yellow?” I have gotten this question many, many times in the past decade. Vitamin C serums tend to turn yellow or crystallize after repeated exposure Read more »
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Does Vitamin C Serum Really Lose Potency After It Turns Yellow?: From FutureDerm Labs
“Does vitamin C serum have any potency after it turns yellow?” “Should I throw out my vitamin C serum after it turns yellow?” “Is L-ascorbic acid pro-oxidant after it turns yellow?” I have gotten this question many, many times in the past decade. Vitamin C serums tend to turn yellow or crystallize after repeated exposure Read more »
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February 2016 Makeup and Beauty Hits and Misses
I can’t believe March is here with Easter soon on the way. February 2016 wasn’t a huge month for makeup and beauty since January we saw many of the latest and greatest Spring 2016 releases. I suspect so they drugstores will start launching new collections for late Spring and Summer 2016. But for now things […]
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Sephora Favorites Paint It Pink For Spring
The Sephora Favorites Paint it Pink set ($40) just arrived and it's filled with beautiful pink goodies worth $122!
The set includes:
- 0.03 oz BeautyBlender The Original beautyblender (full size)
- 0.085 oz BECCA Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pressed Rose Gold
- 0.1 oz Benefit Cosmetics Roller Lash Mascara
- 0.27 oz Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish in Baby Love
- 0.12 oz Laura Mercier Velour Lovers Lip Colour in French Kiss (full size)
- 0.10 oz Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss in 202
- 0.05 oz Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Blissful
- 0.05 oz Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Scratch (full size)
The Tarte Amazonian Clay blush formula is one of my favorites, along with Benefit Roller Lash mascara and Becca's Skin Perfector (though I haven't tried the rose gold shade yet).
These tend to sell out very quickly, so if you want this, don't wait too long! Also, don't forget that the Gimme Some Nude Lip Set that I posted about yesterday is also still in stock.
Grab yours now at Sephora.com
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How A Sexy Thriller Could Get People To Care About Their Water
On the first page of Iowa author Jennifer Wilson’s new novel, Water, reporter Freja Folsom is assigned a story about a man who is illegally pumping his own water from a city aquifer. Freja is incredulous.
"Water is free. Stories about nature are boring. And I fell asleep for a second when you said the word 'aquifer,'" Folsom says.
Many people, even in our post-Flint world, can probably relate. Water quality isn't typically the stuff of go-to conversational fare. So that’s why Wilson, a former investigative journalist, has set her depiction of one state’s struggle for safe water against the backdrop of a “sexy romp.” Consider it Erin Brockovich meets Fifty Shades.
Sex scenes aside, the fictionalized struggle has roots that are very real. Last month, the Des Moines water utility announced that it will cease dumping the nitrates it removes from the area’s drinking water back into a local river. The utility is also in the middle of a controversial lawsuit that has targeted upstream farmland communities as responsible for the buildup of nitrates in the first place.
The problem isn't limited to Des Moines either. Some 60 Iowa cities and towns have dealt with excessive levels of nitrates in their water in recent years, a problem that has been linked to health issues such as "blue-baby syndrome" among infants in particular.
So, can a sexy thriller help turn more readers onto water activism? The Huffington Post recently spoke with Wilson.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
This is an unusual approach to a subject that can get pretty wonky. Given the seriousness of this issue, what do you say to folks who might say it’s a bit silly?
I think you have to read the book to see that fictionalizing the issue is not muddying the issue. By any means necessary, I want you to know what this is all about. I used to be a high school English teacher and I thought my goal, as a journalist, was to make sure people understood things. So what is it going to take? A really nice love story sells. I thought if I can put together two things that are unlikely bedmates, if you will, maybe it will seduce people into understanding probably the biggest issue of our time in the Midwest. I feel like we’re fighting for the soul of our state here and I don’t think anybody else takes this that seriously. I want them to take it seriously.
I think when issues have even a little bit of science involved with them, people feel they don’t know enough to have a say in it or to ask questions. So, I thought, what is the easiest method to administer a science lesson? Maybe it’s silly to pair a super serious issue with something that is sort of dramatic and interesting and enjoyable, but I don’t think so. You don’t have more basic of a need than water. You can’t live more than three days without it. This is our day-to-day survival and it is as essential as love itself. We can’t live without these things -- food and water, shelter and someone to love us, you know?
What inspired you to tackle nitrate contamination in Iowa in particular?
I think, like most places in the country right now, we’re struggling with our water quality. It’s such a universal issue. I’ve been a journalist for about 20 years and I also write books. I’ve never really seen somebody follow a news story and let it set the pace of a novel as it unfolds. I was literally matching headlines from the Des Moines Register with some of the plot lines that were happening.
What fired me up was that Iowa should be leading the pack in how to manage wastewater from farms and agricultural areas. It’s one of our main industries and it’s what makes Iowa a very independent-minded state. I have a lot of respect for farmers -- I come from a farm family on my dad’s side -- but I felt there wasn’t enough of this debate happening in a reasonable way. I didn’t feel like anybody was understanding each other.
There has been a solution squired out here and there, but it doesn’t feel like there’s any commitment to going forward with respect to the land or water. So I deliberately chose a reporter with an old-school embrace of complete fairness, who would sit down at every table and hear what Iowans have to say, for the main character, Freja. Midwesterners are really good at hearing every side of this, or we used to be. So I wanted to sit everybody down at the table in the way I was hoping would happen in real life.
"I thought if I can put together two things that are unlikely bedmates, if you will, maybe it will seduce people into understanding probably the biggest issue of our time in the Midwest."
Jennifer Wilson, author
Freja is very skeptical of whether anyone will care about this story when she is assigned it. Do you think that apathy is still pretty common among the general public on this? Do you relate to it?
I really wanted her to speak for the people. To be as bored with the topic as I first felt when I started seeing it in the newspaper. Environmental stories are really tough as a reporter when you get one. Like, OK, I have to talk about chemicals probably and words that are hard to pronounce. So Freja is a stand-in.
It feels to me that your first instinct when you’re faced with a new thing is to run or shut down. But she kind of works through it. She has to face what is going on and she faces it very fairly and with an open mind. I hope that readers join her on that journey and end where she is. It’s not judgmental, it’s not trying to ruin anyone, but it’s about making progress and staying healthy and keeping our communities healthy.
Do you think, after what happened in Flint, more people are catching on?
The American people tend to like to panic a little bit. We all do, I guess. But I think that when the panic goes away, I hope our concern turns to understanding the “What can I do?” The answer is you can learn about the water quality issue in your city, because I guarantee there is one. And then you watch it and let the people in the position of decision-making know that you’re watching and have opinions on it.
Your voice really does matter and it matters especially if you have a grasp on what’s going on. I think it would be unrealistic in a state like Iowa to say people need to stop farming so we can have clean water. It’s not like putting on a carburetor and solving an air quality problem with a $40 fix. This is millions of dollars of equipment built to put nitrates in the soil. It’s a colossal fix and a taxpayer investment and it’s requiring responsibility from the people who make a living from the land that they have to leave it the way they found it.
And the topic of water safety has come up in the two most recent presidential debates as well. Do you think people are becoming more aware on this? Is there reason for optimism?
I’m not getting any of that yet. I’m getting people getting concerned. But I think too often we think someone else will fix the problem for us and we underestimate the power for our own voice or we turn it into a political issue.
There can’t be anything less political than water. We all need it. It’s easy to say we’re victims of a system that’s screwing us over, but it’s more intelligent to ask, “What can I do to make my community a better place?” I vote for that mindset and I think people ultimately are good and hopefully are going to move more in that direction once they have the facts.
Joseph Erbentraut covers promising innovations and challenges in the areas of food and water. In addition, Erbentraut explores the evolving ways Americans are identifying and defining themselves. Follow Erbentraut on Twitter at @robojojo. Tips? Email joseph.erbentraut@huffingtonpost.com.
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What To Do If You Only Have One, Three Or Five Hours In Florence
One hour
SANTA FELICITA
If you have an hour, go to the church of Santa Felicita, just across the Arno (on the riverbank across from the cathedral). The church has a masterpiece—not only of Florentine art but of all Italian art—yet even the locals aren’t familiar with it. In a chapel on the left, the Barbadori-Capponi Chapel originally designed by Brunelleschi (yes, the same architect who built the dome of the cathedral), you can see the Deposition of Christ by the Florentine painter Pontormo, executed in the mid-16th century. It is an outstanding example of the Mannerist style and shows its typical features: dazzling and unnatural colors, elongated figures, intricate composition. I love it because of its exquisitely coordinated pastels, with greens, pinks, blues and apricot hues. Stunning! Next to it is the Annunciation, also by Pontormo, as are the medallions with the Evangelists on the pendentives of the small dome. Piazza Santa Felicita 3.
Three Hours
VILLA LA PETRAIA
If you’ve got a little more time, go to Villa La Petraia, one of the most beautiful Medici villas around Florence (the Medici were the lords of the city), which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013. The villa and magnificent Italian garden on three terraces, with a view of Florence, are open to visitors all year, but be sure to check when the villa is closed; reservations are required for group tours. Nearby (reachable on foot) there is another villa that can also be visited, but by appointment and only on certain days. It is the Medicean Villa di Castello, which houses the Accademia della Crusca, the national institute established to safeguard and study the Italian language. Here too there is a breathtaking Italian garden, second only to the Boboli Garden, and it is always open to visitors! You can get to Villa La Petraia by bus from Florence’s main train station, Santa Maria Novella. It takes about 30 minutes on line 2 or line 28; get off at the Sestese 03 stop. Note: Florence airport is less than 15 minutes from the villa.
Villa La Petraia, Via della Petraia 40, tel. +39 055 452691
Five hours
FATTORIA DI CELLE GORI COLLECTION
If you have a late evening plane and want to explore the area, a tour of the Fattoria di Celle is a must. The estate and garden have a collection of 70 works of environmental art (site specific) from the Gori Collection, which you can admire in the park and the buildings that are part of the complex. The villa as it appears today goes back to the 17th century, while the English garden was enlarged in the 19th century and covers nearly 74 acres.
The collector Giuliano Gori came here in the 1970s and, given the presence of several 19th-century constructions in the park (the aviary, the little tea palace), he decided to maintain the estate’s vocation to host specially created works. Therefore, he asked each artist to be inspired by a place (in the interiors – from the villa to the farm to the Cascina Terrarossa – or in the park) and create a work there. At the entrance you will be welcomed by the bright red Grande Ferro Celle by Alberto Burri, whereas inside you’ll see works by the Italian artists Michelangelo Pistoletto, Giuseppe Penone and Mimmo Paladino (and many others). To get there, take the train from Florence to Pistoia (about 40 minutes), and then get a cab (about ten minutes). The villa is open to visitors from April/May to the end of September, strictly by reservation by sending an email to info@goricoll.it. There is no admission fee and a guided tour for small groups is free! Be sure to read the recommendations about how to dress for your day on the estate (comfortable shoes, etc.) at www.goricoll.it.
Fattoria di Celle – Collezione Gori, Via Montalese 7, Località Santomato di Pistoia
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Celebrating International Women's Day: Three Women You Need to Know
Today as the world celebrates International Women's Day, I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to three incredible women that Fistula Foundation is fortunate to work with, who have dedicated their lives to helping women who suffer from the devastating childbirth injury obstetric fistula.
Habiba Corodhia Mohamed
Outreach Manager, Action on Fistula
Kenya
Many women who suffer from fistula live in the shadows, hiding their condition out of shame, perhaps not even knowing treatment is available. But Habiba Corodhia Mohamed always finds a way to bring the condition, and these women, into the light.
Habiba is the founder of WADADIA, a community-based organization in western Kenya that provides psycho-social support, economic empowerment and reproductive health to women in need. She also serves as outreach manager for Fistula Foundation's Action on Fistula program, a three-year initiative to transform the fistula treatment landscape in Kenya. Generously funded by Astellas Pharma EMEA, Action on Fistula has already delivered free, life-changing fistula surgeries to 912 women to date - in large part due to the tireless work of Habiba and her team, which travels to some of the most remote corners of Kenya to educate communities about obstetric fistula and help find and refer patients for treatment.
Edna Adan
Edna Adan University Hospital
Somaliland
Edna Adan is a woman of many firsts: the first woman in Somalia to drive a car, the country's first female qualified midwife, and the first lady of Somaliland after a marriage to the prime minister. Her career led her to the top post with the World Health Organization, where she stayed until retirement. Then, she cashed in her pension and her life savings to fulfill a lifelong dream of opening a hospital that could address health problems facing women and children in the Horn of Africa, which suffers one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world.
Life in this part of the world can be extremely difficult for women, who face cultural expectations for bearing a large number of children even if it means their own health is put at risk. Here, a woman must seek permission from a male family member - even their son or a grandson - before leaving the house for any reason at all, even a life-threatening medical emergency.
But thanks to Edna Adan, women have more access to health care than they ever had before, and Fistula Foundation is proud to have funded fistula treatment at her facility, Edna Adan University Hospital, since 2009. Edna's hospital is one of the largest buildings in Somaliland's capital city, Hargeisa. Its medical reputation is so stellar, it has become the "go to" facility in the region for UN and other development workers. Edna runs training programs, not just for midwives and nurses, but also for lab techs and pharmacists and anesthetists, creating the human resource capacity in health that Somaliland needs.
Dr. Mulu Muleta
Women and Health Alliance International
Ethiopia
Dr. Mulu Muleta was born and raised in the village of Abebe, in Ethiopia, one of seven children. When she was a teenager, her mother was badly injured in a car crash. Inspired by the dedicated hospital staff who nursed her mother back to health, Mulu decided to enroll in medical school. Upon graduation, she held the distinction of having become one of the country's first female Ethiopian-trained obstetrician-gynecologists. She went on to work at Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa where she learned to treat obstetric fistula. Today, I can tell you without hesitation that she is one of the finest fistula surgeons in this world.
While she could have taken her talents anywhere, Mulu chose to stay in Ethiopia to help deliver life-changing care to women in her own country. Based in Addis Ababa, she serves as Senior Medical Advisor for a long-term Fistula Foundation partner, Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA). In her role with WAHA, Mulu performs fistula surgery at various teaching hospitals in Ethiopia, but she also spends her time training the next generation of African surgeons to build their skills in treating complex cases of fistula.
But I cannot do her full story justice. For that, I will direct you to a brilliant article about Mulu that appeared in Newsweek.
Dr. Mulu Muleta And The Afterbirth Miracle
These three women have dedicated their lives to helping other women get the medical care they need and deserve. I am proud to call them partners, and I can think of no more fitting way to mark International Women's Day than by sharing their stories with you. I hope you will share the link to this post to help spread the word, so more people can "meet" these three remarkable women!
Kate Grant is CEO of Fistula Foundation, which works to provide treatment for obstetric fistula in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia. Follow the organization on Facebook, or @Fistula_Fdtn on Twitter.
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Habiba Corodhia Mohamed
Outreach Manager, Action on Fistula
Kenya
Many women who suffer from fistula live in the shadows, hiding their condition out of shame, perhaps not even knowing treatment is available. But Habiba Corodhia Mohamed always finds a way to bring the condition, and these women, into the light.
Habiba is the founder of WADADIA, a community-based organization in western Kenya that provides psycho-social support, economic empowerment and reproductive health to women in need. She also serves as outreach manager for Fistula Foundation's Action on Fistula program, a three-year initiative to transform the fistula treatment landscape in Kenya. Generously funded by Astellas Pharma EMEA, Action on Fistula has already delivered free, life-changing fistula surgeries to 912 women to date - in large part due to the tireless work of Habiba and her team, which travels to some of the most remote corners of Kenya to educate communities about obstetric fistula and help find and refer patients for treatment.
Edna Adan
Edna Adan University Hospital
Somaliland
Edna Adan is a woman of many firsts: the first woman in Somalia to drive a car, the country's first female qualified midwife, and the first lady of Somaliland after a marriage to the prime minister. Her career led her to the top post with the World Health Organization, where she stayed until retirement. Then, she cashed in her pension and her life savings to fulfill a lifelong dream of opening a hospital that could address health problems facing women and children in the Horn of Africa, which suffers one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world.
Life in this part of the world can be extremely difficult for women, who face cultural expectations for bearing a large number of children even if it means their own health is put at risk. Here, a woman must seek permission from a male family member - even their son or a grandson - before leaving the house for any reason at all, even a life-threatening medical emergency.
But thanks to Edna Adan, women have more access to health care than they ever had before, and Fistula Foundation is proud to have funded fistula treatment at her facility, Edna Adan University Hospital, since 2009. Edna's hospital is one of the largest buildings in Somaliland's capital city, Hargeisa. Its medical reputation is so stellar, it has become the "go to" facility in the region for UN and other development workers. Edna runs training programs, not just for midwives and nurses, but also for lab techs and pharmacists and anesthetists, creating the human resource capacity in health that Somaliland needs.
Dr. Mulu Muleta
Women and Health Alliance International
Ethiopia
Dr. Mulu Muleta was born and raised in the village of Abebe, in Ethiopia, one of seven children. When she was a teenager, her mother was badly injured in a car crash. Inspired by the dedicated hospital staff who nursed her mother back to health, Mulu decided to enroll in medical school. Upon graduation, she held the distinction of having become one of the country's first female Ethiopian-trained obstetrician-gynecologists. She went on to work at Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa where she learned to treat obstetric fistula. Today, I can tell you without hesitation that she is one of the finest fistula surgeons in this world.
While she could have taken her talents anywhere, Mulu chose to stay in Ethiopia to help deliver life-changing care to women in her own country. Based in Addis Ababa, she serves as Senior Medical Advisor for a long-term Fistula Foundation partner, Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA). In her role with WAHA, Mulu performs fistula surgery at various teaching hospitals in Ethiopia, but she also spends her time training the next generation of African surgeons to build their skills in treating complex cases of fistula.
But I cannot do her full story justice. For that, I will direct you to a brilliant article about Mulu that appeared in Newsweek.
Dr. Mulu Muleta And The Afterbirth Miracle
These three women have dedicated their lives to helping other women get the medical care they need and deserve. I am proud to call them partners, and I can think of no more fitting way to mark International Women's Day than by sharing their stories with you. I hope you will share the link to this post to help spread the word, so more people can "meet" these three remarkable women!
Kate Grant is CEO of Fistula Foundation, which works to provide treatment for obstetric fistula in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia. Follow the organization on Facebook, or @Fistula_Fdtn on Twitter.
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Yes, Body Acceptance Is Profitable. Just Ask American Eagle's Aerie
American Eagle is seeing noteworthy sales, and its body-positive Aerie is partly to thank.
“Initiatives to strengthen our merchandise and improve operational execution fueled strong results in 2015,"Jay Schottenstein, Chief Executive Officer, said in a press release. "The American Eagle brand delivered solid growth and Aerie exceeded our expectations.”
While the company still plans to move ahead with its goal of closing 150 stores by the end of 2016, Aerie saw 26 percent sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 20 percent growth for the fiscal year.
Life-enhancer: criss-cross bikini top. Get it now with the link in our bio. #Regram
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When women support each other, incredible things happen. #FriendsDay
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Aerie has been promoting a body-positive message since 2014 with campaigns like #AerieReal using unretouched photos for its brand ads to challenge "supermodel standards by featuring unretouched models in their latest collection of bras, undies and apparel."
Even actress Emma Roberts joined in.
“Partnering with Aerie was a natural fit for me because #AerieREAL is a message I personally identify with, particularly being in an industry that is quick to judge flaws,” she said. “I feel so honored to be part of a movement that reassures women that real doesn’t mean flawed -- real is sexy, real is cool.”
The company is proud of the message it's sending.
"We hope the growth and success of AerieREAL and our message of empowerment and body positivity will inspire the industry to challenge the status quo and be more inclusive of all girls," Jen Foyle, Aerie global brand president told The Huffington Post in a statement Tuesday.
Heck yes.
How do you get a perfect bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. #AerieREAL
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Latino Males Need to be More Relevant in the National Conversation on 'Men of Color'
I met Tony at a local tire shop a few years back. He was a young Mexican-American shuttle driver tasked with bringing me back to work while my truck was in the shop. We settled into the morning traffic on the local interstate, and we struck up a conversation on the 30-minute commute. He asked where he was dropping me off and I casually mentioned UT-Austin. He asked what I did there and I told him I was a professor. Tony -- a 22-year-old high school dropout who was raised in the barrios of East Austin -- told me he had never met a professor before, and certainly not one that looked like him. He also said he had grown up about four miles from the University and had not once set foot on campus. He said he didn't think he belonged there. Our conversation turned even more personal as he shared his legal struggles and how he's trying to encourage his younger brother to stay in school and not repeat the mistakes he's made. As he dropped me off that morning he asked me a seemingly innocuous question: "Is it hard to get into UT-Austin?"
I think about Tony's question quite often, pondering its innocence and its profound meaning. I wonder if he had ever had the courage to ask anyone such a question before, and I think about what could have been had he been encouraged to ask such a question much earlier in his life. The reality is that for too many young Latino men like Tony, such questions are difficult to ask, often dismissed and rarely encouraged.
Two years ago President Obama launched My Brother's Keeper (MBK), a national initiative aimed at improving educational and life outcomes for boys and young men of color, including Latino males like Tony. For too long we have acknowledged the sobering data trends that point to a persistent gender gap in educational attainment for males of color. President Obama's MBK initiative is a welcomed step forward for this national conversation, and it seeks to proactively change the tenor of discussion from one of bemoaning to one of collective action. But I submit that this conversation must go further in disaggregating the term "males of color" to fully embrace the relevancy and uniqueness of the Latino male experience in America.
The economic and demographic realities of our nation demand a more urgent and thorough examination of the challenges facing Latino males. Let's consider the relationship between demographic trends and economic health. Because the Latina/o community is so young and is growing so rapidly in states like Texas and California, there's a demographic reality that is winding its way through our schooling systems. That said, if half of the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the country is stubbornly lagging behind everyone else on key education metrics, the persistent gender gap could have dire consequences on the long-term viability of our economy and our communities. According to a new study released by the MBK Alliance, if both young men and prime-age men of color (those ages 16-54) participated in the workforce at the same rates as non-Hispanic white men their age, America's GDP (gross domestic product) would rise two percent -- or by roughly $350 billion.
The gender gap in educational attainment for Latino males is evident in metrics like high school completion and degree attainment. For example in 2010, Latino males had the lowest high school graduation rates across all male ethnic groups. Among 18 to 24-year-old Latino males, the proportion who had not completed high school or its equivalent was 34.2 percent, compared to 27.1 percent for Latina females and 21.7 percent of all other males. For degree attainment, more than three out of five of all associate's or bachelor's degrees earned by Hispanics are earned by female students (Source: National Center for Education Statistics). These trends suggest that Latino males are facing challenges in achieving critical education milestones, unique challenges that often go unexamined by researchers and policymakers.
So why are Latino males lagging behind, and how are their experiences different than for other males of color? A new book on the topic (published by Stylus Publishing) examines the factors that inhibit and support academic success of Latino males across the educational pipeline. The research highlighted in this book summarizes an array of factors that promote and hinder Latino male success in higher education. Increasing the educational achievement of Latino male students requires policy and programmatic interventions that attend to the needs of students both long before they even consider college and immediately after they arrive on our campuses.
One barrier hindering Latino males from completing college is the financial pressures they face to contribute financially to their families. Like Tony, Latino males tend to come from working-class backgrounds, and the urgency he and others feel to join the labor force may outweigh the long-term gains that can flow from a higher education credential. We also know that Latino males in the workforce are concentrated in low-skilled, low-wage jobs, and they have more instability in their employment status. This translates into limited economic opportunities for Latino males. When coupled with demographic trends this could portend a dire economic outlook for our country.
I am not suggesting this is a zero-sum context or that Latino males have it worse than other groups, but I am suggesting that research and programmatic work should be better focused on disentangling the unique schooling experiences of Latino males independent of the work on African American males and other male groups. In light of the demographic and economic realities facing our nation, Latino males need to be more relevant in the broader conversation of "men of color".
President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative is coming at a critical time in the burgeoning national movement focused on boys and young men of color, and it has elevated the issue to a national policy imperative. But we need greater awareness and dialogue about the Latino male experience informed by research that showcases new perspectives and emerging voices. The new book represents an earnest effort to do just that, and its contributors hope to parallel the broader and vibrant research agenda on male students of color.
Returning back to Tony's question -- about how "hard it is to get into UT-Austin" -- the reality is it is very hard, especially for applicants with Tony's academic profile. I answered his question as best I could that day, but I can't help but think about the countless other questions he had or that other Latino male students like Tony may have but are afraid or unwilling to ask. We need to find better ways to answer his question, better ways to positively engage Latino males throughout their schooling experiences, and we certainly need to keep encouraging Latino males to ask such questions lest they will never know. Tony's future certainly depends on it, as does our nation's future.
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I think about Tony's question quite often, pondering its innocence and its profound meaning. I wonder if he had ever had the courage to ask anyone such a question before, and I think about what could have been had he been encouraged to ask such a question much earlier in his life. The reality is that for too many young Latino men like Tony, such questions are difficult to ask, often dismissed and rarely encouraged.
Two years ago President Obama launched My Brother's Keeper (MBK), a national initiative aimed at improving educational and life outcomes for boys and young men of color, including Latino males like Tony. For too long we have acknowledged the sobering data trends that point to a persistent gender gap in educational attainment for males of color. President Obama's MBK initiative is a welcomed step forward for this national conversation, and it seeks to proactively change the tenor of discussion from one of bemoaning to one of collective action. But I submit that this conversation must go further in disaggregating the term "males of color" to fully embrace the relevancy and uniqueness of the Latino male experience in America.
The economic and demographic realities of our nation demand a more urgent and thorough examination of the challenges facing Latino males. Let's consider the relationship between demographic trends and economic health. Because the Latina/o community is so young and is growing so rapidly in states like Texas and California, there's a demographic reality that is winding its way through our schooling systems. That said, if half of the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the country is stubbornly lagging behind everyone else on key education metrics, the persistent gender gap could have dire consequences on the long-term viability of our economy and our communities. According to a new study released by the MBK Alliance, if both young men and prime-age men of color (those ages 16-54) participated in the workforce at the same rates as non-Hispanic white men their age, America's GDP (gross domestic product) would rise two percent -- or by roughly $350 billion.
The gender gap in educational attainment for Latino males is evident in metrics like high school completion and degree attainment. For example in 2010, Latino males had the lowest high school graduation rates across all male ethnic groups. Among 18 to 24-year-old Latino males, the proportion who had not completed high school or its equivalent was 34.2 percent, compared to 27.1 percent for Latina females and 21.7 percent of all other males. For degree attainment, more than three out of five of all associate's or bachelor's degrees earned by Hispanics are earned by female students (Source: National Center for Education Statistics). These trends suggest that Latino males are facing challenges in achieving critical education milestones, unique challenges that often go unexamined by researchers and policymakers.
So why are Latino males lagging behind, and how are their experiences different than for other males of color? A new book on the topic (published by Stylus Publishing) examines the factors that inhibit and support academic success of Latino males across the educational pipeline. The research highlighted in this book summarizes an array of factors that promote and hinder Latino male success in higher education. Increasing the educational achievement of Latino male students requires policy and programmatic interventions that attend to the needs of students both long before they even consider college and immediately after they arrive on our campuses.
One barrier hindering Latino males from completing college is the financial pressures they face to contribute financially to their families. Like Tony, Latino males tend to come from working-class backgrounds, and the urgency he and others feel to join the labor force may outweigh the long-term gains that can flow from a higher education credential. We also know that Latino males in the workforce are concentrated in low-skilled, low-wage jobs, and they have more instability in their employment status. This translates into limited economic opportunities for Latino males. When coupled with demographic trends this could portend a dire economic outlook for our country.
I am not suggesting this is a zero-sum context or that Latino males have it worse than other groups, but I am suggesting that research and programmatic work should be better focused on disentangling the unique schooling experiences of Latino males independent of the work on African American males and other male groups. In light of the demographic and economic realities facing our nation, Latino males need to be more relevant in the broader conversation of "men of color".
President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative is coming at a critical time in the burgeoning national movement focused on boys and young men of color, and it has elevated the issue to a national policy imperative. But we need greater awareness and dialogue about the Latino male experience informed by research that showcases new perspectives and emerging voices. The new book represents an earnest effort to do just that, and its contributors hope to parallel the broader and vibrant research agenda on male students of color.
Returning back to Tony's question -- about how "hard it is to get into UT-Austin" -- the reality is it is very hard, especially for applicants with Tony's academic profile. I answered his question as best I could that day, but I can't help but think about the countless other questions he had or that other Latino male students like Tony may have but are afraid or unwilling to ask. We need to find better ways to answer his question, better ways to positively engage Latino males throughout their schooling experiences, and we certainly need to keep encouraging Latino males to ask such questions lest they will never know. Tony's future certainly depends on it, as does our nation's future.
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