Are You Interested in Skin?

1. Are You Interested in Skin? • We are conducting research into normal variation of human skin pigmentation. • We need volunteers to participate in non-invasive research that will record their skin color by a variety of techniques • Participation will only take approximately 30 minutes • If you are interested in participating in this research please contact: Ania Swiatoniowski Aks222@psu.edu 814.863.0018 • Wednesday Dec 2nd 4:30pm-7:00pm – 107 Carpenter • Tuesday Dec 8th 4:30pm-7:00pm – 107 Carpenter

2. World-Wide Variation in Skin Color Swedish 26.7 Russian 25.6 Irish 21.2 Polish 26.6 Georgian 34.3 Kazakh 30.1 Native American 33.5 Japanese 28.7 Italian 33.8 Portuguese 28.6 Chinese 29.4 Tunisian 30.2 Mexican 34.4 Dominican 42.1 Iranian 35.5 Egyptian 35.7 Indian 40.8 Salvadoran 39.0 Filipino 33.5 Ghanaian 63.5 Cambodian 39.6 Ethiopian 61.6 Cameroonian 68.4 Colombian 35.3 Brazilian 32.4 Polynesian 30.8 Chilean 34.3 European-American Melanin Frequencies African-American Melanin Frequencies Mexican Melanin Frequencies

3. What plans would you pursue to bring about greater SOCIAL EQUALITY?

4. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION What are we really talking about?

5. …and most beneficiaries of AA programs have been women! 10 % …and most beneficiaries of color are from the middle class !

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7. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION • GIVING SOMEONE A BENEFIT OR AN ADVANTAGE, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF SOME IDENTIFIED CRITERIA, THAT THEY WOULD NOT NORMALLY RECEIVE

8. NEPOTISM: • GIVING SOMEONE A BENEFIT OR AN ADVANTAGE, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF SOME IDENTIFIED CRITERIA, THAT THEY WOULD NOT NORMALLY RECEIVE

9. Primary problem with nepotism: Most of us think we deserve something because we’re better than others.

10. SOME 829,000 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS.THE RESULTS WERE:

11. 25% saw themselves among the top one percent of “sociable” people60% rated themselves among the top ten percent0% rated themselves below average in the ability to get along with others

12. IN ANOTHER SURVEY, FLORIDIANS WERE ASKED ABOUT CONSERVATION OF WATER AND HOW MUCH THEY DO AS COMPARED TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.

13. THE RESULTS: • Depending on the county, 89 to 97% felt as though they DO ENOUGH to conserve water. • And, depending on the county, 87 to 97% felt as though their neighbors COULD DO MORE to conserve.

14. WE GENERALLY PERCEIVE OURSELVES AS: More intelligent than others Better looking than others Less prejudiced than others More honest than others

15. WHAT FOLLOWS IS A COMPARISON OF HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE THEIR ADHERENCE TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN RELATION TO OTHERS

16. Do Not Take the Lord’s Name in Vain • I FOLLOW – 64% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 15%

17. Worship None Before God • I FOLLOW – 64% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 22%

18. Honor Your Mother and Father • I FOLLOW – 95% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 49%

19. Do Not Kill • I FOLLOW – 91% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 71%

20. Attend Services on Holy Days • I FOLLOW – 86% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 45%

21. Do Not Commit Adultery • I FOLLOW – 90% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 54%

22. Do Not Steal • I FOLLOW – 88% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 33%

23. Do Not Bear False Witness • I FOLLOW – 76% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 23%

24. Do Not Covet Your Neighbor’s Spouse • I FOLLOW – 84% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 42%

25. Do Not Envy Your Neighbor’s Possessions • I FOLLOW – 81% • MOST OTHERS FOLLOW – 49%

26. 2007 incoming college students were asked to rate their physical health • 64.1 percent of males placed themselves in the “highest ten percent” category • 42.6 percent of females did so

27. I deserve what I get when it’s something that I want!

28. AA exists to combat “indirect institutional discrimination” ~ the kind that is indirect, unintentional, and hidden

31. TYPES OF Affirmative Action: • preferences • economic and social aid • job training and educational assistance • quotas

32. COMMON “PROBLEMS” RELATED TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: • It gives people unfair advantages • It gives people something they didn’t work for • Less qualified (or unqualified) people move ahead of those who are more qualified • The abilities of all PofC are questioned • It discriminates against whites and men

33. COMMON “PROBLEMS” RELATED TO NEPOTISM: • It gives people unfair advantages • It gives people something they didn’t work for • Less qualified (or unqualified) people move ahead of those who are more qualified • The abilities of all PofC are questioned • It discriminates against whites and men

34. What does Obama think about affirmative action? Mexican guy • That discrimination still exists • That AA in some form is necessary • That ALL affirmative action should be linked to social class and economic circumstances

35. REDEFINING DIVERSITY Georgia Court ruling on affirmative action at the University of Georgia “Diversity cannot be defined by race alone” Diversity programs must take into account all talents, life experiences, and other factors that apply to Whites as well as people of color