FACE the Facts

FACE the Facts is a compilation of useful facts and articles that are able to aid in the dialogue that FACES promotes. This will constantly be a work in progress.

Also see our Face the Facts Blog and if you are on Council, here is the link to our Wiggio Community Server for more information.

Examples:

What Is Beautiful? Facts, November 6th, 2007

• According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of minority patients undergoing cosmetic procedures increased from 300,000 in 1997 to 2 million in 2005.
• Statistics compiled by the AAFPRS show that in 2005, more than six out of every 10 African-Americans getting cosmetic surgery had nose jobs.
• Nearly 11.5 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2006, according to statistics released today by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)
• Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 21.7 percent of all cosmetic procedures in 2006. Hispanics again led minority racial and ethnic groups in the number of procedures: Hispanics, 9.7 percent; African-Americans, 6.6 percent; Asians, 4.7 percent; and other non-Caucasians, 0.8 percent.
• Dr. Laurie Mintz, an associate professor of counseling psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, says adoption of "Western values concerning attractiveness and thinness may increase minority women's risk for the development of eating disorders."Increasingly, anorexia and bulimia may be becoming "an equal opportunity disorder."

Sources: Black Issues in Higher Education, Boston Globe, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Articles & Sites

• Free the Jena 6 - Official Site
• NYPD Gets Security Tapes in Noose Case - NY Times
• At the elite colleges - dim white kids - Boston Globe
• The New Affirmative Action - NY Times
• The New College Try - NY Times
• Alabama Plan Brings Out Cry of Resegregation - NY Times