Tag: Racism
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When UC Berkeley scholar Travis J. Bristol speaks of a “second nadir” in U.S. race relations, he invokes a chilling historical echo. The first nadir followed the end of Reconstruction—when the Ku Klux Klan rose, lynchings of Blacks was commonplace, and Plessy v. Ferguson enshrined “separate but equal” into law. Today, Bristol argues, we are…
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The U.S. Department of Defense just quietly deleted a webpage about Jackie Robinson’s military service—a piece of history that sheds light on his role as a Black Army officer who fought against segregation in the military. And why? Because it was part of a broader purge of anything connected to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).…
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I learned tonight from Professor Nolan Cabrera that ethnic studies supporters have prevailed in court! In 2010, Arizona Republicans passed a measure, HB 2281, that sought to ban ethnic studies programs in public schools. Specifically, the bill set out to ban courses that “are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group,” or “advocate ethnic solidarity…
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Here is an important story you might not have seen in the mainstream news media. Earlier this week, an 18-year-old African American Freshman student of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) was forcibly wrested to the ground and detained by members of the DC Metropolitan Police Department after opening a door for a…
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Race and Racism. Is there a topic we struggle with more in the United States relative to public policy and education? I recently had an extended discussion with a long-time friend on Facebook regarding race, and what i perceived as a “racist” statement. We debated how racism should be defined… So what is exactly racism?…
Cloaking Inequity 
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