Tag: Racism: Page 16

Students

20 Years Later, Scholar Says Racism Remains Relevant Discussion in Classroom

Two decades after the release of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the text continues to be used in classrooms across the nation.

September 11, 2017

Home

Rusert’s Book Looks Back at Fight Against Racist Sciences

Dr. Britt Rusert’s new book, Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture, sheds a contemporary light on the Black artists, scientists, clergy and activists working to critique and challenge the “racist sciences” of the 19th century.

August 31, 2017

Faculty & Staff

The Pathology of Delusions

The scenario of being criticized and threatened for writing honestly about race and/or racism in America has been played out many times in the near century since scholar E. Franklin Frazier and his wife left Atlanta under the threat of mob violence.

August 31, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Social Media Harassment Targets Academics of Color

The psychological and professional consequences of social media engagement can be particularly consequential for academics of color, especially those whose work includes issues of race and gender.

August 27, 2017

Students

Police Identify ‘Person of Interest’ in University of Maryland Noose Case

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Police at the University of Maryland have alerted College Park campus officials about a “person of interest” involved in hanging a noose in a fraternity house kitchen earlier this year. University of Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell said in a statement Friday the department is committed to creating a safe campus […]

August 27, 2017

News Roundup

Mizzou Warns of Extremists Recruiting on Campus

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri is warning students, staff and faculty that a White supremacist group appears to be recruiting on and near the Columbia campus. Chancellor Alexander Cartwright and Provost Garnett Stokes sent a message Wednesday saying the recruiting is part of a national push to gain members by supremacist groups. “We […]

August 27, 2017

Students

Scholar Warns of Negative Images of Black Males in Media Influencing Teachers

Dr. Darius Prier wants aspiring teachers to think about how negative images of Black males in the media might influence the way they interact act with young Black males in the classroom.

August 24, 2017

Students

Bryn Mawr College Scrubs Name of Founder with Racist Views

BRYN MAWR, Pa. — A private college in suburban Philadelphia says it will remove references to the name of one of its founders in printed and other materials on the grounds that she advanced racism and anti-Semitism at the university. Bryn Mawr College president Kim Cassidy on Thursday made public an internal letter that says […]

August 24, 2017

Students

Yale to Remove Carving with Gun Pointed at Native American

Yale University said it will remove a “problematic” doorway stone carving that depicts a Puritan settler aiming a musket at a Native American, a decision that follows criticism for initially covering up the musket with removable stonework.

August 22, 2017

Leadership & Policy

UNR Student Won’t Be Expelled for Role in Charlottesville Protest

RENO, Nev. — The president of the University of Nevada, Reno says a UNR student who gained notoriety for rallying with White nationalists in Virginia will not be expelled or lose his university job. Peter Cytanovic, who also goes by the name Peter Cvjetanovic, was photographed with a group of demonstrators on Friday carrying a […]

August 16, 2017

Opinion

Charlottesville Evokes Memories of the Sixties

I am a product of the 1960s and grew up in a Southern city. Segregation, separate but equal, we sat upstairs and they sat downstairs at the movies all happened during my early years. However, it didn’t stop us from believing and achieving.

August 16, 2017

Home

Ancestry Research Proves Stumbling Block for White Nationalists

If you want to get underneath the skin of White nationalists, check out how they react when genetic ancestry tests reveal the “bad news” that they are not 100 percent European.

August 16, 2017