Structural Racism

Watch Online Conversation on ‘Reimagining Schools’
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October 28, 2020

Watch Online Conversation on ‘Reimagining Schools’

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October 6, 2020

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Why Social Science? To Help Dismantle White Supremacy
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September 15, 2020

Why Social Science? To Help Dismantle White Supremacy

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Diversity Training and the Future
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September 15, 2020

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The Road to Police Reform Runs Through Their Insurers

The Road to Police Reform Runs Through Their Insurers

Rashawn Ray’s research suggests that political stalemates over law enforcement accountability could be resolved by shifting civilian payouts for police misconduct away from taxpayer money to police department liability insurance policies.

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A 12-Step Program for Decolonizing the University: Archived Webinar

A 12-Step Program for Decolonizing the University: Archived Webinar

In this free one-hour webinar, public sociologist Rodney Coates, professor of global and intercultural studies and coordinator for Black World Studies at Miami University, Ohio, will outline his 12 steps for accomplishing decolonization on the university.

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Rodney Coates Outlines A 12-Step Program for Decolonizing Academe

Rodney Coates Outlines A 12-Step Program for Decolonizing Academe

Public sociologist Rodney Coates, a professor of critical race and ethnic studies and of global and intercultural studies at Miami University of Ohio, and author the SAGE Publishing text The Matrix of Race, will present a free webinar on “A 12-Step Program for Decolonizing the University” on July 30. While the webinar filled up with a few hours of being announced, a recording will appear here on Social Science Space. In the meantime, here is the 12-step program Coates first presented on social media this spring.

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A Giant in Mentoring Political Leaders: Lucius Barker, 1928-2020

A Giant in Mentoring Political Leaders: Lucius Barker, 1928-2020

Political scientist Lucius Barker, a pioneering African-American academic whose influence in fields like constitutional law and civil liberties has been amplified by the high-profile leaders he mentored, died on June 21. He was 92.

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What Kind of Moment Are We In?

What Kind of Moment Are We In?

Are we on the cusp of a vibrant social movement that will produce major transformations in our practices and policies? Or are we fated to see the communal expressions of grief and calls for change dissolve into contentious policy debates that may result in relatively modest reforms unequal to the fervent hopes now spinning in the streets?

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Why We Need Experiential Scholarship to Better Understand Racial Inequality

Why We Need Experiential Scholarship to Better Understand Racial Inequality

It wasn’t until I started doing a degree in gender studies that I was told it was OK to use the first […]

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Recalling a Forgotten Anthropologist (and Victim) of Structural Racism

Recalling a Forgotten Anthropologist (and Victim) of Structural Racism

This Black History Month, remember the trailblazing work of an American anthropologist, Allison Davis, who both studied and was a victim of the nation’s entrenched racism.

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