confronting racism – Contemporary Racism

Hunger Games

Connie — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:20:09 +0000

Did shaming teenagers about racist Hunger Games tweets do any good? (Slate)

Unable to Tune Out Racism

Keith — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:10:18 +0000

This Spring Break taught me, or perhaps a better way to say it is illustrated for me, that as challenging as this class is when we are participating in discussions, reading seemingly endless stacks of articles, and writing papers, the real challenge of this class transcends the classroom or any assignment we could ever be given. The real challenge is that no matter how hard you try you cannot forget, even for a little while, ...

Speak Up!

Lexie — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:20:14 +0000

King, M.L. (1967). The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement. While reading the essay by Martin Luther King, Jr., a specific part truly stuck out to me. In regard to discussing racism he stated, “These are often difficult things to say but I have come to see more and more that it is necessary to utter the truth in order to deal with the great problems that we face in our ...