Anti-Racism
Snoop Dogg and Undertaker Team Up to Unite America Against Racism
Snoop Dogg and Undertaker Team Up to Unite America Against Racism
Snoop Dogg has partnered with WWE and the Undertaker to drop a new line of merch celebrating their respective legacies, with the two icons discussing how pop culture helps bring people closer together.
The hip-hop star and the wrestling legend announced the collaboration during an Instagram live video on Saturday, Nov. 21 (shared to Twitter by Ryan Satin).. In addition to discussing their car and motorcycle collections, the pair also discussed how entertainment helps end racism by uniting people together, and encouraged their fans to find common ground.
“You, me and people like us who get that position, we end racism because we bring all walks of people together for one cause. They don’t know how to hate each other when they love the same thing,” Snoop Dogg said to the Undertaker, who added, “Absolutely.”
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Snoop Dogg has partnered with WWE and the Undertaker to drop a new line of merch celebrating their respective legacies, with the two icons discussing how pop culture helps bring people closer together. The hip-hop star and the wrestling legend announced the collaboration during an Instagram live video on Saturday, Nov. 21 (shared to Twitter by Ryan Satin).. In addition to discussing their car and motorcycle collections, the pair also discussed how entertainment helps end racism by uniting people together, and encouraged their fans to find common ground. “You, me and people like us who get that position, we end racism because we bring all walks of people together for one cause. They don’t know how to hate each other when they love the same thing,” Snoop Dogg said to the Undertaker, who added, “Absolutely.” “You, me and people like us who get that position, we end racism because we bring all walks of people together for one cause. They don’t know how to hate each other when they love the same thing,” Snoop Dogg said to the Undertaker, who added, “Absolutely.”
When racial justice meets academia: Georgetown professors on the study of anti-racism
When racial justice meets academia: Georgetown professors on the study of anti-racism
In a continuation of dialogue about racial justice at the university, Georgetown College hosted a series of panels to discuss the role of higher education in anti-racism. The five events held during October brought together faculty members working in related fields to explore dimensions of racial structures in the United States, as well as the connections of their research to global questions of racial justice.
Titled “Such a Time As This,” the series takes its name from Esther 4:14, which reads in full: “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
Newly-named Dean of the College Soyica Colbert introduced each session.
“This series emerged in response to the racial violence that unfolded over this summer but draws attention to our faculty’s much longer consideration of racial justice and the university’s role in advancing it,” she said.
Read more at: Georgetown Voice
In a continuation of dialogue about racial justice at the university, Georgetown College hosted a series of panels to discuss the role of higher education in anti-racism. The five events held during October brought together faculty members working in related fields to explore dimensions of racial structures in the United States, as well as the connections of their research to global questions of racial justice. Titled “Such a Time As This,” the series takes its name from Esther 4:14, which reads in full: “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
LA Residents Urge Mayor to Create Office Devoted to Racial Equity
LA Residents Urge Mayor to Create Office Devoted to Racial Equity
Los Angeles residents are calling on Mayor Eric Garcetti to create a new office devoted to a more racially equitable city.
Members of at least 25 community groups are pushing for the creation of an Office of Racial Equity (ORE) to address structural racism in communities and create policies to correct the wrongs.
Gerri Lawrence works at Community Coalition at South Los Angeles. She believes the ORE is needed now more than ever.
“We see with the emergence of COVID-19 that we have a real issue with race and equity globally and in L.A. Folks who are being the most impacted on all fronts are Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities,” Lawrence said. “Centering race and equity and having a proactive agenda that’s mechanized as part of the city is crucial.”
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Los Angeles residents are calling on Mayor Eric Garcetti to create a new office devoted to a more racially equitable city. Members of at least 25 community groups are pushing for the creation of an Office of Racial Equity (ORE) to address structural racism in communities and create policies to correct the wrongs. Members of at least 25 community groups are pushing for the creation of an Office of Racial Equity (ORE) to address structural racism in communities and create policies to correct the wrongs. Gerri Lawrence works at Community Coalition at South Los Angeles. She believes the ORE is needed now more than ever. “We see with the emergence of COVID-19 that we have a real issue with race and equity globally and in L.A. Folks who are being the most impacted on all fronts are Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities,” Lawrence said. “Centering race and equity and having a proactive agenda that’s mechanized as part of the city is crucial.”
‘You can’t see the forest through the trees’: Anti-racism panel discusses childhood experiences with race and racism
‘You can’t see the forest through the trees’: Anti-racism panel discusses childhood experiences with race and racism
Panelists reflected on their experiences with race in childhood and how it shaped them and their current perspectives on race in the final “So You Want to Be Anti-racist?” session of the semester.
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Director of Counseling Services Courtney Boddie said his early childhood experiences were based heavily around assimilating to a white culture. His family moved around the area often, but when he was in third grade, they settled in Troy, Illinois, which is where Boddie said he considers his roots having grown from.
“Many people who pass [Troy] on the highway think about it as a truck stop that then leads into a quiet rural space. So, if you were wondering if I may have been the only person of color in my classes, and in my residential space, and all those sorts of things, never having a teacher of color until college, you would be right,” Boddie said. “One of the things that was so difficult about that experience was that I go to school, and I’m asked to speak, sit, think, interact, et cetera in a specific way. But I go home, and the types of things we talk about at home, and the way we talk about them, the references, the movies and things, they were never there as part of the experience.”
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Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Director of Counseling Services Courtney Boddie said his early childhood experiences were based heavily around assimilating to a white culture. His family moved around the area often, but when he was in third grade, they settled in Troy, Illinois, which is where Boddie said he considers his roots having grown from.
Study: Almost all Black British children have experienced racism at school
Study: Almost all Black British children have experienced racism at school
The vast majority of young Black British people have experienced racism at school, with one in two feeling that racial stereotypes hinder their academic achievement, research shows.
YMCA’s Young and Black report found that 95% of young Black people in the UK have heard or witnessed racist language at school, with 51% of males saying they heard it “all the time”.
Meanwhile, nearly half (49%) feel that racism is the largest hurdle to academic attainment and 50% say that teacher perceptions are the biggest barrier to educational success.
The findings of the research, based on interviews with 557 people of Black or mixed ethnicity aged between 16 and 30 years, shows that such experiences continue beyond education. Some 86% said they had experienced racist language in the workplace and over half (54%) feel that bias or prejudice – such as their name on a CV – is the main barrier to getting into employment.
Read more at: World Economic Forum
The vast majority of young Black British people have experienced racism at school, with one in two feeling that racial stereotypes hinder their academic achievement, research shows. YMCA’s Young and Black report found that 95% of young Black people in the UK have heard or witnessed racist language at school, with 51% of males saying they heard it “all the time”. Meanwhile, nearly half (49%) feel that racism is the largest hurdle to academic attainment and 50% say that teacher perceptions are the biggest barrier to educational success. The findings of the research, based on interviews with 557 people of Black or mixed ethnicity aged between 16 and 30 years, shows that such experiences continue beyond education. Some 86% said they had experienced racist language in the workplace and over half (54%) feel that bias or prejudice – such as their name on a CV – is the main barrier to getting into employment.
Joe Biden Fills Economic Team With Systemic Racism Experts
Joe Biden Fills Economic Team With Systemic Racism Experts
When it comes to creating his transition team and how he plans to build his administration, Joe Biden seems to be focusing on diversity.
The President-elect has reportedly tapped numerous experts in systemic racism to be a part of his economic team. One of those names included on this team is Mehrsa Baradaran, the Iranian-American woman who authored the book The Color of Money – a key reference on the racial wealth gap. She’ll be tasked with preparing the Treasury Department for the transition.
Biden has also nominated Lisa Cook, a Michigan State University economist, to be a member of the “landing team” for the Federal Reserve and banking and securities regulators. Cook’s resume is impressive. A Black woman, she was the first Marshall Scholar from Spelman College, earning her second B.A. from Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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The President-elect has reportedly tapped numerous experts in systemic racism to be a part of his economic team. One of those names included on this team is Mehrsa Baradaran, the Iranian-American woman who authored the book The Color of Money – a key reference on the racial wealth gap. She’ll be tasked with preparing the Treasury Department for the transition. Biden has also nominated Lisa Cook, a Michigan State University economist, to be a member of the “landing team” for the Federal Reserve and banking and securities regulators. Cook’s resume is impressive. A Black woman, she was the first Marshall Scholar from Spelman College, earning her second B.A. from Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. University of California
East Cleveland woman writes book to motivate Black girls to fight discrimination, love their natural hair
East Cleveland woman writes book to motivate Black girls to fight discrimination, love their natural hair
East Cleveland native Dominique Kizer wrote “Kinky Hair Don’t Care” to motivate young Black girls to love their natural hair.
“In the African-American community, embracing your natural hair is sometimes frowned upon/ and or not seen as the norm. I wanted to teach little brown girls that it is okay to love and wear your “kinky” hair,” said Kizer, a 6th grade English teacher at Langston Hughes Academy. “I want them to know that our hair is beautiful and that we are beautiful! I hoped that after reading my book they would feel comfortable wearing their natural hair.”
Kizer says the inspiration came after dealing with her own hair journey. At just 4 years old, Kizer says she had her hair chemically straightened.
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East Cleveland native Dominique Kizer wrote “Kinky Hair Don’t Care” to motivate young Black girls to love their natural hair. “In the African-American community, embracing your natural hair is sometimes frowned upon/ and or not seen as the norm. I wanted to teach little brown girls that it is okay to love and wear your “kinky” hair,” said Kizer, a 6th grade English teacher at Langston Hughes Academy. “I want them to know that our hair is beautiful and that we are beautiful! I hoped that after reading my book they would feel comfortable wearing their natural hair.” Kizer says the inspiration came after dealing with her own hair journey. At just 4 years old, Kizer says she had her hair chemically straightened. Kizer says the inspiration came after dealing with her own hair journey. At just 4 years old, Kizer says she had her hair chemically straightened.
Anti-Racist Health Care: Correcting Structural Racism in Medicine
Anti-Racist Health Care: Correcting Structural Racism in Medicine
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the pervasive racial disparities in America’s health care system — from coverage to treatment to outcomes — that exist for Black and Latino communities.
A 2017 study by the Center for American Progress concluded these disparities resulted from decades of inequality in not just our health care systems, but our economic and social systems. Dr. Brittani James, co-founder of The Institute for Antiracism in Medicine and assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, says that while many people think of racism as simply a set of ideas and acts, it’s much more entrenched in society than the interpersonal.
“Racism and white supremacy mean that the people writing policy and making the rules in our society are largely straight, white men,” James said. “They create policy in their image. The lack of diverse leadership in our country means there is no one to account for their blind spots — and they have many — with devastating results.”
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A 2017 study by the Center for American Progress concluded these disparities resulted from decades of inequality in not just our health care systems, but our economic and social systems. Dr. Brittani James, co-founder of The Institute for Antiracism in Medicine and assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, says that while many people think of racism as simply a set of ideas and acts, it’s much more entrenched in society than the interpersonal. “Racism and white supremacy mean that the people writing policy and making the rules in our society are largely straight, white men,” James said. “They create policy in their image. The lack of diverse leadership in our country means there is no one to account for their blind spots — and they have many — with devastating results.”
First Black Man To Head Virginia Military Institute Amid Racism Probe
First Black Man To Head Virginia Military Institute Amid Racism Probe
Amid a scathing racism investigation, the embattled Virginia Military Institute on Friday (Nov. 13) announced the interim appointment of a Black male leader for the first time in its 181-year history.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, 57, will serve as interim until the board appoints a permanent chief to run the nation’s oldest state-funded military college in Lexington City, Virginia, The Washington Post reports.
Wins, who graduated from the school in 1985, replaces its longtime superintendent, retired Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, who stepped down after Black cadets revealed systemic racism to The Post. The revelations resulted in an independent investigation ordered by the state’s governor, who decried “the clear and appalling culture of ongoing structural racism” at VMI, which received $19 million from the state in fiscal 2020, writes the news outlet.
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Amid a scathing racism investigation, the embattled Virginia Military Institute on Friday (Nov. 13) announced the interim appointment of a Black male leader for the first time in its 181-year history. Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, 57, will serve as interim until the board appoints a permanent chief to run the nation’s oldest state-funded military college in Lexington City, Virginia, The Washington Post reports. Wins, who graduated from the school in 1985, replaces its longtime superintendent, retired Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, who stepped down after Black cadets revealed systemic racism to The Post. The revelations resulted in an independent investigation ordered by the state’s governor, who decried “the clear and appalling culture of ongoing structural racism” at VMI, which received $19 million from the state in fiscal 2020, writes the news outlet. The revelations resulted in an independent investigation ordered by the state’s governor, who decried “the clear and appalling culture of ongoing structural racism” at VMI, which received $19 million from the state in fiscal 2020, writes the news outlet.
Man caught on video hurling racist comments at Lyft driver fired from job
Man caught on video hurling racist comments at Lyft driver fired from job
Man caught on video hurling racist comments at Lyft driver fired from job
The man who was caught on video hurling racist comments at a Lyft driver in Washington state has been fired from his job, his ex-employer said.
Video of the Tuesday night encounter in Issaquah shows the man identified as “Joe” lashing out at driver David Kangogo after he told him to put his mask back on.
“What’s a sandn—–r? Do you know what a sandn—–r is?” the man asked Kangogo outside of the car. “‘Cuz I do.”
Kangogo filmed the incident and repeatedly asked “Joe” and his female companion to put on their masks but they continued spewing racial slurs at him.
The driver told Newsweek the incident left him “literally shaking.”
Read more at: New York Post
The man who was caught on video hurling racist comments at a Lyft driver in Washington state has been fired from his job, his ex-employer said. Video of the Tuesday night encounter in Issaquah shows the man identified as “Joe” lashing out at driver David Kangogo after he told him to put his mask back on. “What’s a sandn—–r? Do you know what a sandn—–r is?” the man asked Kangogo outside of the car. “‘Cuz I do.” Kangogo filmed the incident and repeatedly asked “Joe” and his female companion to put on their masks but they continued spewing racial slurs at him. The driver told Newsweek the incident left him “literally shaking.”