Race and Education

Conversation Of The Week XXIX: Understanding Whiteness & Unraveling Racism

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Abby L. Ferber Ph.D. Professor of Sociology

Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.

Issue Of The Week XXIX: Punitive Models As A Mechanism To Facilitate Social Justice Is Ineffective In Creating Dialogues About Race And Inequality Within School Environments

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Allison Monterrosa

Sandra Uwiringiy’imana: Congo Survivors Fight For Justice

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Marlene Caroselli

At the Women in the World Summit, held in New York City in March, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee asked why American women were not more concerned about men’s role in discussions of reproductive issues. She asserted, “It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.”


International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde posited that if Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters, the tragedy of the financial collapse would have been less painful.

Issue Of The Week XXVIII: White Riot: Kentucky Fans, Trayvon Protesters, And The White Privilege Conference

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C. Modiano

Oh, here we go again. This week brought us another sports fueled violent white riot after Kentucky won the NCAA Basketball Championship. The riot, which many had predicted would happen, came just 60 fires and two days after the first one, where Kentucky fans burned cars to celebrate its win over Louisville.


The Final Four riots came just months after Penn State fans took to the streets, crashed down lamp posts and flipped over trucks after the firing of football coach Joe Paterno for not using his power to prevent the rape of young children.

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