March 5th, 2012
Written by Stephany Rose Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 13 Comments
What white person pissed you off? This was the question of unrest heralded from the opposite end of the phone line by a friend at his breaking moment. Although whiteness is one of the most crucial aspects of American culture and society, to turn the looking-glass onto whiteness seems and feels “strange” to most. However, as a critical whiteness consultant this is work that I do daily. WTH!!! Yes...
February 27th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 9 Comments
As we come to the close of black history month, I thought it fitting to write about the subject we are all so comfortable talking about: institutionalized racism and the disparities in educational achievement it, too often, breeds.Institutionalized racism is so prevalent and entrenched — even invisible in many ways — in this country that it seems normal to many. Practices in the educational...
February 27th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 29 Comments
A number of incidents in high schools in different parts of the country may be signaling that we need to address race, racism, and race relations at the high school level. While we become outraged by the incidents that hit the local and national news, what about those that occur that we never hear about? Just how big is the problem of race in America’s high schools?Several years ago, the nation...
February 20th, 2012
Written by Stephany Rose Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 20 Comments
With an air of condescending disappointment and over a plate of fried catfish and smothered sweet potatoes, my good friend asked, “How does Ms. Blackness herself, Queen of critiquing all things white, end up dating a WHITE man?” Yes, it’s the same friend from my last post — what can I say; he provides much fodder for writing! Anyway, I was a little perturbed at the thought of having to “justify”...
February 20th, 2012
Written by Richard Lempert Professor of Law and Sociology in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 2 Comments
Many have speculated on the effects that Barak Obama’s election as President would have on not just black-white relations but also on attitudes and behaviors in the black community which for the first time in our nation’s history has available a black role model in the nation’s highest office. Anecdotal evidence of positive effects abounds. A Washington Post feature described how Obama’s campaign...
