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The national push for racial equality is propelling some school districts to change. One example is Muncie, Indiana, Community Schools. Officials there plan to appoint a director of diversity ...
"As the religious leaders have influence and power in this country, they will not permit girls to study in the same school with boys. They will not permit women to teach at boys' schools. They will not permit men to teach at girls' schools. They will not allow corruption in this country." [31]
America’s lingering racism can raise its ugly head at any time, even in the California high school classroom. But it’s really a problem when the promoter of demeaning stereotypes is the one ...
The Springfield school board signed a consent decree in 1975 admitting the district’s schools were segregated. The consent decree governing the district resulted in the creation of a busing ...
Reacting to the racism prevalent in the mainstream feminist movement and the sexism in anti-racism movements, Black women have proposed their own feminist ideology. This framework aims to make Black women and their experiences visible, create their own goals for the movement, challenge intersecting oppressions (specifically, racism, sexism, and ...
While illustrations of institutional racism on college campuses can be found in newspapers and blogs, there are other places to learn more about these incidents. Aside from the media, one source that can be used to keep up to date on institutional racism in higher education is The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE). This journal aims ...
Calhoun also said that racial discrimination can be harmful for pregnant Black women and can result in low birth weights for infants, which puts babies more at risk for developing mental health ...
The University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work created the Center on Race and Social Problems to confront what W.E.B. Du Bois, in his 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk, described as “the problem of the twentieth century … the color line," and the Race in America conference was held to bring social work to the front and center of the ...