Decolonize my syllabus, decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand ...
How to teach about power, inequality, privilege, stratification and bias in ways that are fair-minded, responsible, respectful and unbiased. Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ ...
T he newsletter seemed innocuous. In January, the chief diversity officer at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine kicked off her “Monthly Diversity Digest” with a list of nearby events for ...
A friend of mine, a department chair at a flagship public university in the Midwest, shared an interesting observation with me recently: Fewer and fewer people are willing to serve on the various ...
Writer and director John Burr brings a tense, thrilling perspective to contemporary social dynamics in The Gates, a film that examines privilege, power, and cultural tribalism through the lens of ...
Beginning next fall, the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan: Race, Gender and Inequality course designation will be replaced with a more specific and explicit curriculum program called Race, Power ...
The College Curriculum Council approved a new curricular designation, “Race, Power and Privilege,” which will be implemented for courses beginning in the Summer 2022 term, according to a March 16 ...
Power and privilege have existed for as long as humans have. Some argue that both are innate, presenting themselves not just in society but also in biology, and Darwin's "survival of the fittest" ...
The concepts of power, privilege and governance are complex and multifaceted. Power refers to the ability to influence others, while privilege denotes unearned advantages. Governance encompasses ...
Ivorye Wilson is a Nashville PROPEL parent. Re: "How MNPS parents can help improve schools in their neighborhood," by Christiane Buggs, Aug. 10 (online) and Aug. 15 (print). Recently, Metro Nashville ...