... and positive. Indeed, they are immensely helpful in providing Black people greater agency, options and avenues to resist systemic oppression. However, they unequivocally do not eliminate racism. Being one of the most affluent Black communities in the US did not prevent White mobs from burning down 35 city...

... Identity Scholarship Borders Systemic oppression For those of you who are knowledgeable about African-American art forms, you likely immediately recognized the title of my talk, “For diversity scholars who have considered activism when scholarship isn’t enough” is derived from Ntozake Shange’s...