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That said, I'm not entirely sure whether to regard these figures with disappointment or relief. On the one hand, you have to assume that the actual number of people who have told--or cackled at--a racist joke about POTUS is higher than the number who will admit to doing so. On the other hand, I'm kind of surprised the numbers aren't higher, considering the grim mood of the country.

Not to delve too deeply into the psychology of Jim Webb's much beloved Scots-Irish good ol' boys and gals who dominate the Volunteer State, but the rednecks I grew up with most often resorted to racial nastiness when they were feeling bad about their own standing in the world. They attribute this difference to the daily racialized trauma experienced in predominately white environments like work and neighborhood settings.

In fact, research documents that white people with a criminal record are more likely to get called back for a job than Black people without one. Research documents that hard work or lack thereof , intellect, or criminality do not explain these outcomes. It is the same for gender. Women can achieve but have a much harder time doing so.

If not, America would have had a woman vice president and speaker of the House sitting behind the p resident long before What people do not seem to realize is that being upwardly mobile does not negate encountering racist hurdles on the pathway to success.

Our current system is set up for some people to have to jump over hurdles to succeed, while others get to simply run to the finish line without those sa me racial hurdles. Rather , it is about whether the pathways to success are equitable. This is what America says it is: an equitable democracy. People are pushing for America to reach its true ideal s and the only way this can properly occur is acknowledging the systemic barriers that prevent us from getting there. Moreover, it is not that racial progress has not been made.

It is that the United States has yet to make enough progress. In this regard, comment s of our top elected officials are disappointing, yet predictable. Black people who succeed often walk on pins and needles because they realize that their success, and more so maintaining it, is precarious.

Kendi, author of How to be an Anti-racist , is a great place to start. How does your own identity shape your teaching and relationships with students. Think about your students and sterotype threat. Thinking about your position as an ally is difficult work and Courtney Ariel provides advice in For our White Friends Desiring to be Allies. Tuitt et al. Your colleagues of color are impacted by White Supremacy.

Teaching Tolerance provides a snippet into the i mpact of systemic racism on teachers of color. Kimberly A. Griffin discusses the unique institutional barriers and benefits to increasing the representation of people of color n the Professoriate in a chapter in the Higher Education Handbook of Theory and Research. David R. Amy Harmon looks at being the only one for a Black mathematician.

If you would rather begin watching, her lecture at Emory University is revelatory. For an easy to use info graphic see: Jernigan, M. M, Henze, K. Helms, J. Retrieved from: www. CCTL has curated a thread on traumainformed pedagogy. Racism is often embedded when we make assumptions about what students should be like, what they should know before your class begins, what comportment they should enact in their meeting with you, and notions about their capacities to self-discipline.

What we believe to be the core of our discipline, our best practices as advisers, and the sense of our organizational schema — all have to be interrogated as they likely carry legacies of racism and colonialism.

There are many robust pedagogical approaches for organizing your teaching and ensuring that you are ready to engage in difficult discussions. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie asks us to begin by understanding the dangers of the single story in this TEDx talk.

Our experiences shape our expectations of students Bree Picover looks at the impact of this in The unexamined Whiteness of teaching: how White teachers maintain and enact dominant racial ideologies, Race Ethnicity and Education, , , DOI: Working to process our biases crucially changes our ability be effective teachers Gina C. We recommend the inclusive pedagogy toolkit developed at CNDLS at George Washington University given its specificity as to what actions you can take in course design and implementation.

Luke Wood and Dr. Frank Harris. The cognitive resources for learning of many of our students have been and are being diminished by the negative effects of persistent economic insecurity and discrimination and hostility against non-majority groups based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity, and other aspects of difference.

Recognizing that these students are no different than their peers in terms of cognitive capacity, we can implement strategies and interventions — in and outside the classroom — that show promise in helping students regain the cognitive resources to be successful in college.

Data show the severity and duration of distress may be longer for households of color, and programs should consider the need for additional time for recovery. I am trying to reckon with the meaning of t. June 04, Jesse Jannetta. Understanding the disproportionate unemployment risk facing Latinx people can inform strategies to help workers hit hardest by the COVID employment crisis.

To help them through the current crisis, immediate efforts to increase access to jobs and prevent unsustainable increases in debt will be particularly beneficial. May 06, Steven Brown. Policymakers and public officials can take steps to mitigate the spread of racism and xenophobia, prevent further misinformation, and support vulnerable communities. March 24, Danielle Kwon. A new report explores promising approaches to closing racial economic opportunity gaps.

February 27, Natalie Spievack , Madeline Brown. February 26, Natalie Spievack , Cameron Okeke. New investments can revitalize historically excluded neighborhoods, but planners must prioritize racial equity. February 13, Kimberly Burrowes. What would it take to close equity gaps in American education?

February 05, Alexandra Tilsley. Urban partnered with the Chicago Community Trust on a new plan to narrow the racial and ethnic wealth gap in Chicago. December 12, Marcela Montes , Emily Bramhall. Latinx perspectives need to be more accurately represented and thoughtfully captured in public policy.

September 25, Joycelyn Ovalle , Olivia Arena. September 24, Kilolo Kijakazi. September 04, Genevieve M. Kenney , Timothy A. Waidmann , Laura Skopec , Eva H. Although homeownership rates for other groups have largely recovered since the housing crisis, black homeownership continues to decline, recently hitting an all-time. July 31, Caitlin Young. July 24, Kilolo Kijakazi , Karen E. Smith , Charmaine Runes.

When Urban was founded, tensions from centuries of racial injustice and division had reached a boiling point. May 22, Robert Abare. April 25, Kilolo Kijakazi. April 08, Cameron Okeke , Nancy G. La Vigne. June 22, Kilolo Kijakazi. Between and , 42 percent of white young adults owned a home, while only 18 percent of black young adults were homeowners. Jason Van Dyke became the first Chicago police officer in 50 years to be found guilty of murder for an on-duty shooting.

October 22, Cameron Okeke. October 09, Oriya Cohen , Lisette Vegas. September 19, Margaret Simms. Decisions to disaggregate data or not—and the funding allocations required to make that possible—have real consequences for underserved populations. July 09, Charmaine Runes , Yuju Park.

Underlying the issue of racial profiling is the impact of segregation on the American economy and society. June 07, Robert Abare. The difference between the average wealth of white families and that of African American families has expanded. April 06, Kilolo Kijakazi.

April 03, Margery Austin Turner. Black girls are less often recognized as victims of sexual violence and face age- and race-specific barriers to seeking help. April 04, Sara Bastomski , Janine M. Of the 2.

But women bear many burdens of mass incarceration. March 30, Margaret Goff. Closing the racial wealth gap will require targeted policies that help women of color build wealth. March 22, Hannah Hassani. Without visibility, the unique struggles of women of color are absorbed by the larger groups to which they belong. March 08, Margaret Simms. Florida has been particularly aggressive in denying voting rights to people with felony convictions.

February 28, Travis Reginal , Jesse Jannetta. Communities across the country are looking at the pervasive consequences of racial segregation. February 27, Ruth Gourevitch , Solomon Greene. The drop in black homeownership has not been uniform across the country.

A growing number of states are evaluating proposals for their likelihood of creating or increasing racial and ethnic inequities. February 23, Leah Sakala. Black History Month is an opportunity to confront racism and structural disadvantages faced by black people in the United States.

February 08, Margaret Simms. HUD recently suspended a rule that requires local governments to look at patterns of segregation within their borders. January 24, Mark Treskon , Solomon Greene.