Tag: White Fragility

Opinion

Lest We Be Fooled, As We Reflect on the One-Year Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder

As critical scholars and DEI strategists, the one-year anniversary of the egregious and pernicious lynching of George Perry Floyd, Jr., committed directly by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, but indirectly, by centuries of systemic racism that has historically targeted Black bodies and communities of color, is an opportunity for us to take a bold stance within this op-ed.

May 24, 2021

Leadership & Policy

Five Scaffolds to Working with Your Minority or Female Boss

Bias against women and minority bosses threatens the progress of projects and curtails the collective vision for the organization.

October 30, 2019

Opinion

Smart While Black: How Systems of Bias Reproduce the Racial Status Quo

Measures of school outcomes show America’s educational system favors White and Asian children, often failing poor, Black, Latinx and Native American children long before college. Those efforts do not only result from a limited curriculum or lack of instructional rigor for children of color, particularly from poor and working-class communities, they result from concerted, targeted efforts to preserve the most coveted achievements for White children only – even when they do not deserve it.

August 23, 2019

Latest News

Race and Racism Explored at ACE Convening

At the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education, experts discussed race, racism and White privilege.

March 12, 2019