Race, class and gender can not only impact the education that students receive, but also the punishments they receive.
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A social work scholar researches why school suspensions disproportionately affect students from certain groups and what can be done to change that.
The Black Lives Matter movement began as a hashtag started by Black women in the United States, and grew into a global protest.
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Digital activists are targeted for their work on intersectional issues. But they have developed strategies to deal with online and offline hate.
Expatriates and locals faced similar risks and hazards but for different pay.
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In the Copperbelt the category of ‘expatriate’ recreated a dual wage structure that still persists.
Lawmakers have passed many laws that seek to control how teachers educate students about racism in the U.S.
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AP teachers could find themselves at odds with laws that restrict how they can teach about racism in America’s past.
The kiss aired one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage.
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At the time, Gallup polls showed that fewer than 20% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
A segregation sign in a restaurant in Lancaster, Ohio, from 1938.
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As a political tool with a long history and dubious boundaries, whiteness – by its very fluidity – fosters violence.
A cannabis ban has been in place in France since 1970, but there are ongoing demands to end it.
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France may be getting closer to legalizing cannabis. Still, arrests are rising quickly and often target Arab Muslim men.
Jubilant sports fans flew the Canadian flag in 2019 after the NBA playoffs. Since then, the ‘freedom convoy’ has used the flag to try to represent their values. Has the symbolism of the flag changed?
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What does it mean to be a settler of colour in Canada? Has the symbolism of the Canadian flag changed since the Ottawa convoy?
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Universal schemes aimed at classifying populations by ‘race’ or ‘ethnicity’ can force us into a game of competing for better positions within a racial hierarchy.
Critical race theory simply holds a mirror up to society, reflecting its realities.
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In today’s episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we speak with two Canadian educators who explain how using critical race theory in their classrooms helps both students and teachers.
In Season 42, Episode 9 Drea Wheeler pointed out that Black players get voted off before white players which opened up a discussion about race.
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This is not a drastic approach or a political agenda, but a call to open up spaces for conversations about racism, about whiteness, about race with white people listening and not centring themselves.
Emile Bernard’s 1888 painting ‘Madeleine in the Bois d'Amour.’
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Your background and life experiences seep into the mind’s eye, quietly shaping whether you believe your dreams can come true.
Racial bias may play a role both in the schools that families choose for their children and the experiences their children have.
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Inspired by her own experience with the education system, a professor of sociology explores how race and racism influence school choice and education.
Many mass shooters show signs of distress before their attack.
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When young people plan a mass shooting, especially at a school, they typically reveal their plans in advance. Two scholars weigh in on whether the warning signs are being heeded in the right way.
The preference for lighter skin has its roots in colonial histories.
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A scholar of social work shares what he has learned about colorism by conducting research in more than 20 countries over the past few decades.
A young dancer looks on before performing for a crowd during a ‘Cancel Canada Day’ rally in Toronto, in 2021.
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We’re launching the third season of Don’t Call Me Resilient, our podcast that takes on systemic racism and the ways it permeates our everyday lives.
A faded photograph is attached to the headstone that marks the gravesite of Emmett Till in Chicago.
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Many Black audiences are justifiably weary of works about their community told from white perspectives. But authorship isn’t always black and white.
Atlanta Braves fans perform the ‘tomahawk chop’ during a playoff game in 2004.
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The insistence on preserving the team name – along with fan traditions like the ‘tomahawk chop’ – is even more glaring given the city’s links to the civil rights movement.
Conversations around race and disability often get left out of schools.
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Students with disabilities do better when they remain in general education classes, but systemic bias often leads them to be placed in separate classrooms, a special education researcher writes.
Jackie Robinson addresses civil rights supporters protesting outside the 1964 GOP National Convention.
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Years before Colin Kaepernick was born, Robinson wrote, ‘I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a Black man in a white world.’