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As the debate spreads from Missouri to universities across the country, insights from The Conversation’s coverage of race on campus.
Routine interrogations between police officers and students have escalated into physical conflicts. Why do such escalations occur?
African-American children tell stories that are vivid, elaborate, and rich in imagery. These skills help support their early literacy skills. How can schools take advantage of this?
Academia suffers from a stunning lack of diversity. Only 6% of academics in higher education are black. What are some of the experiences of black faculty?
Community policing efforts in New Haven and Gainesville offer a stark contrast to military-style policing.
Past hiring discrimination appears to lead African Americans to cast a wide net, while women tend to seek out roles historically associated with their gender.
The hoopla surrounding the novel’s release is misguided; after all, how much power could a novel written 50 years ago wield in today’s charged environment?
Black Like Us? – a new exhibition at the Birmingham Museum of Art – looks at how blackness has been portrayed in American art through the years.
What is the experience of white students when racial issues are being taught in classrooms? Are we missing engaging an essential part of diversity?
Why studying South Carolina’s history led to one graduate student’s activism – and how that experience informs his reflections on the Charleston killing.
While the Charleston shooting is unusually horrifying, many of the themes of this tragedy are symptomatic of the nature of hate violence in our country
So long as we treat each mass shooting, each black death as an isolated tragedy, there’s nothing we can do. Things can change if we look for the patterns.
The killing of nine people in Charleston’s AME Church was motivated by racism, first and foremost, but also sexism.
Racial inequality in America has its parallel in caste inequality in India. What can the world’s two largest democracies learn from each other?
The film-maker’s latest project is perfectly in tune with a 30-year career spent chronicling the African-American urban experience.
Before being crowned the “King of the Blues,” a young Riley King honed his on-stage persona and made crucial contacts as a radio DJ.
Empathy, a trait built into the human character, can be taught and practiced by both police and communities to improve relations.
A tenured professor reflects on how her race and gender make her invisible to many.
A scholar finds black parents are homeschooling kids to protect them from racism and what they see as a Eurocentric education.
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
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Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
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Derek H. Alderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of History, Morehouse College
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
