Students are demanding more diverse faculty.
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Many students arrive at college without ever having a non-white teacher. Professors of color can inspire higher order thinking and analysis.
Students across campuses are protesting against racial injustice.
Max Goldberg
A former activist turned professor says previous student movements may have opened the door for people of color to have greater opportunity but fell short of changing the power structure.
What’s new about black students’ demands?
Beverly Yuen Thompson
Here’s what black student activists were asking for 50 years ago. So, what changed?
Why the racist incidents at Mizzou are not surprising.
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I taught at Mizzou from 1996 to 2008. Here’s why the events don’t surprise me.