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Learning About Race and Racism: Is Discomfort Always Bad?
Leonard Moore, author of Teaching Black History to White People, due out this month, is currently a Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. For more than two decades, he’s taught white students in the south about … Continue reading
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Tagged academic freedom, African-American students, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Baltimore City Community College, black history, Black Like Me, Black Power, Colgate University, college students, critical race theory, cultural bubble, cultural isolation, disability, diversity, diversity awareness, divisive content, Dr. Martin Luther King, feelings of guilt, higher education, Leonard Moore, Malcom X, race, racial discomfort, racial isolation, racism, social injustice, sociology, Soul on Ice, systemic racism, Teaching Black History to White People, University of Texas at Austin, White students
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Perspective, Positivity, and the Pandemic: What College Students Can Learn From Jimmy
Thought I’d share a letter I wrote about my son Jimmy. It will be shared with athletes attending a university in central New York. My hope is that it will provide some perspective and positivity in the midst of the … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, autistic adults, Coach Dan Hunt, Colgate athletics, Colgate football, Colgate Raiders, Colgate University, college, college football, college students, COVID-19, disability, discipline, diversity, exercise, football, grateful, Hamilton New York, higher education, Kennedy Krieger Institute, leadership, pandemic, Patriot League, perspective, positive, positivity, responsibility, sacrifice, virus, Walmart
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One in One Hundred
In the fall of 1969, I was a junior at Colgate University. At that time, Colgate was an all-male liberal arts college of some 2,000 students or so. Given its rural, isolated location, meeting women was a challenge. So my … Continue reading
College, Race, and the Leadership Void At the Top
When I attended Colgate University, I remember Black students taking over the administration building. They camped out in the hallways and offices and refused to let administrators in until their demands were met. That was almost fifty years ago. Now, … Continue reading
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Tagged chilly climate, Colgate University, college presidents, cultural encapsulation, diversity officer, diversity training, higher education, inclusion, race, racial intolerance, racial minorities, racial sensitivity, racism, sociology, Wilbur Wright College
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Graduation Groupthink
At the end of the school year, I sometimes reflect back on my graduation from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. In 1971, our graduation speaker was U. S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers. I do not remember one … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Christine Lagarde, Clarence Thomas, Colgate University, college graduation, commencement speakers, Community College Survey of Student Engagement, Condoleeza Rice, conservative, Dick Gregory, Eric Holder, higher education, Hirsi Ali, historically black college, ideal culture, International Monetary Fund, John Boehner, Morgan State University, political ideology, racism, real culture, Robert Birgineau, Skidmore College, University of California Berkeley, William P. Rogers, women's rights
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Santa Claus and the Race Question at Indiana University
Recently, IU’s CommUNITY Education Program thought that it might be a good idea to pose the question, “Can Santa Claus Be a Black Man?” So they created a big poster with this very question and placed it just inside a … Continue reading