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HPAD members,
David Barber (a professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Martin and a recent addition to our steering committee) has proposed the formation of a new working group:
Working Group to Oppose Institutional Racism in Higher Education
The United States is a white supremacist nation. White supremacy today maintains itself through the functioning of almost all of America’s institutions, including our educational system. Our working group will focus, first, on identifying the varied ways in which higher education is institutionally racist. Institutional racism in higher education includes:
– Matters of curriculum – what is and what is not taught and required.
– The faculty and administration’s composition – who is hired, tenured, and promoted, whose work is valued, promoted, supported, etc.
– How and why students are admitted, how the institution treats those students.
– How faculty are trained in matters of diverse student needs.
– How legislation in various states affects all these matters.
Second, our working group will identify some of the ways in which we can challenge the institutional racism of higher education as a whole and on our own local campuses specifically.
If you are interested in getting involved with this working group please write to David Barber davibarb123@gmail.com
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