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African-American

“What Do You Call a Black Man with a Ph.D.?”

Malcolm X once famously asked, “What do you call a Black man with a PhD?” Years before I earned my doctorate, my mother and father migrated from Haiti in search of the American dream and running water. Today, I have chosen to raise my family in the States and in some ways, fulfilled the vision of my God-fearing parents.

August 10, 2020

Opinion

Denying that Racism Exists is Not Only Delusional . . . it’s Racist

While the public execution of George Floyd is beyond tragic, it is imperative to note that the protests and outrage are not solely due to this isolated occurrence. It is a response to 400 years of unaddressed oppression within this nation. It is a boiling point for society that was inevitable.

August 7, 2020

LGBTQ+

Supreme Court Rules That Federal Law Protects LGBTQ Workers From Discrimination

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. In a landmark decision, the top court said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex, also applies to sexual orientation and gender identity. The 6-3 opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch and […]

June 15, 2020

Students

Universities Plan Fall Initiatives to Address Systemic Racism and Police Brutality

As protests continue across the nation after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police officers, universities are analyzing their own biases and implementing initiatives and conversations on campus for the fall semester to address systemic racism and police brutality.

June 12, 2020

African-American

It’s Time for Higher Education Institutions to Stop Ignoring Protests Against Systemic Police Violence

As higher education institutions often pride themselves on being “welcoming for all”, it is difficult to accept this as truth while ignoring the plight of Black Americans who come from areas where police violence is frequent and normalized.

June 9, 2020

Opinion

COVID-19 Reveals Viral Discrimination, Higher Ed Should Pay Attention

People are still saying “the virus doesn’t discriminate,” in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.  We are not equally “all in this together.”  The virus is hitting vulnerable populations the hardest—our elderly, those with underlying health conditions, unhoused people, Natives, Black and Brown communities, and especially those living at any of these intersections.

May 26, 2020

LGBTQ+

Campus Pride and PFLAG Host a Virtual Lavender Graduation Ceremony

Members of the class of 2020, their families as well as faculty and staff from colleges and universities across the country gathered online May 23 for a virtual national Lavender Graduation ceremony.

May 24, 2020

Opinion

Racists Can Be Nice — But Dangerous

I have a hypothesis about bigotry. My colleagues in the civil rights movement might not like it. I share this conjecture, because I believe it should influence our advocacy against discrimination. My commitment remains the same, but my strategy has changed.

April 20, 2020

Asian American Pacific Islander

SFSU Asian American Studies Chair Documents Trump’s “Chinese Virus” Hate

From March 20- April 1, Dr. Russell Jeung and community activists set up a “Stop-AAPI-Hate” website to record incidents of discrimination toward Asian Americans.

April 6, 2020

Opinion

Crafting Our Political Self: A Powerful Antidote to Intolerance

It is difficult and counterintuitive to ask questions about the self when we have been attacked by another. The reality, however, is that how we craft ourselves, and our communities, is the only thing within our control.

February 25, 2020

Opinion

2020 Vision: The Importance of Focusing on Accompliceship in the New Decade

Over the years, organizations have sought to address, bias, discrimination and racism in the workplace by implementing a variety of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives with goals to address and fix these issues in order to make their organization’s more inclusive.

February 6, 2020

Faculty & Staff

Study on Black Youth and Racism Should Alarm Us All and Push Us to Action

On the last day of 2019, I had to purge and get my thoughts out by writing on what is the most troubling study I’ve read on Black youth and racism in quite a while.  It has nagged me for over a week, but I could not find the words to express or capture my deep-to-the-heart rage.

January 2, 2020