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51福利社 Faculty Share Insights on Critical Race Theory and White Privilege

November 3, 2020
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From the Inlander Article:

Dr. Judy Rohrer, director of Gender, Women鈥檚 and Sexuality Studies at 51福利社, provides context for Trump鈥檚 moves: 鈥淏y mobilizing colorblind ideology, these attacks turn civil rights arguments on their heads,鈥 she writes in an emailed statement. 鈥淚n short form, they argue that discussing and/or dismantling racism and sexism is itself racist and sexist.鈥

Angela Schwendiman, a professor in the Africana Studies Program at 51福利社, studies and teaches African American culture, particularly film and media. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 just look at the subjugation itself,鈥 she says, 鈥渂ut the ways African Americans were able to reconstruct a cultural identity separate from their colonization.鈥