Looking at labels
by Kit Murray murrayki@mnstate.edu “Articulate.” A few years ago, this is how then-Senator Joe Biden characterized Obama after hearing him speak. It might’ve sounded like an innocent compliment, perhaps a way […]
Tag Archives: race
NYC poet returns to offer perspective
by Carrie Thayer thayerca@mnstate.edu She jumps and glides from subjects, the personal and political merge as she unweaves her tales. All the while her hands cut through the air, drawing […]
Racism: Who’s really in control?
by Shayna Rodeman rodemansh@mnstate.edu Just in the last week, I took an Implicit Association Test, which is designed to detect biases people carry about gender, race, and sexuality. Interestingly enough, […]