Racism and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America: The Higher Education System

“Racism and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America” is a preceptorial designed to provide a broad overview of the causes and consequences of racism in the United States, as well as ways in which this deep-seated “stain” on American society has been and might better be addressed.

While racism and other forms of discrimination affect people of various identities, and exist in different forms across the globe, the focus of this preceptorial is specifically on racism towards African Americans in the United States. We hope to develop future preceptorials addressing other forms and locations of discrimination and structural inequality in the future.

The 3/16 event will be on Higher Education with the following panelists:

• Camille Charles, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor, Sociology, Graduate School of Education, and the Center for Africana Studies; and faculty co-director of the Office of Penn First Plus, University of Pennsylvania
• Amalia Z, Dache, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
• James Earl Davis, Professor, College of Education and Human Development, Temple University
• Valerie Swain-Cade McCoullum, Vice Provost for Student Engagement, University of Pennsylvania
• Brian Peterson, Director of the Makuu Black Cultural Center, University of Pennsylvania

This is a collaboration of the SNF Paideia Program, the Office of the Vice President for Social Equity & Community, the Office of the Provost, the Andrea Mitchell Center, Civic House, and New Student Orientation and Academic Initiatives as part of the Year of Civic Engagement.