The case of two professors savaged by the woke campus police . Fri Apr 30, 2021 As one more bit of evidence that universities have become “islands of repression on a sea of freedom,” Georgetown University’s Law Center is currently experiencing paroxysms of anti-racist fervor after two adjunct professors teaching a joint negotiations class, Sandra Sellers and David Batson, were unknowingly recorded bemoaning the low academic performance of their black law students. “I hate to say this,” Sellers is recorded as saying to Batson in the 43-second video clip made in February that both professors thought was a private conversation, “I ended up having this, you know, angst every semester that a lot of my lower ones are blacks. Happens almost every semester. And it’s like, ‘Oh, come on!’ You know? I get some really good ones but there’s usually some that are just plain at the bottom. It drives me crazy. Of course, there are the good ones . . . but com
Hadestown.
One of the leading artistic voices of her generation, Mitchell began work on
Hadestown a reimagination of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice years before it appeared on Broadway. The production debuted in Barre, Vermont, in 2006 before it toured across New England.
Mitchell gained international recognition following the premiere of
Hadestown in Alberta, London, and then New York, where it opened in 2019.
Later that year
Hadestown went on to win eight Tony Awards and Mitchell won the Tony Award for Best Original Score. In 2020 the show also won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Anaïs Mitchell stands apart from all other modern singer-songwriters for her imagination, storytelling, and tremendous songwriting talent, said Middlebury President Laurie Patton.
Not your mascot | Danielle J. Mayberry
Danielle J. Mayberry
This opinion column was submitted by Danielle J. Mayberry, a tribal citizen of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone located in Northern Nevada.
Momentum against Native-themed mascots has picked up this past year across the country. The Nevada Legislature has followed suit and drafted Assembly Bill 88. Section 1 of AB 88 states, “this bill requires the board of trustees of each school district, the governing body of each charter school and governing body of each university school for profoundly gifted pupils to change, and adopt a policy that prohibits the use of, a name, logo, mascot, song or other identifiers that: (1) is racially discriminatory; (2) contains racially discriminatory language or imagery; or (3) is associated with a natural person with a racially discriminatory history.” After reading this section, one might wonder why this legislation is important or even necessary.
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As one more bit of evidence that universities have become “islands of repression on a sea of freedom,” Georgetown University’s Law Center is currently experiencing paroxysms of anti-racist fervor after two adjunct professors teaching a joint negotiations class, Sandra Sellers and David Batson, were unknowingly recorded bemoaning the low academic performance of their black law students.
What Is Environmental Racism? 10 Facts About How It Works
Lingering sunlight and suggestions of swelter are lifting spirits across the United States. For many, the spring air marks a transition out of the seasonal depression that comes with winter. For others, however, rising temperatures mean it’s time to find a cooling center.
These centers, which are used by cities like New York to provide air-conditioning for residents who don’t have it at home, are the end result of a decades-long fight against “environmental racism,” a term which refers to environmental injustice that occurs both in practice and policy. Factors like rising temperatures and a pandemic affect how comfortably people can live in their communities, and more often than not discomforts fall disproportionately on communities of color.