Black Students, Faculty: UNC Needs Self-Examination on Race
The URL has been copied to your clipboard
0:00
0:05:28
0:00
faculty members at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, known as UNC, have expressed
frustration at the way they are treated. Among other problems, they have said they deal with increased attention from school police. And they have noted that the university has too few Black students and teachers.
Last month, several hundred students at UNC protested what they saw as another example of the school’s failure to support students and teachers of color.
The protests started after university leaders first decided not to vote on offering
By Boyerâs count, at least 15 vehicles have crashed into or near the pond since 2010. None more horrifying than the one which claimed the life of 25-year-old Marcus Staley III early June 10.
âI once asked a (deputy) sheriff several years ago why nothing was being done about it while we were watching the Vienna firemen lower a ladder down to our pond to rescue another car crash victim,â Boyer wrote in an e-mail the morning after Staleyâs wreck. âHe said, someone had to die before the NC state government would deign to raise a finger.â
âLast night someone did.â
Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks Journalism, Democracy and His Next Role
Copy Link
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 29: Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks onstage during HISTORYTalks Leadership & Legacy presented by HISTORY at Carnegie Hall.
(Bryan Bedder via Getty Images)
Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of America’s premier thinkers on racism and systemic inequality, has taken on many roles: Atlantic staff writer, best-selling author, novelist and comic book writer. Last week, Coates made headlines for his latest move: teaching journalism at his alma mater Howard University along with Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times “1619 Project” writer Nikole Hannah-Jones. The announcement came after Hannah-Jones rejected an offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after a contentious and drawn-out tenure process, which Coates publicly criticized. We talk with Coates about disinformation, police brutality and the role of journalism in American democracy.
World Bank Appoints New Country Manager for Croatia and Slovenia miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Religion, Politics, and Truth – BPR Interviews: Simon Blackburn
July 13, 2021
Simon Blackburn is one of the world’s leading academic philosophers. Over the course of his extensive career, Mr. Blackburn has taught at Oxford University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published countless books and essays on topics ranging from the philosophy of language to the nature of truth to atheism. Additionally, Mr. Blackburn is known for his numerous appearances in the British media (such as on the BBC’s The Moral Maze
), along with his efforts to make philosophy accessible to the broader public. He is currently the Bertrand Russell Professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Trinity College, and a Visiting Professor at both UNC-Chapel Hill and the New College of the Humanities in London.