They’re criticized for failing to solve every problem that affects their constituents. But the discrimination and racism they face must be factored in, and they lack access to institutions that could strengthen their hand.
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America’s criminal legal system is rooted in the nation’s history of legalized slavery and racial oppression. Our current system of punishment is still founded on a basic conception of outsider-hood that continues to create and perpetuate racial, ethnic, and class inequality. Criminal legal reform efforts must engage directly with this sordid lineage to unmoor the inequitable impacts and outcomes of our current system of “justice.”
As Cornell William Brooks, former president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, wrote: “Communities of color are over policed, over-prosecuted, over-incarcerated and yet underemployed.” The racial disparities throughout our criminal legal system are considerable. For example, one in three Black men are incarcerated in their lifetimes compared to one in 17 white men. When it comes to policing, these disparities are even greater, as evident in the number of Black men and women who are killed without
Howard University Names James Rhee the John H. Johnson Endowed Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship Former chairman & CEO of Ashley Stewart currently serves as member of JPMorgan Chase’s Advancing Black Pathways Council and Governing Committee of CEO Action for Racial Equity
April 01, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Howard University Howard University Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
Washington, April 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
Howard University
James Rhee as the new
John H. Johnson Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship, effective July 1, 2021. During his three-year appointment, Rhee will teach a University-wide course titled, “Impact Investing, ESG and Life,” which will be supplemented with a speaker series featuring leaders from the most innovative global companies.
Howard University
James Rhee as the new
John H. Johnson Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship, effective July 1, 2021. During his three-year appointment, Rhee will teach a University-wide course titled, “Impact Investing, ESG and Life,” which will be supplemented with a speaker series featuring leaders from the most innovative global companies.
“We are delighted to have Mr. James Rhee share his array of knowledge on best investment practices, leadership and building brands with the students of Howard University. After hearing his passionate keynote for our Women in Business Digital Summit last summer, we knew that we had to have him back to share his expertise,” says
Shirley McBay: The advocate
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that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia – and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.
It’s been over 30 years since Shirley Mathis McBay first went to Capitol Hill with an urgent message.
She implored members of Congress to take action to increase the numbers of minorities and women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. And she didn’t mince words.
“In the search for knowledge in science and engineering, the worst intellectual crime one can commit is to prejudice one’s results, to prejudge how something will turn out. However, this is precisely what we are doing when we fail from elementary school to graduate school to encourage women and minorities to enter the fields of science and engineering,” McBay told the congressional panel, titled “Reclaiming