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Panel: Pandemic and protests laid economic injustices bare


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Tracy Jan, reporter for the Washington Post (bottom left), moderates the April 27 webinar “Racism in America: Economy” with Cornell faculty panelists, from top left, Lawrence Glickman, the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies in the Department of History; Erica Groshen, senior economics advisor in the ILR Labor Dynamics Institute; Riché Richardson, associate professor of Africana studies; and Tejasvi Nagaraja, assistant professor of history in the ILR School.
Panel: Pandemic and protests laid economic injustices bare
April 29, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice protests rocked American society, Washington Post reporter Tracy Jan and her colleagues spent months reporting on systemic racism through the life of George Floyd, a Black man killed in police custody in May 2020. ....

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Final 'Racism in America' webinar to focus on economic system


April 19, 2021
The stark economic realities and inequalities in the United States have been laid bare by the uneven impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have made great financial gains, but losses have fallen heaviest on those who can least afford them, spotlighting the impact of racism on federal, state and local economic policies and outcomes.
In the final webinar of the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) yearlong series, “Racism in America,” panelists will focus on the many ways racism shapes economic policies, and how economic policies shape inequality in America. The April 27, 7 p.m. event, in partnership with the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, is free and open to the public registration is required. ....

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'Racism in America' webinar to focus on health


March 16, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the dire consequences of inequities in America’s health care. According to the COVID Tracking Project, African Americans die from COVID-19 at rates more than 1.5 times their share of the population, while Hispanics, Latinos, Native American and Alaskan Natives share of death and sickness is disproportionate to their population in the majority of states with sufficient data.
In the next webinar of the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) yearlong series, “Racism in America,” panelists will focus on the impact of racism on access to health care and health outcomes. The March 29, 7 p.m. event, held in partnership with Weill Cornell Medicine, the Cornell Center for Health Equity and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is free and open to the public; registration is required. ....

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