padlet by Hymer Han

Main point of Article

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Building the Anti-Racist University: Next Steps

What was the main point?

This paper looks at racism in schools, questions surface-level diversity efforts, and highlights the need to break down white privilege, change school programs, and make deep changes. Schools should stop using symbolic gestures and take real steps to create fairness and inclusion.

Reason2

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Anti-racism efforts have largely failed

1. While universities have put in place equality and diversity policies, they have not eliminated the structural advantages of whiteness

2. Policies are often reactive rather than proactive, which makes universities slow to adapt and resistant to major changes

Reason1

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Institutional white centrism persists

1.Many universities pretend to support racial equality, but in reality, whites still dominate the upper echelons of faculty, administration, and curriculum

2.Even when diversity policies exist, they fail to address deeper institutional biases, resulting in little actual change

Conclusion

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Real anti-racist change requires a fundamental shift in the way universities operate, not just symbolic gestures or diversity reports. It should change the institutional culture, reform the curriculum, and increase the status of people of color.

Evidence for Reason1

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1.Faculty members of color earn less than white faculty and have fewer opportunities to hold leadership positions

2.Diversity policies remain superficial, often limited to symbolic mission statements rather than meaningful institutional transformation

Evidence for Reason2

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1.Despite affirmative action policies, black teachers and students continue to face discrimination and marginalization.

2."Post-racial" rhetoric is used to dismiss discussions of racism, and the real issues are instead suppressed