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Why I use ‘The Boondocks’ TV cartoon show to teach a course about race

by lisadtinsley March 15, 2023

Kris Marsh – Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland Title of course: “Why Are We Still Talking About Race?” What prompted the idea for the course? I am a…

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March 15, 2023 0 comment 73 views
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White teachers often talk about Black students in racially coded ways

by lisadtinsley January 27, 2023

Rowhea Elmesky, Associate Professor of Education, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and Olivia Marcucci, Assistant Professor of Education, Johns Hopkins University   When a white Texas…

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January 27, 2023 0 comment 345 views
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Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction

by lisadtinsley January 19, 2023

Jessica Pressman – Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have spilled out into the…

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January 19, 2023 0 comment 336 views
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures

by lisadtinsley November 28, 2022

Julian C. Chambliss – Professor of English, Michigan State University As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” I’m…

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November 28, 2022 0 comment 576 views
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Yes, Black patients do want to help with medical research – here are ways to overcome the barriers that keep clinical trials from recruiting diverse populations

by lisadtinsley September 12, 2022

Julia Liu – Professor of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine and RaKetra Snipes Physician Assistant in Gastroenterology, Morehouse School of Medicine Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic…

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September 12, 2022 0 comment 882 views
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What are HeLa cells? A cancer biologist explains

by lisadtinsley June 6, 2022

Ivan Martinez – Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University Lisa D. Tinsley – KISA Public Media In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical…

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June 6, 2022 0 comment 489 views
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Supreme Court allows states to use unlawfully gerrymandered congressional maps in the 2022 midterm elections

by lisadtinsley June 4, 2022

Henry L. Chambers Jr. – Professor of Law, University of Richmond In the upcoming midterm elections, states may use maps that a federal court has found unlawful. You read that…

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June 4, 2022 0 comment 1043 views
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Jackie Robinson was a radical – don’t listen to the sanitized version of history

by lisadtinsley May 8, 2022

Peter Dreier – E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College In our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed…

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May 8, 2022 0 comment 312 views
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Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need – here are three ways teachers can do better

by lisadtinsley April 23, 2022

Mildred Boveda – Associate Professor of Special Education, Penn State When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that…

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April 23, 2022 0 comment 633 views
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Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness

by lisadtinsley March 9, 2022

Toni Sturdivant – Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University-Commerc When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells –…

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March 9, 2022 0 comment 574 views
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