How Racial Identity and Polarization Could Influence the Election
Duke faculty discuss protests, racism and politics during media briefing
Topic Race & Culture
Duke scholars are examining forces around race, class, gender, culture, sexuality and religion in their teaching and research and in the community.
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How Global Issues at the Dinner Table Made a Cultural Anthropologist: Meet Anne-Maria Makhulu
Interview with the Duke associate professor and author (“Making Freedom: Apartheid, Squatter Politics, and the Struggle for Home”)
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Maradona Mourning Shows Again Latin America’s Devotion to Sport and Arts
…else does, certainly not political leaders,” said Laurent Dubois, a Duke University professor who writes about sport and Latin America.
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Duke, NC Central Launch Program to Showcase Black-Founded and Black-Led Businesses
Participants can compete for up to $25,000
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How Duke Faculty Can Help Create an Equitable Research and Learning Environment
Workshop builds understanding of how structural racism impacts academic environments and how faculty can foster anti-racist practices
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Group Urges Atlantic Seafloor be Labeled a Memorial to Slave Trading
As deep-sea mining begins, maps and charts should acknowledge the “Middle Passage” where 1.8 million perished
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Duke Health Leaders Share Plans for Advancing Racial, Social and Health Equity
Duke Health team members recently gathered in a virtual town hall to hear a progress report on Moments to Movement (M2M), Duke Health's collective stand against systemic racism and social injustice.
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Duke Study Finds Race Matters for Those Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Commentary by Brandon Garrett, director of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, and Travis Seale-Carlisle, a post-doctoral fellow
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Duke University to Increase Faculty Diversity, Campus Inclusion with $16M from The Duke Endowment
A $16 million grant from The Duke Endowment will amplify Duke University’s efforts to recruit diverse faculty and develop programming that enhances an inclusive environment, President Vincent E. Price announced Thursday.
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Bringing Transparency and Coordination to Addressing Hate and Bias Issues
University begins to implement working group recommendations
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Trustees Address University Efforts on Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism
The Duke University Board of Trustees endorsed the university’s efforts to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism in a wide-ranging series of sessions and conversations at its quarterly meeting Friday and Saturday.
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Flaws In The Reparations Bill
Commentary co-authored by William Darity Jr.
Meet Preeminent Scholar And Tireless Activist John Hope Franklin
Host Frank Stasio remembers the Duke historian
What the Biden Team Needs to Do Now to Fight COVID-19
Commentary co-authored by Dr. Gavin Yamey, a physician, professor and director of Duke’s Center for Policy Impact in Global Health
Why Colleges Should Consider Developing Inequality Studies
Commentary by professors William A. Darity Jr.
It’s a Conversation About Reparations
Interview with William A. Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
‘Going There’: Richard J. Powell on Black Visual Satire
Podcast interview with the distinguished professor of art and art history, talking about his new book
Patti LaBelle, the Doyenne of Philadelphia Soul
Commentary by Mark Anthony Neal, distinguished professor and chair of African and African American Studies
How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods
Quotes William A. Darity Jr.
Can Reparations Become a Reality?
Interview with Sanford School professor William Darity Jr.
‘Time’s Up’ for Black Maternal Mortality
Commentary by Patricia Davis, a Bronx resident in the Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program at Duke’s School of Nursing