Racism and Underrepresentation

Videos

"A Marxist View of Social Justice" by Dr. John Johnson, presented for EIJC 4-10-20. (full video link)

Articles

From the achievement gap to the education debt: Understanding achievement in US schools.
Educational researcher, 2006.
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Creating schools where race does not predict achievement: The role and significance of race in the racial achievement gap.
The Journal of Negro Education, 2008.
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Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago
New York Times, Aug. 2017
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Curiosity and the End of Discrimination
Nature Astronomy, 2017
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Diversity and Inclusiveness in Large Scientific Collaborations
Nature Astronomy, June 2017
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Narrations of Race in STEM Research Settings: Identity Formation and Its Discontents
Science Education, 2008
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A test that fails
Nature, June 2014 (About the GRE)
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Young, Black, mathematically gifted, and stereotyped
The High School Journal, 2013
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White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women’s Studies
Peggy McIntosh, 1989
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“Model Minority” Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks
NPR Code Switch, April 2017
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Does Disaggregation Hurt Asian Applicants?
Inside Higher Ed, November 2017
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Facts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight
National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education, 2008
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American Settler Colonialism: A History
W. L. Hixon, 2013
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The Relationship Between Racism and Capitalism
MintPress 2018
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Prison Abolition and Grounded Justice
UCLA LAW REVIEW, 2015
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Presentations

“Gatekeepers of a So-Called Meritocracy” March 2, 2018 Grant Tremblay (CfA) pdf download
“Asian American Model Minority Stereotype and Affirmative Action” March 9, 2018 Tanveer Karim (CfA) pdf download

"Asian Americans and Affirmative Action: A Need for Data Disaggregation" by Tanveer Karim, presented for EIJC 2-21-20.

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"Prison Abolition: building a world without cages" July 20, 2020 Dr. Bryan A. Terrazas (CFA) pdf download