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Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs

Expert Recommendations — Executive Summary In May 2021, amidst increasing reports of anti-Asian hate crimes, the Steve Fund and the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan convened a group of eight experts in Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) history, college students, and mental health. The group proposes that colleges and universities adopt…

Mental Health

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Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs
Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs

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The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce

Introduction by series curators, Dr. Roland L. Leak, associate professor of marketing at North Carolina A&T, and Rebekah Modrak, professor of art at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor In the wake of massive racial protests over the past year, some companies began the work of re-evaluating how their brand messaging…

Power

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The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce
The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce

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Educators for Change: Marginalization and Anti-Racist Curriculum in the Classroom

Introduction by series curator Dr. Lata Murti, associate professor of sociology at University of Massachusetts Global “Educational institutions are the ONE thing that we all do for 13 years,” writes Dr. Trinity Davis in her contribution to this series. But our experiences of these institutions differ widely according to race…

Teaching

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Educators for Change: Marginalization and Anti-Racist Curriculum in the Classroom
Educators for Change: Marginalization and Anti-Racist Curriculum in the Classroom

Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·May 31, 2021

The Aesthetic of Power: Porcelain and the Expansion of White Saviorism

by Sophia Ellis, Larissa Nez, Rai Mckinley Terry In the late 18th century, Wedgwood porcelain became a desired luxury commodity among the British bourgeoisie. Today Wedgwood porcelain is featured on the pedestals of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and galleries across the world. Its notoriety is entangled with porcelain’s fraught…

Capitalism

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The Aesthetic of Power: Porcelain and the Expansion of White Saviorism
The Aesthetic of Power: Porcelain and the Expansion of White Saviorism

Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·May 26, 2021

The Racialized Strategy of Using Skin in Marketing and Consumer Culture

Written by Dr. Janet Borgerson and Dr. Jonathan Schroeder A long-running promotional campaign, ‘Imagine having nothing to hide,’ from global cosmetic company Estée Lauder reveals a standard trope for ‘beauty’ marketing imagery — showing models of varying skin tones to demonstrate the brand’s appropriateness for ‘all’ consumers. One example states…

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The Racialized Strategy of Using Skin in Marketing and Consumer Culture
The Racialized Strategy of Using Skin in Marketing and Consumer Culture

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·May 26, 2021

How Commercializing Diversity Promotes Racism

by Dr. Arthur Scarritt Universities raising money by advertising diversity actually increase racism among white students. Universities across the US, like mine, make official statements that they are “actively committed to diversity and inclusivity, a stance in alignment with our Statement of Shared Values.” …

Marketing

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How Commercializing Diversity Promotes Racism
How Commercializing Diversity Promotes Racism

Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·May 26, 2021

Nike and the Limits of “Positive” Representations of Black Women Athletes

By Dr. Jennifer McClearen and Lily Kunda In celebration of International Women’s Day 2021, Nike released a short film titled We Play Real honoring Black women. …

Black Women

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Nike and the Limits of “Positive” Representations of Black Women Athletes
Nike and the Limits of “Positive” Representations of Black Women Athletes

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·May 26, 2021

The Pervasive Whiteness in Sports Culture

by Bilal Saeed Growing up as a Pakistani-American Muslim in a white community, I was no stranger to people asking me where I was really from, what gods I believed in, or if I had to marry the only other Brown girl in school. Existing as one of only a…

Sports

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Pervasive Whiteness in Sports Culture
Pervasive Whiteness in Sports Culture

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·Feb 22, 2021

Beyond Multiculturalism: Elevating Anti-Racism within the Teaching of Children’s Literature

by Dr. Tami Lincoln “One of my favorite books from elementary school is ‘Abuela’ by Arthur Dorros. It’s a magical book about a girl and her grandma that fly over New York City. It’s full of adventure and interactions with the locals. I think it helped me identify myself when…

Multiculturalism

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Beyond Multiculturalism: Elevating Anti-Racism within the Teaching of Children’s Literature
Beyond Multiculturalism: Elevating Anti-Racism within the Teaching of Children’s Literature

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·Feb 22, 2021

Teachers’ Lived Experiences, Resistance, and Accommodation to Racial Ideologies

by Dinorah Hudson, Dr. Irena Nayfeld, and Dr. Yana Kuchirko A Black teacher teaching a class of Black and Brown students affirms his students’ experiences by gesturing to his own history. A white teacher leading a class largely composed of students of color lets her racial difference become a (sometimes…

Teaching

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Teachers’ Lived Experiences, Resistance, and Accommodation to Racial Ideologies
Teachers’ Lived Experiences, Resistance, and Accommodation to Racial Ideologies
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