Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

Latest From Rodney Coates, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University

Election|News|Opinion

Starting with a handshake, presidential debate between Harris and Trump then turns fierce, and pointed

From inflation to abortion, foreign policy and democracy, the two presidential candidates went at it fiercely during their prime-time debate. Two scholars – of race and of journalism – weigh in.

Starting with a handshake, presidential debate between Harris and Trump then turns fierce, and pointed
Education

Florida's academic standards distort the contributions that enslaved Africans made to American society

While a Florida curriculum implies that enslaved Africans ‘benefited’ from skills acquired through slavery, history shows they brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity.

Florida's academic standards distort the contributions that enslaved Africans made to American society
Political

A lesson on dissent from a Vietnam War protester who joined the US military – and then faced execution after his protest didn’t stop

At least one positive came out of the racial protests during the Vietnam War era – the emergence of Black studies programs on college campuses.

A lesson on dissent from a Vietnam War protester who joined the US military – and then faced execution after his protest didn’t stop
Political

Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation

Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 officially ended racial discrimination in public places, relics of the Jim Crow South still haunt modern memory.

Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation
Political

White men have controlled women’s reproductive rights throughout American history – the post-Dobbs era is no different

In the US, white men have long had the power to make decisions about women’s reproductive health care. Those decisions have often been especially harmful to Black women.

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