Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Gift From SU Trustee Launches Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training
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Banks sums up 2020 in China Daily article
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Jackson op-ed on protectionism, white femininity published in Truthout
"White women have to disabuse themselves en masse of the notion that they are inherently good. They have to put themselves in harm’s way, disrupt the status quo of their own complicity in white supremacy and defer to those who are more vulnerable than themselves," writes Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
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Flores-Lagunes comments on October jobs report in MarketWatch
According to Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, professor of economics, improving jobs numbers may have "some explanatory power for the good showing by the president on election night."
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Jackson wins Tenth Decade grant to study Black Americans, group threat
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Jackson discusses Kamala Harris as vice presidential pick in Teen Vogue, Truthout
"Despite the historic nature of her career and vice presidential nomination, we can’t lose our capacity to remain critical of her record and uncertain about how her potential vice presidency might affect marginalized communities," writes Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
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Kurien quoted in Washington Post article on Harris's vice presidential nomination
"Trump knows this is an important, wealthy group, and I’m sure that’s why he’s seeking their support," says Prema Kurien, professor of sociology, of Trump's courting of the Indian American vote.
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Jackson cited in Slate article on capitalizing white
"We don’t need any more mechanisms to make whiteness more visible," says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
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White quoted in NY Times Magazine article on Black WWII veterans, racism
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Reeher comments on Trump's campaign rally venue in The Hill
"At this point, it is just completely baffling to me,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science, of President Trump's decision to hold his campaign rally in Tulsa, the site of one of the worst racial massacres in modern U.S. history back in 1921. "He is going all-in on ‘Law and Order’ and rejecting the very premise of the protests and sticking it in your eye."
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