Tag Archives: Structural Racism

Unpacking the Color of Law & Government Sponsored Segregation, Part 1

I recently completed the book titled, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, written by Richard Rothstein. If you have not read the book, I encourage you to do so. After reading this book in its entirety, I am more than confident in the assertion that we can traceContinue reading “Unpacking the Color of Law & Government Sponsored Segregation, Part 1”

Representation Matters

Today I participated in the first day of a public health related conference. The conference kicked off its first day featuring a panel of dynamic Black women discussing the historical context of structural racism, America’s role in systemic racism, and some solutions to begin the work to uproot racist ideologies and practices in our variousContinue reading “Representation Matters”