Bridging the Understanding Gap and Building Racial Cohesion
Research
Open Source Studies
Dr. Howard Stevenson
LaGarrett J. King
Sonya Douglass Horsford
LaGarrett J. King
Amanda E. Vickery
Genevieve Caffrey
Big Think-
February 9th, 2022
Cultural Intelligence Center
Slavery and Its Legacies
Do you have questions about frequently used terms (FUT)?
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What's important, is your exploration of those definitions that are backed up by historical evidence and sound logic. See below for some frequently used terms (FUT).
FUT
The definitions listed on this page, though limited in scope, provide a basic conceptualization of constructs relevant to the discussion of racial literacy. For a more comprehensive understanding of the ideas, viewers are encouraged to examine how these constructs are defined across disciplines and industries.
Race
Grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities
Racism
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
Ethnicity
Categorization of a group based on shared distinct ancestry, culture, language, and/ or religion.
Equity
The quality of being fair and impartial.
Equality
the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities
Inclusion
The practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those who have physical or mental disabilities and members of other minority groups.
Diversity
The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
Exclusion
The process or state of excluding or being excluded
"Critical Race Theory is the most exciting development in contemporary legal studies. The comprehensive movement in thought and life - created primarily, though not exclusively, by progressive intellectuals of color - compels us to confront critically the most explosive issue in American civilization: the historical centrality and complicity of law in upholding white supremacy (and concomitant hierarchies of gender, class, and sexual orientation). The pioneering works of the late, visionary legal scholar Robert Cover and the distinguished judge and pioneering historian A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., were prophetic voices in the legal wilderness a few decades ago. But their focus on the fundamental role of race in the formation of American law was marginalized in the American legal academy. Hence the doings and sufferings of indigenous people, Latin-, Asian-, and African-Americans remained, for the most part, hidden in American legal education...The genesis of Critical Race Theory as a scholarly and politically committed movement in LAW is historic."