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The Center for Antiracist Research compiles and shares the latest news in racial policy, antiracism research, and social justice from around the globe, the country, and the neighborhood.
Jennifer Beard and Monica Wang published an article in The Brink describing the importance of public scholarship for rebuilding trust in science.
The language we use to talk about global health often perpetuates colonial power dynamics. Ifeanyi Nsofor and Sowmya Rao publish an Inter Press Service News Agency commentary arguing that the words we use in our research matter.
New laws threaten educators who teach history. Where does that leave our democracy? Kaylene Stevens publishes commentary in Cognoscenti.
When we teach Black history, facts matter — and so does narrative. Caty Taborda, Program Director in the Office of Narrative, publishes oped in Cognoscenti.
We Must Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Sonya Soni, our Advocacy Program Director, writes in The Progressive Magazine.
In case you missed it: It’s time to end catch-up culture in American schools. Olivia Poulin, from the CAR Narrative and Policy Offices, evokes bell hooks’ plan for supporting students and teachers in The Emancipator.
What is preventing Black and Brown people from being promoted at U.S. tech companies? Antiracist Tech Initiative Publishes New Paper
What is preventing Black and Brown people from being promoted at U.S. tech companies? A new paper from the BU Center for Antiracist Research's Antiracist Tech Initiative (ATI) strives to answer this research question. Rather than focusing on "the pipeline problem,” a forthcoming paper co-authored by Dr. Sanaz Mobasseri, ATI’s faculty lead, More
Addressing Racialized Harms of Incarceration: CAR’s Caitlin Glass Testified in front of Massachusetts Legislative Committee
On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Caitlin Glass, the Policy Program Director at the BU Center for Antiracist Research, testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary. In her testimony, Glass shared CAR’s research and policy work regarding racism in the administration of felony murder laws, accomplice liability, and extreme... More
Police, metal detectors wrong answer in Boston Public Schools. Andrew King, post-doctoral associate in the CAR Policy Office, and colleagues publish oped in Commonwealth.
As Drew King (CAR) and his co-authors, Jakira Rogers (Massachusetts Advocates for Children) and Erin Stewart (CFJJ) show: "The poll only presented metal detectors and school police, two flawed approaches that don’t improve school safety, as solutions to school safety concerns. This ignores the broad and diverse range of evidence-based, school... More