by courageousadmin | Nov 21, 2018 | Race
By Donald Ladd—Oct. 8 2018 The first song Krista Hinman learned to play on the piano was Dixie, the de facto battle hymn of the Confederate States of America. She learned the minstrel-song-turned-slavery-anthem growing up in Southaven, Mississippi, a predominantly...
by courageousadmin | Nov 21, 2018 | Race
By Kari Paul—Oct. 11 2018 When Christine, at 25-year-old student who identifies as queer began to do rounds at local health clinics where she attends medical school in Missouri, she felt she had to keep much of her personal life obscured. “Working in a very...
by courageousadmin | Nov 21, 2018 | Race
By Tom Perkins—Oct. 4 2018 Just days after Founders Brewing Co. decided it’s cool with supporters of state-sponsored homophobia, it’s been revealed that the Grand Rapids-based brewer is being sued in federal court over alleged racial discrimination. A...
by courageousadmin | Nov 21, 2018 | Race
By Martha Hostetter and Sarah Klein—Sept. 27 2018 It’s been 15 years since the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s Unequal Treatment report, which synthesized a wide body of research demonstrating that U.S. racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to...
by courageousadmin | Sep 26, 2018 | Race
By Cory Collins—Sept. 1 2018 Today, white privilege is often described through the lens of Peggy McIntosh’s groundbreaking essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” Originally published in 1988, the essay helps readers recognize white privilege by...
