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...
by courageousadmin | Sep 20, 2018 | Race
By Alvin Chang—Aug. 30, 2018 I first heard about the “penalty” my junior year of high school. I was sitting in an SAT prep class because I had barely broken 1000 on my first practice SAT. During a snack break, another Asian kid in the class said to me, “You know we...
by courageousadmin | Sep 20, 2018 | Race
By Linn Washington Jr.—June 13, 2018 The day after Starbucks closed thousands of its coffee shops across America to conduct training for its employees to increase awareness about racial biases, Holly Morales attended a program at Philadelphia’s African-American...
