The New York Times: “Return to Office? Some Women of Color Aren’t Ready”
After more than a year of virtual work, employers are making plans to get back to the physical workplace. That has many workers worrying about the return of microaggressions and bias, too.
The Boston Globe: “For Asian Americans, heart-to-heart talks about painful issues like racism can bridge the generation gap”
As Asian Americans reexamine their nebulous position in the country’s racial hierarchy, in which they are cast either as “model minorities” or “perpetual foreigners,” second-generation children such as Wang are breaking a long tradition of silence with their parents about subjects they never dared to broach before: race, racism, and identity.
BU D&I Seeks New Director of Programs
June 28, 2021 — Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) seeks to hire a new Director of Programs to join the team. The Director of Programs will assist BU D&I in aligning the University’s stated values regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion to its policies, practices, structures, climate, and culture. The Director will play an […]
Unpacking the Chauvin Trial: Police Accountability in America
The trial of Derek Chauvin over the murder of George Floyd can be seen as a proxy for the larger history of police in the United States brutalizing and killing Black people disproportionately and often with total impunity. A panel of BU scholars representing the Schools of Law and Public Health discussed the implications of the […]
The New York Times: “She Experienced Busing in Boston. Now She’s the City’s First Black Mayor.”
At 11, Kim Janey was bused into a neighborhood where Black students were pelted with rocks. As acting mayor, she hopes to help Boston step out of the shadow of that era.
Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864) Monday
First Black woman to graduate from a US medical school will be recognized with weeklong MED Symposia.
Web-Based Program Could Decrease Pregnancy Risks for Black Women
BU researcher Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon is working on a digital health tool that provides healthcare support earlier—even before conception.
Black History Month Themes
“The black family has been a topic of study in many disciplines—history, literature, the visual arts and film studies, sociology, anthropology, and social policy. Its representation, identity, and diversity have been reverenced, stereotyped, and vilified from the days of slavery to our own time.”
Maria Dykema Erb Was a First-Generation Student. Now She’s Here to Help BU’s First-Gens
Newbury Center inaugural director: “I want to be the person I needed back then.”
Biden’s restoring what Trump stole from LGBTQ Americans
“In the first hours and days of the Biden administration, something precious has been returned to us. That invaluable thing that has been restored to LGBTQ Americans — and many others — is hope.”