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Racism

Photo of a youngish, Black woman, with curly almost shoulder length hair, wearing a white shirt, teaching at the front of a lecture hall. She is seen from behind.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Where Are the Tenured Black Female Professors?

September 14, 2021

Voices & Opinion

How 9/11 Changed the World

September 8, 2021

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Business

COVID-19 Led to More Start-ups by Black Americans, BU Researcher Finds

August 30, 2021

Photo of William Guo, left, Francis Kwok, Henry Lei, right, all of Alameda, and about a thousand demonstrators listen to speakers during an anti-Asian American hate march and rally at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, March 27, 2021. The march, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, started at city hall and ended at Union Square. They are dressed in fall clothing, many in black t-shirts that say "Stop Asian Hate" and face masks, and cardboard protest signs.

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Can’t Un-Coin “Chinese Virus,” but We Can Tell Our Stories

August 30, 2021

Photo of a supporter of US President Donald Trump, dressing in jeans, a tan vest and sweatshirt, carrying a Confederate flag in the US Capitol Rotunda during the insurrection on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Behind him, a security guard looks on.

Voices & Opinion

POV: January 6 Insurrection Has Evolved into a Racist Relapse

August 4, 2021

Daren Bascome, in gray jacket at left, and Chris Needham (CAS’86), wearing a blue blazer with her hand on her chin at right, sit at a colorful outdoor table under and overpass.

Rebranding Boston

Rebranding Boston: New Marketing Campaign Portrays a City That’s More Than the Red Sox, Faneuil Hall, and Beer-Drinking White Bros

July 7, 2021

Photo of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig with a red and black floral blouse sitting on a red couch in and smiling.

Accolades

LAW Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

June 14, 2021

Part of Greenwood District burned in Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, June 1921

History

On Centennial of Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessons for Our Own Racial Reckoning

May 28, 2021

Photo of protestors holding signs during an AAPI Rally Against Hate in Flushing, Queens on March 27,2021. The group of young people, most of them masked, hold signs that say “US Govt & Media STOP China Bashing, party of socialism and liberation,” “Dump Asian Hate!” “Respect the Asian Community,” “Stop Asian Hate! Stop White Supremacy! Stop Western Imperialism”

Voices & Opinion

POV: What We Need to Do to End Anti-Asian Racism

May 25, 2021

Black and white photograph of a band of African-American playing at Emancipation Day celebration in June 19, 1900, held in “East Woods” on East 24th Street in Austin. There are 6 men in the band, they all wear suits and hats and hold their instruments, including a fiddle, guitar, clarinet, and upright bass. There are trees and an American flag hanging behind them.

University News

BU Adds Juneteenth as an Annual Holiday in University Calendar Antiracist Makeover

May 13, 2021

A man rides a bike past boarded up row houses in the Broadway East neighborhood on October 14, 2020, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Structural Racism

POV: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Must Curb Structural Racism

May 6, 2021

Aerial photo of a crowding gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. In the photo, many people are seen from above, as well as a mural painted on the ground that says “I Can’t Breathe, I Can’t Breathe” below a blue painting of Floyd as an angel. At the top, painting on the street reads “Justice for Daunte Wright”

Voices & Opinion

POV: With Chauvin Found Guilty, “We Must Keep Our Eyes on the Prize”

April 21, 2021

A photo of Derek Chauvin sitting in the courtroom as his guilty verdict is read.

Voices & Opinion

Chauvin Verdict: What Needs to Happen Next

April 20, 2021

People celebrate the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square, on April 20, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Voices & Opinion

Derek Chauvin Trial: BU Community Reacts to the Guilty Verdict

April 20, 2021

A photo of the poster for the National Anitracist Book Festival. The poster features book covers and under the words "National Antiracist Book Festival."

Books

BU to Host National Antiracist Book Festival Saturday

April 17, 2021

An African American father talks to his son

Voices & Opinion

POV: What If White Parents Gave Their Kids “The Talk” That Black Parents Give

April 15, 2021

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Books

The Forgotten Court Case That Became American Racism’s Building Block

April 7, 2021

A composite image of Ayanna Pressley and Elizabeth Warren

Public Health

Ayanna Pressley, Elizabeth Warren to Headline Forum on Antiracism as Health Policy

April 5, 2021

Composite image of Vitamin PhD podcast hosts. At left, Khadija El Karfi, sits on a bench in jeans and a pattern blouse. At right, Kiloni Quiles-Franco, wears headphone and appears to be working on her computer inside her home.

Student Podcast

PhD Students Host Podcast on BU, Antiracism, and Next Steps

March 23, 2021

Composite image. At left, a photo of Gianluca Stringhini (ENG) looking serious, with his hand in his pocket, wearing a gray blazer and standing in a hallway with a wooden wall in the background. At right, a photo of Chen Ling (ENG’24), a PhD student, leaning against a wooden rail, and slightly smiling and looking determined. She wears a gray sweater.

Racism

BU Researchers Warned of Online Surge of Anti-Asian Attacks a Year Ago

March 22, 2021

BU Researchers Warned of Online Surge of Anti-Asian Attacks a Year Ago