Kalamazoo Room, 2nd Floor, Michigan League

During this workshop participants will have the opportunity to learn terms associated with racism and anti-racism, as well as power and oppression and their impact in the global and U.S. context. Additionally, participants will be able to recognize microaggressions and stereotyping that they see portrayed in media and be able to practice responding to real-life […]

Structural racism in the United States is the normalization and legitimization of an array of dynamics—historical, cultural, institutional, and interpersonal—that routinely advantage whites while producing cumulative and chronic adverse outcomes for people of color. It is a system of hierarchy and inequity, primarily characterized by white supremacy—the preferential treatment, privilege, and power for white people […]