Structural racism is built into America. America could not have been built without slavery. And after slavery, structural racism has haunted American history, leading to the mass incarceration of African-Americans. With these facts before us, who's afraid of critical race theory, the scholarly lens for analyzing structural racism in America?
Tag: Virginia
S2 – E8: The Problem With Guns
Like so many things in America, we don’t agree about gun policy, but we do know that guns kill. Is there any way that we as a country can put down the gun?
S2 – E7: Don’t Shoot!
When Mohammad Taib first faced a man with a gun in his convenience store, he pleaded, “Don’t shoot.” He got shot but survived. Years later, he was shot again and died, leaving his family in pain and his daughter Zain searching for healing. But how? How do the victims of crime move beyond the tragedy that they know into a narrative they can control?
S2 – E6: Warriors or Guardians?
After Michael Brown, a Black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, President Barack Obama created a Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Its central theme: Police should be guardians not warriors.
S2 – E5: Locked Up
After you get caught by the police, you get locked up. Right or wrong, guilty or not, you go to jail.
S2 – E4: The End of An Eye for an Eye
Virginia once led the nation in the death penalty. Recently, that ended. How did a southern state that was once a leader in executions become, a leader to end it? And where do we go from here? What happens to the ethical and political dilemmas for and against the death penalty?
S2 – E2: Why Black History Matters
In this tribute to Black history month, we take a literary journey into the ways race consciousness emerges in our everyday lives. What can these moments teach us about our collective history and future life in America?
S1 – E3: The Writing and the Living
If you are stuck in a prison of the mind, I feel like I know you and might even be able to help you.
S1 – E2: The Meaning of Manhood
On this episode, we look at our childhoods and upbringings, our earliest experiences, and how our early backgrounds shaped our adult lives.
Writing Our Way Out 