people of color

Northeastern’s Racial Literacy series takes on Boston’s troubled history

A diverse panel of Northeastern faculty assembled to present a side of the city that visitors might not know from travel reviews—a history of slave-trading, violent opposition to desegregation in public schools, and an historical dearth of leadership roles for people who aren’t white.

• by Peter Ramjug   September 29, 2020

George Floyd’s death has brought people out to protest, despite the pandemic

African Americans are killed by police and COVID-19 around three times as often as their white counterparts. Such a discrepancy is what psychoanalyst William Sharp calls a “perfect storm” for unrest. “What COVID really highlighted is the inequities between people.”

• by Aria Bracci and Laura Castañón   June 2, 2020