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Maxwell’s Black History Month Event

Speaker: Sean Drake, assistant professor of sociology

Presentation on the recent history of school segregation and desegregation efforts in the U.S., followed by a discussion about some of the implications for the current attack on DEI (e.g., the recent SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action) that we’re seeing in higher education.

Itinerary

12 – 1 p.m.: Lunch in Eggers Commons

1 – 1:30 p.m.: Handing out raffle tickets for a chance to win a copy of Professor Drake’s recent publication “Academic Apartheid: Race and the Criminalization of Failure in an American Suburb.”

1:30 – 3 p.m.:  Presentation and discussion in Strasser Legacy Room, Eggers 220