Don't Put Me in a Box NU

In this time of wrongful hatred, racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and turmoil throughout the world, let us remember what we must stand up for. We must stand up for all the innocent lives lost everywhere due to acts of terror against humanity. We must stand up for all the children, families, and individuals who have been displaced from their homes and seek refuge elsewhere to start a new life. We must stand up for all those who are being wrongfully condemned and blamed for these heinous attacks simply because of their religious faiths. We must stand up against all those who use brute power, radical ideologies, and sheer malevolence to justify crimes against people of the world. We must stand up together in solidarity.

“Universities and academic conferences need to work at creating a more inclusive environment, so that all voices are heard and celebrated. If we don’t deal with this, we will continue to lose a population of talented and promising researchers. Our hope is that this study will offer novel and useful insights to those who organize presentations and those who give them, so they will be able to understand, appreciate and provide an improved experience for black and other minoritized scholars.”

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Black academics expected to ‘entertain’ when presenting, new study says Black faculty members are expected to be “entertaining” when presenting academic research, according to a new study that traces modern day racial microagressions to past objectification of blacks.

We asked students to share their own experiences with microaggressions and marginalization. Here's what they had to say!