Racial Equity Task Force

On this page:

• About the Racial Equity Task Force
• Current Action Items
• Task Force Members
• Resources
  • Articles and Readings
  • Movies and TV
  • Podcasts
  • Social Media
• Feedback
• News
• Events

About the Racial Equity Task Force

Welcome to the Wright State Racial Equity Task Force. The Task Force was created to establish an actionable path towards a more equitable, anti-racist campus. The university is aware of the many intersecting forms of identity, diversity, and inclusivity that make up our Wright State community, and the need to think broadly about all of the issues which impact and frame the experiences of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Guided by our equitable principles, we are working to create impactful changes that strengthen, enhance, and empower the culture on campus so that it meets the needs of the entire campus community. This website will be updated with information about the progress of the Task Force's work, as well as helpful resources, tips, and stories from the Raider community as we move through the upcoming semesters.
 

Current Action Items

• To hear, to acknowledge, and to grow together in our understanding of the ways in which racial events and persisting racial inequities impact students, staff, and faculty at Wright State
   
• To develop and implement specific actions that students, staff, faculty, alumni, administrators, and the Board of Trustees can take to support the students, faculty, and staff of color at Wright State, demonstrating that this work is a priority for the whole university community
   
• To provide recommendations to central administration, the Board of Trustees, and the Presidents’ Council on Inclusive Excellence in order to transform the current Wright State climate and culture and to ensure accountability for installing structural anti-racist policies and procedures
   
• To confront racism and emphasize that racist and bigoted behavior will not be tolerated
   

Task Force Members

Wright State Faculty, Staff, and Students

Wright State Alumni

Resources

Articles and Readings

• Being Antiracist
• Is Your University Racist?
• Language of Appeasement
• Race & Ethnicity in Higher Ed
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism,
  Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
• So You Want to Talk about Race
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the
  Age of Colorblindness
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism
  for the Twenty-First Century
• How to Be an Anti-Racist
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
• Kindred

Movies and TV

Podcasts

• 1619 from the New York Times
  Hosted by Pulitzer Prize Winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, 1619 chronicles how black people have been central to building American democracy, music, wealth and more. (5 Episodes)
   
• Black Trans Lives Matter
  Imara Jones joins us to talk about creating a truly inclusive Black Lives Matter movement, and getting back to the roots of Pride. (1 Episode)
   
• Education as an Act of Self-Determination
  On the debut episode of Educate 8:46, Miami University Professor Dr. Denise Taliaferro Baszile explains why education is ultimately an act of self-determination that can lead us all to a more equitable society. The purpose of education, in a revolutionary sense, she says, is to seek to know better. So that we might be better. So that we might do better. So that we might collectively breathe forth a new, more just world.
   
• Excavating White Supremacy
  How is it that after decades, and in some cases centuries, of so-called “progress” that we still find ourselves confronted with grave and dangerous racial disparities in almost everything? In this episode, learn why systemic racism will persist until we excavate the roots of white supremacy.
   
• The Rightness of Whiteness
  Historically, much of everyday life in the U.S. has been organized around the idea that white is good, pure, righteous, and most deserving of privilege, power, and protection. In this way, white supremacy no longer derives its power from an explicit social acceptableness. Instead, it has wedded itself -- almost imperceptibly -- to that which is considered neutral, normal, safe, and reasonable.
   
• What is White Supremacy?
  On this episode, Educate 8:46 tackles a deceptively simple, yet absolutely critical question. What is white supremacy? It’s more than a term used to describe the behavior of white supremacist organizations. White supremacy can also be traced throughout the history of many systems, institutions, laws, and practices that have normalized the protection and empowerment of white elites above all others.
   
• TedxTalks
  Educate on Racism and Actions to eliminate it.

Social Media

Feedback

News

Racial Equity Task Force among Wright State initiatives to make anti-racism and inclusion a university priority

A grassroots coalition of students, faculty, staff and alumni is working on an initiative to confront racism and make anti-racist work a priority for the entire university community.

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Events

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