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Racism in America: The History We Didn’t Learn in School (G222)

G – History

We explore our country’s racial history beginning with the first arrival of kidnapped Africans in 1619 through the present day. Class focuses on the early years, slavery by another name, public policy, the Civil Rights Movement, mass incarceration, the war on drugs and voter suppression—then and now. Finally, we address where we go from here and what actions can we take to address the profound inequities that persist.

This offering meets for a total of 6 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Suzanne Linderman

LINDERMAN, SUZANNE — B.A., political science, Mount Holyoke College. Retired from DuPont and Sterling Diagnostic Imaging. Co-founder of Westminster Peace & Justice Work Group. Active in many diversity action groups. Current events and recent police shootings of unarmed black men galvanized her to learn how we got to this point. (G222)

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