Racism | Susan Bodnar PhD

Thanksgiving=Diversity Squared

November 25, 2013 by Susan Bodnar

On Thanksgiving do we recognize collaboration between diverse peoples or do we inadvertently celebrate the return of Pilgrims from a successful massacre of over 700 Native Americans? Without a unifying narrative to give shape to our national values, most people will shop instead. Diversity has become an exponential issue generating more anxiety than solutions – […]

Filed Under: diversity studies, politics, race Tagged With: bias in America, black white relations, class anxiety, class identity, class in America, cultural identity, discrimination, diversity, gender, race, race relations, racism, social class in white america, Thanksgiving prayer

Thoughts about Trayvon Martin

May 24, 2012 by Susan Bodnar

I wrote about Trayvon Martin for CNN’s InAmerica blog.

Filed Under: politics, race Tagged With: Florida, George Zimmerman arrest, new evidence Trayvon Martin, race, racial profiling, racism, Sanford, Trayvon Martin

The Forbidden Racist

November 17, 2009 by Susan Bodnar

Most of us were schooled in diversity and acceptance. A racist, therefore, was generally a forbidden character who shows up in someone else’s state. Among close friends and colleagues, color differences evince nothing more than variety. From a distance, however, any of us might easily disregard a color spectrum’s nuances in favor of a facile […]

Filed Under: ethics, politics, race Tagged With: black white relations, racism