Washington University’s 162nd Commencement is 9 a.m. Monday, May 15, on Francis Olympic Field. The university will award degrees to approximately 3,500 members of the Class of 2023, and Sterling K. Brown, a St. Louis native and an award-winning actor and producer, will deliver the Commencement address.
Experts: Anti-Asian Racism Is Snarled up With Misogyny
Anti-Asian racism has a long history in the united states and often intertwines with misogyny, experts explain.
By Sara Savat-WUSTL
On March 16, a man went on a shooting rampage at three Atlanta spas, killing eight people, including six Asian women. The killings have sparked outrage and fear in the Asian American community, but the suspect has denied that the killings were racially motivated.
The suspect’s claims and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office’s subsequent claims have set off a debate about anti-Asian racism in America.
Too often, people default to a “color-blind” lens that is quick to dismiss the centrality of racism and white supremacy when it comes to understanding horrific acts of violence, according to Ariela Schachter, assistant professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Welcome back to Class Acts, a celebration of the Class of 2021. Last week, we recognized The Makers. This week, we spotlight advocates Leah Wren Hardgrove, Logan Phillips and Alexis Tinoco, three seniors working to make a difference.
Leah Hardgrove, a member of the track and field team, will work at Google to make products more accessible for people with disabilities. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)
Leah Wren Hardgrove came to Washington University in St. Louis with the desire to make the world a more accessible and inclusive place for people with disabilities.
Born legally blind, Hardgrove grew up understanding that society was not built for her.
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Pandemic Pushed Many Moms Out of the Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting upheaval in public education has undermined decades of feminist gains in the united states workforce, research finds.
The research, forthcoming in
Gender & Society, draws on new data from the Elementary School Operating Status (ESOS) database to show that the gender gap between mothers and fathers in the labor force has grown significantly since the onset of the pandemic in states where schools primarily offered remote instruction.