Silence on South Alabama racism, voter suppression bills makes me wonder: What have we learned?
Updated 7:30 AM;
Today 7:30 AM
Numerous people gathered on March 5 for a protest at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. The protest was due to the resurfacing of pictures of current faculty wearing and holding insensitive racial symbols .
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Shhhh.
I’m trying to hear something. I’m
straining to hear something anything from the University of South Alabama administration in response to calls for them to denounce racism and take other actions in the wake of learning last month that three professors did something incredibly racist in 2014.
By: Pollstar Staff
In honor of Women’s History Month, Pollstar
is spotlighting seminal live performances by women every weekday
throughout March. Similar to the philosophy behind Pollstar’
s February series –
– we aim to feature a variety of artists from
different time periods and music genres to help put into perspective the vast range of amazing live performances by women who over the years have greatly enriched our
lives and culture. We are only too aware that we can only hope to scratch the
surface of so many brilliant performances by so many incredibly talented women, be it jazz,
soul, R&B, punk, hip-hop, classical, blues, rock, country and far more.
USA faculty, graduates want university to denounce racism after Halloween photo controversy
Updated 1:22 PM;
Today 1:22 PM
Numerous people gathered on March 5 for a protest at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. The protest was due to the resurfacing of pictures of current faculty wearing and holding insensitive racial symbols .
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Two groups at the University of South Alabama recently released open letters to members of the administration, including President Tony Waldrop and the Board of Trustees, regarding March’s Halloween photo controversy.
Nearly 275 faculty of color at USA signed an open letter calling for the university to put out a statement saying that the university is anti-racist, institute term appointments for department chairs and college deans and more.
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