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The NCHC Diversity & Inclusion Committee launches a semi-annual roundtable discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion within honors education. All are invited to bring their insights and questions to the table. 

Critical Race Theory and the Black Lives Matter movement continue to dominate the headlines, yet potentially vital conversations are being reduced to misleading sound bites. How can an Honors course or experience help steer students toward constructive dialogue within the admittedly difficult American zeitgeist? Conflicts can easily be seen between academic work that foregrounds structural forms of discrimination and current proposals by at least 26 state governments to restrict how racism and sexism are taught in classrooms (Education Week, June 11, 2021). The workshop will consider the oversimplification of historical controversies that is commonplace in popular culture and even in traditional academic curriculums. Additionally, we will discuss the vexing question of how to teach sensitive and controversial issues in a divided country. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, for example, is rarely presented in the context of political realities and the Union’s military strategy. A second example is that there is no designated location in many curricula where current events are discussed, including issues involving minoritized identities. In your experience, what is missing in the current conversation about CRT and BLM? What needs improvement? Ideas for facilitating classroom dialogue will be both presented and solicited as part of the workshop.

• References:

  “Map: Where Critical Race Theory Is Under Attack.” Education Week, 11 June 2021. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/map-where-critical-race-theory-is-under-attack/2021/06

Facilitators

David Jones | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Alan Oda | Azusa Pacific University

Naomi Yavneh Klos | Loyola University New Orleans