Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity

At the opening and closing of each academic year the Anti-Racist Task Force facilitates a slow walk meditation to embody the journey we take as a community. The slow walk is a way of charting our course, practicing patience, and connecting as a community. This year our slow walk meditations will be help on September 17th and May 13th at 5:30pm. On September 17th participants will meet at Mead Chapel and move towards Old Chapel. On May 13th participants will meet at Old Chapel and move towards Mead Chapel. All are welcome. Rain or shine.

Story Circles are sponsored by Middlebury’s Anti-Racist Task Force. Story Circles are facilitated by Christal Brown, Anti-Racist Task Force Director and Alexander Twilight Artist in Residence. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the story circles to listen and share. As Middlebury College builds an authentic community that functions on the principles of anti-racism, it is important to acknowledge our collective history as well as our personal stories. Stories are limited to 3 minutes and offered in generosity. No advanced preparation is necessary.

Story Circles are sponsored by Middlebury’s Anti-Racist Task Force. Story Circles are facilitated by Christal Brown, Anti-Racist Task Force Director and Alexander Twilight Artist in Residence. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the story circles to listen and share. As Middlebury College builds an authentic community that functions on the principles of anti-racism, it is important to acknowledge our collective history as well as our personal stories. Stories are limited to 3 minutes and offered in generosity. No advanced preparation is necessary.

Story Circles are sponsored by Middlebury’s Anti-Racist Task Force. Story Circles are facilitated by Christal Brown, Anti-Racist Task Force Director and Alexander Twilight Artist in Residence. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the story circles to listen and share. As Middlebury College builds an authentic community that functions on the principles of anti-racism, it is important to acknowledge our collective history as well as our personal stories. Stories are limited to 3 minutes and offered in generosity. No advanced preparation is necessary.

Story Circles are sponsored by Middlebury’s Anti-Racist Task Force. Story Circles are facilitated by Christal Brown, Anti-Racist Task Force Director and Alexander Twilight Artist in Residence. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the story circles to listen and share. As Middlebury College builds an authentic community that functions on the principles of anti-racism, it is important to acknowledge our collective history as well as our personal stories. Stories are limited to 3 minutes and offered in generosity. No advanced preparation is necessary.

Asian Americans, the fastest growing immigrant group in the US, are increasingly voting for Democrats. High rates of Democratic support are notable among Asian Americans because many have high incomes, immigrated from communist countries, or are Evangelical Christians. Why do Asian Americans vote for Democrats despite these conservative predispositions?

Muslims in the United States have become one of the most politically salient minority groups since the advent of 9/11, yet we have a limited understanding of what motivates their political engagement. Current political participation does not offer a comprehensive understanding of what motivates the community-based political behavior of Muslims. I introduce ummah consciousness as a construct to identify what motivates the political engagement of Muslims in the U.S.

Many worry that uncivil discourse can undermine democratic processes. Yet, what exactly does it mean for discourse to be uncivil? In an experiment on white Americans, I randomly vary several features of uncivil discourse to see which features more strongly trigger people’s perceptions of incivility. I find that white Americans’ perceptions of incivility are extremely subject to societal and personal biases.

Public opinion on immigrants and immigration varies wildly and support for these vulnerable populations is subject to ideas of deservingness and threat. These ideas, I argue, are filtered through racial identities that are heightened when individuals believe terrorist threats may be possible in their immediate areas. These racial identities are complex and change the ideas of who is dangerous or worthy of support for entry to the United States.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Program on Anti-Racist Theory and Action around the Globe presents Robin D.G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor of History and African American Studies at UCLA and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History, speaking about “Black Spring, White Winter: Reflections on the Long History of the Black Radical Tradition in a Fascist World.”