Racism in America ep.1

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As calls to address institutionalized and systemic racism reverberate across the country, the College of Arts & Sciences is launching a year-long webinar series exploring racism in America. The series will feature Cornell faculty whose research examines how racism is embedded in our criminal justice system, healthcare industry, educational institutions, electoral politics, economy, and government policies. Panelists will address solutions and research-based best practices for combating the continuing presence of institutional racism and ameliorating the harm it does to all Americans.

Moderated by New York Times National Editor Marc Lacey, the first session of this series will convene six faculty experts to address how racism came to be so entrenched in policing and incarceration in the United States and why efforts aimed at reforming our criminal justice system so often fail. The panel will discuss why understanding racism matters, what activists really mean when they call for abolishing prisons and defunding the police, and possible ways for our country to move forward.