The Historical Roots of Structural Racism

The Historical Roots of Structural Racism

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Oct 12, 2021 2:30 PM -
Oct 12, 2021 4:30 PM

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What is structural or systemic racism? Do you recognize it when you see it or experience it? Join us for a data-driven, deep-dive on this topic, where we will address:

  1. What is structural racism?
  2. How do we know it exists today?
  3. Does historical discrimination impact the present?
  4. What are the continuing effects on wealth, healthcare, housing and education?
  5. When does individual bias come into play?

This presentation will explain the concept of structural racism, as well as demonstrate the roots of historical discrimination within housing (e.g. FHA/VA mortgage discrimination, redlining, exclusionary zoning) and education (e.g. the G.I. Bill, school funding disparities). We will also illustrate how contemporary structural racism manifests in wealth accumulation, housing geography, education, HIV/AIDS transmission, employment, and education (K-12 and college admissions). Attendees will leave this 2-hour workshop with a better understanding of how structural racism works, the lasting impacts of historical discrimination, and individual biases and opportunity hoarding contribution to present disparities.

Presenter:

Ayo Magwood
Educational Consultant and Founder of Uprooting Inequity, LLC

Ayo Magwood (Uprooting Inequity LLC) is an educational consultant specializing in in-depth, evidence-based education on historical and structural racism for both adults and students. These presentations include primary and secondary historical evidence, data, quantitative maps, research studies and original diagrams/images, and each session represents 300-400 hours of research, synthesis, and graphic design work (teaser slide deck). She prides herself on being able to break down grad-school-level social science research, data, and abstract concepts into engaging, easily comprehensible narrative and visuals.

Aside from teaching this content, Ayo also trains educators on how to teach about historical and structural racism (pedagogy). She is writing a book on her “ProEquity Framework” (teaser slide deck; blog post overview), an evidence-based K-12 instructional approach that prepares students to work together across differences in ideology and privilege to analyze the root causes of societal challenges and develop equitable policy solutions that promote the common good.

Ayo has over 10 years of classroom experience in both majority low-income Black/Latino charter schools and majority high-income White private schools. She has a B.A. in economics and international relations from Brown University and a M.Sc. in applied economics from Cornell University. Ayo is the author of the book chapter “Why ‘Elite’ Independent Schools Can’t Retain Black and Brown Faculty” in K. Swalwell & D. Spikes (Eds.) Anti-Oppressive Education in “Elite” Schools: Promising Practices and Cautionary Tales, October 8, 2021 (available for pre-order), and co-author of the article “Using Conceptual Tensions and Supreme Court Cases to Increase Critical Thinking in Government and Civics Classrooms”, in Social Education Vol. 77 No. 4, Sep 2013.