Race

Despite the difficulties that African American and Latino entrepreneurs face, there are ways that businesses and policymakers can lower the barriers.

The Symposium explores individual, cultural, institutional and structural causes of racial problems, looking towards new and viable solutions. In 2016 the Symposium examined the ways that shifting demographics are likely to affect two key areas: universities and housing. 

This glossary ranks the words in order of importance to an overall understanding of the dismantling of structural racism.

At the recent State of Race in America Symposium, Mayor of Baltimore Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, and others talk serious race issues.

In his book "The Black Presidency," Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have shaped Barack Obama’s identity and groundbreaking presidency. How has President Obama dealt publicly with race, and what can we learn from his approach to racial conflict and the black criticism it provokes?