Welcome to RAGE
Podcast of the University of Denver’s Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (In)Equality or IRISE for short. “I am the show’s host’s Tom Romero, and I’m a Professor of Law & History here at DU as well as IRISE’s Director.
RAGE explores the risks and rewards of being a critical race scholar in higher education. The past couple of years have sparked an unprecedented conversation about racial and connected forms of social inequality. In an era of Black Lives, Dreamers, the Flint Water Crisis, Standing Rock and vigorous backlash against these movements, everyone is talking about rage in brand new ways. Critical scholarship and public engagement by race scholars in op-eds, blogs, and essays have often been front and center in these formulations.
Yet, in higher education we have either taken for granted or ignored altogether the emotional, professional, and even physical risks to which race scholars are subjected. Though race scholars have long made enormous contributions to understanding systemic and institutionalized forms of inequality, their work has been marginalized, sometimes silenced, and often ignored. The consequence has been long-simmering collective disillusionment about the campuses and institutions of which we are a part, while the rage of others against race scholars is legitimized and made policy and practice.
For this episode, I’m here to talk about such issues with Dr. Melina Abdullah, Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. Abdullah is a recognized expert on race, gender, class, and social movements and author of numerous articles and book chapters, with subjects ranging from political coalition building to womanist mothering.
S6E11 - The R.A.G.E. Podcast Rewind: The IRISE 10th Anniversary Episode
S6E10 - Learning to be Human: Centering Spiritual Healing, Humanizing Practices, & the Dignity of Student within Education
S6E9 - Healing is Inevitable: The Power of Community, Creating our own Planets, and Radical Resistance in Academia
S6E8 - Humanizing Education: A Dialogue about Decolonizing Knowledge, Storytelling, and Centering our Treasures in School
S6E7 - Coping Collectively: A Conversation about Grief, Racial Trauma, and the Death of Worldviews
S6E6 - Research Practicum: Learning while Unlearning in Africa
S6E5 - ”They tried to bury us; They didn’t know we were seeds.”: The Revolution in Iran, Storytelling, and the Importance of International Solidarity
S6E4 - Demons of Denver: Books, Public Education, & Haunted Local History
S6E3 - Water is Life: The Fight to Provide Clean Water Access to All
S6E2 - Linguistics, Belonging, and Advocacy: A Dialogue with Dr. Marinka Swift
S6E1 - Welcome Back to The R.A.G.E: On the mic with Mic
S5E14 - The Fight Must Go On: Student Activism, Community Support, and Solidarity at DU
S5E13 - What We Want You to Know: Closing Notes from Each Legacy Interview
S5E12 - Your Voice has Power: The Impact of Student Activism at DU and the CRES Minor
S5E11 - I Don’t Feel Safe: Addressing the Threats, Retaliation, and Backlash that Student Leaders and Their Allies Receive at DU
S5E10 - We are Here: Documenting Student Activism and Capturing the Authentic Existence of BIPOC Students at DU
S5E9 - The Past Informs the Present: Addressing DU’s Colonial Roots and the Pioneer Moniker
S5E8 - Through the Love That We Grow: A Conversation on Environmental Justice, Collaboration, and Self-Care
S5E7 - ”If You Want the History of a White Man, You Go to the Library”: A Conversation on Archives at the University of Denver
S5E6 - Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA
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