How can educators cause enough “peaceful discomfort” for students to acknowledge the need for change and become more accepting and inclusive?
That was one of several questions asked Wednesday of award-winning poet, playwright and Yale University professor Claudia Rankine as part of the Q&A for Gonzaga University’s virtual Race and Racism Lecture. Rankine shared insights into how she authored her award-winning “Citizen: An American Lyric” in relation to historical and present-day examples of racism and discrimination.
While Rankine doesn’t know how educators could make people change, she said she knows what they can do instead.
“I think that if we do our work as professors properly, we can leave
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