Trauma-Insensitive Schools: How Education Produces Our Racists

(Hour 2) The Politics of Black America

This is hour two of Denise’s 2-hour appearance on Afternoons with Egonmwan & Buchanan. This is a cross posted debate with questions from the listeners.

The Politics of Black America: Lean into Americanness (Hour 1)

This episode is a cross posting of the first hour of Denise’s two-hour appearance on Afternoons w/ Egonmwan & Buchanan on WVON 1690 in Chicago.

Immigration’s Impact on Freed Slaves 1865-1980 (Session One of a Twitter Conversation w/ Roy Beck)

Roy Beck is author of "Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-Year History of Immigration Surges, Employer Bias, and Depression of Black Wealth." This is session one (limited to 6 hours) of two interactive Twitter conversations totaling 13 hours of combined airtime. This session focused on the impact immigration had on freed slaves and their descendants during the time period of 1865-1980. For context, there are Freedmen living today who are the children of people born into slavery. Freedmen, the descendants of slaves, comprise approximately 80% of the Black population in the United States. This episode includes candid comments, passionate yet civil discussion, raw reactions to the data, and occasional profanity in dialogue. Connect with the author, Roy Beck, at www.backofthehiringline.com or @RoyBeck_NUSA on Twitter. Follow the host, Pamela Denise Long, on Twitter @PDeniseLong.

"Repair Black America to Fix America" : Freedman Gregg "Marcel" Dixon Candidate for US Congressional District 6 - South Carolina

Freedman Gregg "Marcel" Dixon, Candidate for US Congressional District 6, joins Denise Long for the Dec 2021 episode of The Social Contagion. Marcel, a native South Carolinian, educator, and member of the Gullah-Geechee community, discusses his Freedman background, his Reparations platform and his focus on education, public safety, and how all Americans benefit from repairing Freedmen (descendants of slaves). To learn more about his platform priorities and his Congressional campaign, visit www.marcelforcongress.com.

Trauma-Insensitive Schools: How Education Produces Our Racists

In this episode, Denise discusses trauma-informed care, racial equity, how failures in educational leadership enable racist incidents, as well as concrete steps educational leaders can take to improve their cross-cultural competence to lead anti-racist schools.