Racial Justice in America

UC Berkeley’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs is seeking to make sense of American racism through a new “Racial Justice in America” series. Stories will probe some of the world’s best minds in fields of study including social welfare, public health, education, history and law.

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Opinion

Does recognizing Juneteenth come at a cost?

UC Berkeley fellow Bayo Akomolafe discusses how seeking justice and acknowledgement can reinforce racist structures of power

Students, staff and faculty celebrate the 50th anniversary of UC Berkeley's Asian American and Asian Diasporas Studies department.

Campus & community

DEI programs are tools for student development, not political fodder

Doaa Dorgham with Berkeley students from the SSWANA Initiative

Campus & community

How using ‘love as resistance’ can bring collective liberation

Oliver Jones

Campus & community

As new Latinx studies programs stall nationwide, Berkeley offers an answer

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‘Be the Change’: Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer

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‘Be the Change’: Nazune Menka on creating the course, Decolonizing UC Berkeley

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‘Be the Change’: Khiara M. Bridges on claiming her voice as a prominent Black woman

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‘Be the Change’: A podcast that aims ‘to remove the mystery of making change’

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Berkeley Talks: Women of the Black Panther Party

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Ty-Ron Douglas: Bridging the academic and athletic worlds

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Grad student Caleb Dawson: Do the things you love, in a community that loves you

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powell: Does diversity matter? In Tyre Nichols’ case, it didn’t

RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, a man beaten by Memphis police who died on Jan. 25, 2023, is surrounded by people holding candles in the dark. She is wearing warm clothes.

Herd: Pain from police killings is never-ending trauma for Black communities

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Tyre Nichols’ killing by police — why is this still happening?

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To watch or not to watch? Berkeley expert’s tips on viewing graphic video

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Student Danny Thongsy: We can look within ourselves to find strength and persevere

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