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    "page_content": "<p><strong>21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge</strong></p>\r\n<p>At the start of the spring 2022 semester and during the next twenty-one (21) days, as a community, the Delaware Law School participated in the&nbsp;<strong>21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Thanks to all students, faculty and staff who participated in the challenge and encouraged others to do so!</strong>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><u>Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge Content</u></strong><strong>:</strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 1</strong>: Nikole Hannah-Jones,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><strong><em>America&nbsp;Wasn&rsquo;t a&nbsp;</em></strong><strong><em>Democracy</em></strong><strong><em>, Until Black Americans Made It One</em></strong></a><a name=\"x__Hlk93479590\" data-linkindex=\"1\"></a>,&nbsp;The New York Times (Aug. 14, 2019),&nbsp;<a href=\"https://wumail-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/jdfarris_widener_edu/EYH3QQIBZFVNvLmwETKFvTABjAkuntAM-gyR1MfenJTCgg?e=DKOh6Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">PDF access here</a></li>\r\n<li><strong>Day&nbsp;2</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://longestshortesttime.com/episode-116-how-to-not-accidentally-raise-a-racist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\"><strong><em>How to Not (Accidentally) Raise a Racist</em></strong></a>,&nbsp;Longest Shortest Time Podcast</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 3</strong>: Ta-Nehisi Coates,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\"><strong><em>The Case for Reparations</em></strong></a>,&nbsp;The Atlantic (May 21, 2014)</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 4</strong>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Danielle Cadet,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9841376/black-trauma-george-floyd-dear-white-people?fbclid=IwAR36NpuvZYaL08MXUlJRRC6IxeBFO4Bbutzr04Osu06wjQigWMVY1wGxHwI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\"><strong><em>Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They Are Okay &ndash; Chances Are They Are Not</em></strong></a>&nbsp;(May 2020)</li>\r\n<li>Katy Waldman,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-sociologist-examines-the-white-fragility-that-prevents-white-americans-from-confronting-racism?fbclid=IwAR17xhTEel9Xu-RNDGYayXE8Im3A4BgSA9hXXFRbecBKQ1A9mqAciXVfHq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\"><strong><em>A Sociologist Examines The &ldquo;White Fragility&rdquo; That Prevents White Americans From Confronting Racism</em></strong></a>,&nbsp;New Yorker (July 23, 2018)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 5</strong>: Megan Ming Francis,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCn72iXO9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\"><em><strong>Let&rsquo;s get to the root of racial injustice</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;TEDTalks (March 21, 2016)</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 6</strong>: Janice Gassam,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2020/12/29/your-unconscious-bias-trainings-keep-failing-because-youre-not-addressing-systemic-bias/#4b51df181e9d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\"><em><strong>Your Unconscious Bias Trainings Keep Failing Because You&rsquo;re Not Addressing Systemic Bias</strong></em></a>&nbsp;(Forbes, Dec. 29, 2019)</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 7</strong>:&nbsp;James McWilliams,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://psmag.com/magazine/bryan-stevenson-ps-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"9\"><em><strong>Bryan Stevenson On What Well Meaning White People Need To Know About Race: An interview with Harvard University-trained public defense lawyer Bryan Stevenson on racial trauma, segregation, and listening to marginalized voices</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;Pacific Standard<em>&nbsp;</em>(updated Feb 18, 2019)</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 8</strong>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Kristen Rogers,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/racial-microaggressions-examples-responses-wellness/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"10\"><em><strong>Dear anti-racist allies: Here&rsquo;s how to respond to microaggressions</strong></em></a><em>,&nbsp;</em>CNN</li>\r\n<li>Ali Vingiano,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alisonvingiano/21-black-harvard-students-share-their-experiences-through-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"11\"><em><strong>63 Black Harvard Students Share Their Experiences In A Powerful Photo Project</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;BuzzFeed (March 3, 2014)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 9</strong>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Jolie A. Doggett,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-hair-annoying-questions_l_5c5b3d71e4b08710475a3daf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"12\"><em><strong>4 Questions About Hair that Black Girls Are Tired of Answering</strong></em></a>, HuffPost (Feb. 14, 2020)</li>\r\n<li>Jessica Moulite,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://theglowup.theroot.com/exclusive-rep-ayanna-pressley-reveals-beautiful-bald-1841039847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"13\"><em><strong>Exclusive: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reveals Beautiful Bald Head and Discusses Alopecia for the First Time</strong></em></a>, The Root (Jan. 16, 2020)</li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"14\"><strong>Hair Love</strong></a>,&nbsp;Oscar\uf7c5-Winning Short Film (Full), Sony Pictures Animation, YouTube (Dec. 5, 2019)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 10</strong>: Chana Joffe-Walt,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thisamericanlife.org/758/talking-while-black\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"15\"><strong><em>Talking While Black</em></strong></a>, This American Life (January 7, 2022)</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 11</strong>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Karma Allen,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-homeless-families-black-government-report-finds/story?id=68433643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"16\"><em><strong>More than 50% of homeless families are black, government report finds</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;ABCNews (Jan. 22, 2020)</li>\r\n<li>Scott Winship, Richard V. Reeves, and Katherine Guyot,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-inheritance-of-black-poverty-its-all-about-the-men/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"17\"><em><strong>The Inheritance of Black Poverty: It&rsquo;s All About the Men</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;Brookings (March 22, 2018)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 12:</strong></li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>John Biewen, Seeing White (14-part series podcast, 2017), &nbsp;S2 E14:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.sceneonradio.org/episode-45-transformation-seeing-white-part-14/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"18\"><em><strong>Transformation</strong></em></a><em>&nbsp;</em>(44 minutes, 10 seconds) or,</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>if pressed for time: John Biewen,&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.sceneonradio.org/episode-32-how-race-was-made-seeing-white-part-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"19\"><strong>Seeing White</strong></a>&nbsp;(14-part series podcast, 2017),&nbsp; S2 E2: How Race Was Made</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 13</strong>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The Smithsonian&rsquo;s National Museum of African American History and Culture launched&nbsp;<a href=\"https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"20\"><strong>Talking About Race</strong></a>, an &ldquo;online portal designed to help individuals, families, and communities talk about racism, racial identity and the way these forces shape every aspect of society, from the economy and politics to the broader American culture.&rdquo;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 14</strong>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>National Conference for Community and Justice,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nccj.org/colorism-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"21\"><em><strong>Colorism</strong></em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></a></li>\r\n<li>Natasha S. Alford,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/us/puerto-rico-census-black-race.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"22\"><em><strong>Why Some Black Puerto Ricans Choose &lsquo;White&rsquo; on the Census: The island has a long history of encouraging residents to identify as white, but there are growing efforts to raise awareness about racism</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;The New York Times (Feb. 9, 2020)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 15:</strong></li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJX5jvORzQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"23\"><em><strong>Bryan Stevenson &rsquo;85, &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t recover from this history until we deal with it.&rdquo; legacy of slavery and the vision for creating the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;Harvard Law School YouTube (Jan 30, 2019)</li>\r\n<li>Hannah Giorgis,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/22/black-art-dangerous-personal-political\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"24\"><em><strong>Black Art is dangerous because it marries the personal and the political</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;The Guardian (Feb. 22, 2015)</li>\r\n<li>Reggie Ugwu,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/movies/lena-waithe-queen-and-slim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"25\"><em><strong>Lena Waithe\u02bcs Art of Protest: The&nbsp;&ldquo;Queen &amp; Slim&rdquo;&nbsp;writer on mixing art and politics, the key to collaboration and those infamous comments about Will Smith and Denzel Washington</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;The New York Times (Dec. 2, 2019)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 16</strong>: Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/class/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"26\"><strong>A Class Apart</strong></a>,&nbsp;PBS American Experience Films (February 23, 2009)</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 17</strong>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Amanda Gorman,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/opinion/amanda-gorman-poem-inauguration.html?smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"27\"><strong>Why I Almost Didn&rsquo;t Read My Poem at the Inauguration</strong></a>, NY Times (January 20, 2022);&nbsp;<a name=\"x__Hlk94193573\" data-linkindex=\"28\"></a><a href=\"https://wumail-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/jdfarris_widener_edu/EaiTTu8t4WlPiqIBmNQCiqkBEP4PFPUCYKXvs_xB3nJDRA?e=zjcCDN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"29\">PDF access here</a></li>\r\n<li><u>Perspectives in Poetry</u>:</li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Richard Wright &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/between-the-world-and-me/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"30\"><strong>Between the World and Me</strong></a></li>\r\n<li>Langston Hughes &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"31\"><strong>Harlem</strong></a></li>\r\n<li>June Jordan&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48763/1977-poem-for-mrs-fannie-lou-hamer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"32\"><strong>Poem for Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer</strong></a></li>\r\n<li>Audre Lorde &ndash;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42587/who-said-it-was-simple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"33\"><strong>Who Said it Was Simple</strong></a></li>\r\n<li>Claudia Rankine&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/56848/citizen-you-are-in-the-dark-in-the-car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"34\"><strong>You are in the dark, in the car . . .</strong></a></li>\r\n<li>Alice Walker &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://alicewalkersgarden.com/2015/09/the-world-rising-2015-by-alice-walker/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"35\"><strong>The World Rising</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><u>Perspectives on Change</u>:</li>\r\n<ul type=\"square\">\r\n<li>Nina Simone&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghhaREDM3X8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"36\"><strong>Mississippi Goddam</strong></a></li>\r\n<li>The Beatles &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"37\"><strong>Revolution #1</strong></a></li>\r\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Nina Simone &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6yyqoBmI0M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"38\"><strong>Revolutions (Pts. 1 &amp; 2&nbsp;</strong></a>)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 18</strong>&nbsp;: Peggy McIntosh,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"39\"><em><strong>Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of White Privilege</strong></em></a></li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 19</strong>: Verna&nbsp;Myers,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyvbgINZkQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"40\"><em><strong>How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;TED Talk</li>\r\n<li><strong>Day 20</strong>:</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>George&nbsp;Johnson,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/white-gay-privilege-exists-all-year-it-particularly-hurtful-during-ncna1024961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"41\"><em><strong>White gay privilege exists all year, but it is particularly hurtful during Pride</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;NBC News (June 30, 2019)</li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY3F1pIxHMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"42\"><em><strong>Laverne Cox Talks about Intersectionality at Harvard</strong></em></a>&nbsp;(March 11, 2014)</li>\r\n<li>D-L Stewart,<em>&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs67v5klQI4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"43\"><em><strong>Black Trans* Lives Matte</strong></em><em><strong>r</strong></em></a>&nbsp;(TEDxTalks) (April 22, 2019)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Day 21:</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Sam Dylan Finch,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/05/allies-say-this-instead-defensive/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"44\"><em><strong>9 Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive</strong></em></a>,&nbsp;Everyday Feminism (May 29, 2017)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>",
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