An excerpt from a recent NDSU Learning the Language of Diversity and Meaningful Inclusion seminar presented by Joo Ok Kim, assistant professor of American studies at the University of Kansas, is featured in a new article in the Kansas City Korean Journal.
The monthly publication was established in 2010 for the Korean and Korean American community in the Greater Kansas City area.
The March 24 seminar, “Attending to Racial Violence and Anti-Racism,” was sponsored by the Northern Plains Ethics Institute at NDSU and the YWCA Cass Clay. Her talk reviewed ongoing dialogues on race and racism; looked at historical and current anti-racist work converging across racial justice movements; and offered tools and methods as resources for dismantling racist structures.
“NDSU, the Northern Plains Ethics Institute and the YWCA Cass Clay are dedicated to creating thoughtful, albeit difficult, conversations about diversity and inclusion at all levels. The fact that the Kansas City Korean Journal published a large excerpt from Professor Kim’s NDSU presentation shows that we are being successful on the regional and national stages,” said Dennis Cooley, Northern Plains Ethics Institute director and professor of philosophy and ethics.
The next Learning the Language of Diversity and Meaningful Inclusion presentation at NDSU is scheduled for Monday, April 19, at noon via Zoom. Experimental sociolinguist Kelly Elizabeth Wright is set to present “Unpacking and Confronting Linguistic Racism.”
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