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When academic teams disagree about centering racial analysis in research

My department hired me partly for my expertise on racial equity but when I try to integrate that lens into our research methodology, my colleagues keep treating it like optional add-on rather than something that might change how we approach the whole project. I'm realizing we have fundamentally different ideas about what rigorous scholarship looks like.

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Collaborators discover that addressing structural racism requires methodological shifts that challenge existing professional norms and comfort zones.

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“Where Are You with Systemic racism — structure and experience?”

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