The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit Higher Education

Description: Reverend Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., former Superior General of the Society of Jesus, speaks on faith and justice as key aspects of a Jesuit education.

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The Drum Major Instinct

Description: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speaks on the “Drum Major Instinct,”or the desire to be important and to be recognized with distinction. He warns that this instinct can lead to exclusivism in the spheres of race and class, for example.

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Studies of Unconscious Bias Suggest Racism Not Necessarily Perpetrated by Racists

Description: Dr. Mikhail Lyubansky explores research on unconscious bias in the workplace, specifically within medical care, as a result of the prominence of negative stereotypes in our society.

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Racism is a Sickness of the Soul

Description: Bryan Massingale, Catholic priest and expert on race relations in the United States, asks whether Ignatian Spirituality can help mend bonds broken by racism and hate.

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Is Racism Fueling the Immigration Debate?

Description: Massimo Calabresi of TIME explores the idea that racist propaganda, rhetoric, and misconceptions have been driving the immigration conversation in recent times.

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Populorum Progressio (On the Progress of Peoples)

Description: Pope Paul VI shares a concern on behalf of the Church about the wellbeing and progress of people of the world, specifically concerning poverty and oppression.

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On Racism and White Privilege

Description: In an excerpt from her book, White Anti-Racist Activism: A Personal Roadmap, Jennifer R. Holladay explains what white privilege is and how it plays out in life and society.

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Meeting the Victim, Loving the Poor

Description: In America Magazine, James Martin, S.J. shares the reflection of Dean Brackley, S.J. on the importance and power in the experience of seeing the humanity in those who suffer, specifically in El Salvador, in his experience.

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Immigration: Is Exclusion Just?

Description: Manuel Velasquez of Santa Clara University claims in Issues in Ethics that there exist no moral grounds under which exclusion of migrants can be justified, since borders between countries are arbitrary. He argues, therefore, that immigration policies must be crafted with human rights and needs at the forefront, instead of racism and oppression, which has become common.

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Illegal Immigration Is Less Than a Century Old

Description: Kevin Jennings, in his Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times, challenges anti-immigration rhetoric with the historical fact that “legal” immigration and citizenship requirements didn’t exist as concepts in the United States until 1924.

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