This study aims to understand how Black educational leaders experienced colorism and how they perceive colorism affects Black students today. A lot of research has been conducted on colorism in the greater social system, but little has been done in the context of education. The …
This dissertation examines the Osu caste system in Igboland, which maintains that some people were consecrated to the deities in Igbo antiquity. Those consecrated were disinherited by and excluded from the larger society. Because of this consecration, their descendants are still…
The following work undertakes a project which has been within the scope of recent studies in race and racism, especially at a level which seeks to understand the impact of racial dynamics beyond the scope of the US. That is, in this essay I hope to return to the question of raci…
During the late 1990s, the Northern Bhutanese enacted policies marginalizing Bhutanese of Nepali Descent. Thousands of Bhutanese refugees were forcibly displaced to Nepal and established refugee camps where they lived for decades. While in the camps, refugees encountered traumat…