Race and Racism

The Dibble Institute is pleased to present an introductory webinar by Rev. Dr. Bryant T. Marks Sr. of the National Training Institute on Race and Equity , which will provide foundational information on implicit bias. It will focus at the individual level and discuss how implicit bias affects everyone. Strategies to reduce or manage implicit bias will be discussed. Broadly speaking, group-based bias involves varying degrees of stereotyping (exaggerated beliefs about others), prejudice...

Truth commissions have become a common means through which societies address histories of violence and repression. Some have suggested that they could be useful in promoting racial reconciliation in the United States. Usually, truth commissions are established during transitions to peace and/or democracy, such as 1990s South Africa. Increasingly, though, truth commissions are being established years after transitions. This talk will offer a critical perspective on what such a body might...

A Dr. Phil episode featuring a North Little Rock police officer is set to air next week. Officer Tommy Norman wrote on social media that the show, in which a panel of experts examined the topics of white privilege and microaggression, will air Thursday. Norman flew to Los Angeles last month to film, t he Arkansas Democrat-Gazette previously reported. He was included in the show because of his work in the central Arkansas community, he said, adding that he was there representing his Mission...