
Why the Term ‘JEDI’ Is Problematic for Describing Programs That Promote Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
They’re meant to be heroes within the Star Wars universe, but the Jedi are inappropriate symbols for justice work
W. Carson Byrd is a sociologist focused on the intersections of race and racism, higher education, and scientific and knowledge production. He is a Senior Fellow-in-Residence in the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan. He was selected as a member of the 2021 cohort of William T. Grant Advanced Quantitative and Computational Scholars for the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, and Mixed Methodologies. You can follow him on Twitter @Prof_WCByrd.
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