Author: Heidi R. Lewis

Heidi R. Lewis is director and associate professor of feminist and gender studies and inaugural coordinator of early career faculty development programs at Colorado College. Her areas of specialization are feminist theory, politics and discourse (particularly Black feminism), hip hop culture and discourse (with an emphasis on rap music), and critical media studies. Her first book, In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk in Berlin, co-edited by Dana Asbury with Jazlyn Andrews is forthcoming in Ingeborg Bachmann Prize-winner Sharon Dodua Otoo’s "Witnessed" series (Edition Assemblage).
On Banning Critical Race Theory in Schools: "The Pursuit of a More Just World" Requires Confronting Racism and Privilege

On Banning Critical Race Theory in Schools: “The Pursuit of a More Just World” Requires Confronting Racism and Privilege

Black people make up just over 13 percent of the population—but 22 percent of the fatal police shootings, 47 percent of the wrongful conviction exonerations and 35 percent of the individuals executed by the death penalty.

What kind of schools and worlds are we attempting to create if reflecting, deconstructing and confronting racism and privilege aren’t regular practices?