Jorge Rivas

john powell: Is Opportunity Deeply Racialized?

Tides recently hosted Momentum, a convening “to bring together innovative thinkers and dedicated activists to challenge, inspire, and energize each other.” In the clip above john powell maps out opportunity and explains how the opportunity structure is racialized.

john powell is a professor at Ohio State University and a recognized authority in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, and issues relating to race, ethnicity, poverty and the law. He is the Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University.

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