Ep. 8 (The B-Side): UNC's Legacy of Anti-Black Racism | A Conversation with Dr. William Sturkey

Ep. 8 (The B-Side): UNC's Legacy of Anti-Black Racism | A Conversation with Dr. William Sturkey

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Ep. 8 (The B-Side): UNC's Legacy of Anti-Black Racism | A Conversation with Dr. William Sturkey

This month on #RaceClass, we asked: How does race matter before admissions?

To explore that question, UNC historian Dr. William Sturkey joins us to unpack UNC-Chapel Hill’s legacy of racial exclusion and anti-Black racism. Dr. Sturkey details UNC’s ongoing inability to reckon with this history. UNC presents itself as the nation’s oldest “public” university. But for roughly 70% of its existence, the university formally excluded students of color and espoused overtly white supremacist attitudes. Even today, as UNC defends affirmative action before the Supreme Court, the university continues to “sanitize” its past, neo-confederates march on its campus, and the names of self-identified white supremacists adorn some of its buildings.