Mincing words: Diversity and inclusion

In the late 1960s, in the wake of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in this country, Black/African-American studies departments began to spring up at institutions — mostly the major research institutions — across the country in response to student activism on campus. By the 1990s and early 2000s, higher ed finally began to recognize that race in this country was non-binary — the country is not only black and white — and offices of Diversity and Inclusion began sprouting up on campuses nationwide. More...