Racial Equity

Ibram X. Kendi says to be able to recognize racism we need to define it and then understand it’s opposite: antiracism.

Author and historian Ibram X. Kendi says there is no such thing as a racist bone, even metaphorically.

Panel 1: Bias – Challenging Overt and Unconscious Prejudice This panel will examine bias in the public space and its influence on politic

Valerie Jarrett gets personal and offers real stories behind some of the most stirring moments of the Obama presidency.

Writers Wajahat Ali and Jelani Cobb talk about race, white nationalism, at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June.

Tom Brokaw is just the latest media personality ignorant of the breadth of Latino contributions.

"My beliefs and my hunger for change have great potential to ultimately ignite change in society."

The Aspen Institute Symposium on the State of Race in America explores individual, cultural, institutional and structural causes of racial problems, looking towards new and viable solutions.

AspenX brought together students from every corner of Chicago, breaking down siloes across age, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and more. Together, these students learned about and discussed race through an intersectional lens and began to develop their ideas on how to create a more equitable future.