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- Title
This Ain't No Ordinary Chaplain: A conversation with Chaplain Michael A. Polite about activism, America, and his advocacy of the #ItIsTimeAU uprising at Andrews University.
- Authors
Douglas, Ty-Ron M. O.; Pinto, Ransford; Arnold, Noelle Witherspoon; Willis, Evan
- Abstract
An interview is provided with the educator, Andrews University (AU) chaplain and activist leader Michael A. Polite. When asked about a race-related controversy at AU, he comments on organizing African American students to counter the AU administration's apology for a speaker who highlighted AU's racist history. He comments on organizing a social media protest against the AU administration. When asked about institutional racism, he comments on his church's roll in combating this.
- Subjects
UNITED States; POLITE, Michael A.; RACISM in higher education; SOCIAL media &; politics; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; AFRICAN American college students; STUDENT political activity; PUBLIC demonstrations; CHURCH &; politics; INSTITUTIONAL racism; HISTORY of universities &; colleges
- Publication
Journal of Negro Education, 2017, Vol 86, Issue 3, p392
- ISSN
0022-2984
- Publication type
Interview