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Interview with Dr. Kenneth Kolb, sociology professor and author of ‘Retail Inequality’

[caption id="attachment_52348" align="alignright" width="200"] Kolb's book was released in December 2021.[/caption] Ken Kolb, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Furman University, goes on record about the country's "exclusionary" food economy in an...

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Furman professor’s book debates ‘food desert’ concept in Greenville and beyond

[caption id="attachment_52348" align="alignright" width="200"] Kolb's book is published by University of California Press.[/caption] In his new book, "Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate," Ken Kolb seeks to upend long-held beliefs about the availability of...

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The problem with ‘allyship’

[caption id="attachment_50235" align="alignright" width="300"] Evan Meyers '21[/caption] In an article he penned for National Review, Furman University senior Evan Meyers makes an argument against "allyship" and the "Black friends" approach as models for interracial relations,...

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Studying the health implications of racist tweets

Can the way people talk about race online impact health? Furman’s Shaniece Criss wants to know. An assistant professor of health sciences, Criss is part of a national research collaborative, called Big Data for Health...

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I, too, am a Southerner!

In the wake of protests and conversations over Confederate monuments, Teresa Cosby, a Furman University politics and international affairs professor, pens a column for the Greensboro News & Record. A child during the time of...

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Furman responds to Black alumni petition

In the aftermath of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other Black Americans, people of color who are members of the Furman family have shared horrific and painful stories about explicit...

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The harsh reality of racism

"Racism has become so inherent in our system that it has become normalized," Qwameek Bethea '21, president of Furman's chapter of the NAACP, wrote in an op-ed published online June 28 by The Greenville News....

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Fight to combat racism is far from over

Editor’s Note: We regret the use of the phrase “companion piece” in an earlier version of this story. We regularly post on our website and in social media commentary or media mentions of Furman faculty,...

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Furman has a role in addressing racism

Editor’s Note: We regret the use of the phrase “companion piece” in an earlier version of this story. We regularly post on our website and in social media commentary or media mentions of Furman faculty,...

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Unfounded fear helps fuel police violence

[caption id="attachment_45680" align="alignright" width="400"] Brittany Arsiniega[/caption] As Congress and local governments across the United States consider police reform, one important question is why police use excessive force, even after scores of protests across the country...

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