Dawn Staley’s influence at South Carolina is rapidly expanding

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Several faculty members from the University of South Carolina College of Social Work signed a statement, posted on the school's website, "in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, and the Black community who persevere through the reality of oppression on a daily basis…"

“As part of our pledge of solidarity, we recognize white privilege and silence contributes to the horrific racial inequities and we commit to fostering growth of our critical consciousness so that we cease to be complicit in the persecution of the Black community," the statement continues. "In our view, the indifference of color-blindness is ineffective in supporting anti-racism and ameliorating white supremacy. Education must stand as an institution of anti-racist action, grounded in the recognition that no one is free and equal until the violence and discrimination perpetrated on the Black community is dismantled."

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