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DTSTART:20151023T170000Z
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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:Where are all the black folk in astronomy?\, Special Friday No
 on Talk\, Professor John Johnson \, Harvard CfA
DESCRIPTION:Decades of diversity programs in STEM have had little to n
 o impact on the racial demographics of astronomy and physics. Today\, 
 astronomy departments take an average of 30 years to graduate a Black 
 or Latino PhD student\, and the average PhD rate is 0.5 per year. The 
 astronomy professoriate is only 1% Black\, 1% Latino and 0% Native. I 
 argue that aiming at diversity is the wrong approach. In order to expl
 ore better strategies\, I will lead an interactive discussion with the
  audience\, starting with the definition of four seemingly simple word
 s. With the proper vocabulary in hand\, I will provide a brief history
  of race in America that has led to the peculiar present-day racial ma
 keup of our field.<br><br><br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3832
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