Intersections 2022

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  • January - March - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
    • 01.05.22 - VA Legislative Update facilitated by Doug Broome
    • 01.12.22 - Finalize 2022 Topic Schedule / Volunteer facilitators facilitated by Keith W. McIntosh
    • 01.19.22 - Diversity (what is it, what is it not, why is it important) facilitated by Keith W. McIntosh
    • 01.26.22 - Equity (what is it, what is it not, why is it important) facilitated by Keith W. McIntosh
    • 02.02.22 - Inclusion (what is it, what is it not, why is it important) facilitated by Keith W. McIntosh
    • 02.23.22 - Belonging (what is it, what is it not, why is it important) facilitated by Dr. Betty Neal Crutcher and Jo Ann Deck
    • 03.02.22 - Anti-Diversity - The Movement and Criticisms facilitated by Keith W. McIntosh

     

  • March - Women’s History Month
    • 03.16.22 - Challenges - Women’s History Month facilitated by Rachel Koch
    • 03.23.22 - Support / Allyship - Women’s History Month facilitaed by Rachel Koch
    • 03.30.22 - Women Leadership Panel - Women’s History Month facilitated by Lori Schuyler, Jamelle Wilson, Sandra Peart,  Jane Berry
  • April - Interracial Dating, Marriage, and Biracial Children
    • 04.06.22 - Loving v Virginia facilitated by Keith W. McIntosh and Sherry Ceperich
    • 04.13.22 - Interracial dating / marriage facilitated by Keith W. McIntosh and Karen Masterson
    • 04.20.22 - Biracial Children facilitated by Karen Masterson
  • May - Hate Crime and the Great Replacement Theory
    • 05.18.22 - Buffalo NY Supermarket Attack facilitated by Keith McIntosh
    • 05.25.22 - The Great Replacement facilitated by Keith McIntosh
  • June - LGBT Pride Month
    • 06.01.22 - History facilitated by L. Francis Brown
    • 06.08.22 - Gender identity / ambiguity - facilitated by L. Francis Brown
    • 06.15.22 - Pronouns facilitated by Melody Wilson
    • 06.22.22 - Harassment / Hate Crimes facilitated by L. Francis Brown
    • 06.29.22 - Allyship / Advocacy facilitated by L. Francis Brown
  • July - The ReUnited States (film)
  • July - August - Antifa; Deaf Culture
    • 07.27.22 - Antifa, Part 1 facilitated by Kevin Creamer
    • 08.03.22 - Antifa, Part 2 facilitated by Erika Stanley
    • 08.17.22 - Deaf Culture facilitated by Sasha Hollister
  • September - December - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent (book)

    Amy Howard

    • The Man in the Crowd     xv
    • Chapter One: The Afterlife of Pathogens      3
    • The Vitals of History     13
    • Chapter Two: An Old House and an Infrared Light     15
    • Chapter Three: An American Untouchable     21
    • An Invisible Program     33

    Keith W. McIntosh

    • Chapter Four: A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America     39
    • Chapter Five: “The Container We Have Built for You”     54
    • Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity     62

    Charley King

    • Chapter Seven: Through the Fog of Delhi to the Parallels in India and America     73
    • Chapter Eight: The Nazis and the Acceleration of Caste     78
    • Chapter Nine: The Evil of Silence     89

    Cynthia Price

    • The Foundations of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents    99
    • Pillar Number One: Divine Will and the Laws of Nature     101
    • Pillar Number Two: Heritability     105
    • Pillar Number Three: Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating     109
    • Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution     115

    Melanie Jenkins

    • Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill     131
    • Pillar Number Six: Dehumanization and Stigma     141
    • Pillar Number Seven: Terror as Enforcement, Cruelty as a Means of Control     151
    • Pillar Number Eight: Inherent Superiority versus Inherent Inferiority     159

    Kim Edwards

    • Brown Eyes versus Blue Eyes     167
    • Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting     171
    • Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung     178
    • Chapter Twelve: A Scapegoat to Bear the Sins of the World     190

    Cassandra Taylor-Anderson

    • Chapter Thirteen: The Insecure Alpha and the Purpose of an Underdog     202
    • Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life     208

    Mary Churchill

    • Chapter Sixteen: Last Place Anxiety: Packed in a Flooding Basement     238
    • Chapter Seventeen: On the Early Front Lines of Caste     245
    • Chapter Eighteen: Satchel Paige and the Illogic of Caste     257

    Meg Bianco

    • Chapter Nineteen: The Euphoria of Hate     263
    • Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste     268
    • Chapter Twenty-One: The German Girl with the Dark, Wavy Hair     279

    Melody Wilson

    • Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Caste     282
    • Chapter Twenty-Three: Shock Troops on the Borders of Hierarchy     292
    • Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste     302

    Keith W. McIntosh

    • Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script     311
    • Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste     322

    Robin Mundle

    • Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste     333
    • Chapter Twenty-Eight: Democracy on the Ballot     350
    • Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Price We Pay for a Caste System     353

    Keith W. McIntosh

    • Chapter Thirty: Shedding the Sacred Thread     361
    • The Radicalization of the Dominant Caste     365
    • Chapter Thirty-One: The Heart Is the Last Frontier     370
    • Epilogue: A World Without Caste     377