We encourage all students to engage with this work through the undergraduate courses offered by the Department of Africana Studies. As we strive together to realize the transformative potential contained within the pain of the present moment, Africana Studies is today more than ever a vital part of education for all people, not just Black people. The world stands poised to make a definitive break with the legacy of oppression, and Africana Studies stands ready to prepare a new generation to usher in that new world. Our courses examine the precise issues underpinning these inter-connected manifestations of the ways that the treatment of Black life is an indicator of the ways that inequality and oppression is structured, but they also help us understand the ways those oppressions have been challenged and dismantled. Within the School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Africana Studies has, since 1969, been devoted to close interdisciplinary analysis of black experience to support the work of social justice both nationally and internationally.
He said his contract was not renewed after he attended a speaking engagement against the wishes of the Rutgers coach.In 2020, the confluence of a devastating global health pandemic and the grotesque killings of Black civilians catalyzed a national movement and resurgent demands to protect Black life. In an interview with ESPN posted on its website on Tuesday, Pernetti denied Murdock’s claim that he was wrongfully terminated. Murdock’s lawyer, Raj Gadhok, told reporters that the university failed to renew his client’s contract after Murdock brought the video, and Rice’s errant behavior, to the attention of school officials. The video that prompted Rice’s dismissal was compiled by former NBA player Eric Murdock, who served as director of player development under Rice. Knight, known for his short temper and combative personality, was fired six months later. Rice’s antics were reminiscent of an incident in 1997 when Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight was caught on tape choking player Neil Reed in practice. The case also highlighted issues of bullying through social media and teen suicide. The episode drew national attention when the roommate, who used a computer-mounted webcam, was prosecuted under a hate crimes law. The video showing Rice’s homophobic slurs was particularly sensitive for Rutgers after the 2010 suicide of student Tyler Clementi, 18, who jumped off a bridge after learning that a roommate spied on his homosexual tryst in their dorm room. The taxpayer-supported Rutgers University paid Rice $655,000 last year, the third year of a five-year contract, according to public records. Rutgers has been playing in the Big East Conference, one of the most competitive, that includes such basketball powerhouses as the University of Connecticut, Syracuse University and Georgetown University. college sports, where big money and university reputations are at stake. college basketball teams, throws the spotlight on the pressure-cooker world of U.S. Rice’s firing, amid the popular “March Madness” tournament that determines the top U.S. The governor said the dismissal was “the right and necessary action to take in light of the conduct displayed” at New Jersey’s largest public university with 58,000 students. The video, which went viral on the Internet, prompted outrage and calls from players, fans and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the ousting of the coach, Mike Rice. Rutgers Scarlet Knights coach Mike Rice reacts during the first half of their NCAA men's basketball game against the Syracuse Orange in Piscataway, New Jersey February 19, 2012.
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