by Mekhi Abbott

Studies have made it clear: Black college students are more likely to observe and experience overt racism and experience microaggressions that communicate that they are intellectually inferior or don’t belong.

While those problems are complex, the University of Maryland-Baltimore County has adopted a basic but deceptively challenging way to address them with an ancient practice: people sitting in a circle, having a conversation.

“The problems and conflicts we’ve created in the modern world are complex, but the solution is actually pretty simple: we need to turn towards one another and talk,” said Jeff Cullen, director of student conduct and community standards at UMBC. “Circles have existed on the community level for thousands of years. I think we just need to get back t

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