Higher education reporter Molly Minta sat down with Alluvial Collective’s executive director Von Gordon to discuss critical race theory. Gordon explained the core definition and historical context of the theory and how its concepts have shaped his personal life. Gordon concluded by giving recommendations for further reading that will help give insights around critical race theory and encouraged all to have meaningful conversations with those around them. Read more on the legislative coverage surrounding critical race theory.

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Editor-at-large Marshall Ramsey took the stage during the conversation to complete a live drawing that referenced a Wheel of Fortune puzzle and Gordon’s thorough answers.

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WATCH: Alluvial Collective’s Von Gordon discusses critical race theory

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
March 3, 2022

<h1>WATCH: Alluvial Collective’s Von Gordon discusses critical race theory</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />March 3, 2022</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LegBreakfast-March3_1200x628-1200x629.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1024256" /></figure> <p>Higher education reporter Molly Minta sat down with <a href="https://www.winterinstitute.org/2022/02/02/growing-into-the-alluvial-collective/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alluvial Collective's</a> executive director Von Gordon to discuss critical race theory. Gordon explained the core definition and historical context of the theory and how its concepts have shaped his personal life. Gordon concluded by giving recommendations for further reading that will help give insights around critical race theory and encouraged all to have meaningful conversations with those around them. <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/critical-race-theory/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read more on the legislative coverage surrounding critical race theory.</a></p> <h4 class="has-primary-color has-text-color" id="h-watch-the-full-conversation">Watch the full conversation:</h4> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/S9EFboYI-GU </div> </figure> <p>Editor-at-large Marshall Ramsey took the stage during the conversation to complete a live drawing that referenced a Wheel of Fortune puzzle and Gordon's thorough answers. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-from-iOS-1-1200x818.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1024766" /></figure> <p><em>Stay tuned</em>: The next Mississippi in the Know: Legislative Breakfast will be March 24, 2022, featuring Corey Miller, state economist at Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, discussing Medicaid expansion.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide" /> <p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/events/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Explore more Mississippi Today events.</strong></a></p> <p>Help us plan more events and improve our government coverage by answering 10 questions.</p> <p> (function (c, i, t, y, z, e, n, x) { x = c.createElement(y), n = c.getElementsByTagName(y)[0]; x.async = 1; x.src = t; n.parentNode.insertBefore(x, n); })(document, window, "//publicinput.com/Link?embedId=14317", "script");</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2022/03/03/watch-legislative-breakfast-march-3/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MT_square-thumb.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1024748&amp;ga3=UA-75003810-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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