In light of recent court cases, Akua Sarr discussed the role whiteness plays in racism in the United States, asking students to consider their relationship with whiteness in their personal lives and the media.

The Boston College Office of the Provost kicked off the spring semester’s Courageous Conversations series in collaboration with BC’s Forum on Racial Justice on Feb. 17 with a discussion on Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric.