Her research areas include the sociology of children and youth, social stratification, the production of racial inequality, quantitative methods, and the sociology of education. Her talk will examine how discourses of “diversity” and “intersectionality” can undermine efforts to address racism, protect white privilege, and marginalize people of color. Drawing on an ethnographic account, Dr. Freeman will show how despite the anti-racist intentions of staff, students, and faculty at a liberal arts college, some community members put forward intersectional arguments and called for “diversity” in ways that re-centered whiteness and situated discussions about race as exclusionary dialogues that victimized white subjects. Dr. Freeman teaches courses on race and education, kids and contention, critical race theory, and social inequality, among others.