One current fellow specialties include trans feminisms and gender queer life writing. Another researches how Filipino nurses resist racial capitalism. The program owes its existence to The Mellon Foundation funded [the University of Virginia's racial equity initiative] to the tune of $5 million. with a $7.7 billion endowment. The Mellon foundation is the nation's largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Its annual giving has long dwarfed that of the National Endowment for the Humanities. (18:41–18:55)
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