Dr. Shontay Delalue has extensive experience working on issues of diversity, equity and global relations with more recent research focused on health and wealth inequity. Her research highlights the history of racial classification and hierarchy in the U.S. as connected to the present day lived experiences of people from African Atlantic Diaspora.
A highly sought out speaker, she believes in helping others ‘reach new horizons in cultural awareness through centering radical JOY’!
With over two decades of experience as a higher education leader and consultant, Shontay Delalue has helped thousands of individuals understand the historical, political, social, and cultural underpinnings of race relations in the U.S. utilizing a global framework. She has traveled to 47 U.S. states and over 25 countries on six continents, always considering the ways in which local and global means of socialization impact how we see ourselves and how our views of others are formed and maintained. In addition to her work on this history and present uses of racial categorization in the U.S., Dr. Delalue is interested in the intersections of health and wealth equity.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James baldwin
January 2019 course trip to Ghana. Students facing the Kwame Nkrumah statue: “Forward ever, Backward never”
RACE BASED STATS - Why this work MATTERS… 700
The approximate number of women in the U.S. who die annually as a result of pregnancy related complications. - CDC, 2022
“The pregnancy-related mortality rate for Black women who completed college education or higher is 5.2 times higher than the rate for White women with the same educational attainment and 1.6 times higher than the rate for White women with less than a high school diploma.” - Hill, Artiga, & Ranji, KFF, 2022
$15 trillion
The amount it would take to eliminate the Black wealth gap. - RAND, 2023
“With respect to Black households, evidence points to the role of slavery and post-slavery practices, such as segregation, that created disparate opportunities for wealth accumulation.” - Kochhar & Moslimani, Pew Research Center, 2023
The above stats are cited from the sources noted and will be updated periodically.