This is the first installment of Beyond the Border: A Critical Dialogue Series. Hosted by the Graduate School and its Advisory Board for Underrepresented Graduate Students, Diversity is a Dirty Word features Rachel Godsil, Professor of Law Rutgers University and Co-founder of the Perception Institute, and Dr. Dottie Morris, the Chief Officer of Diversity and Multiculturalism at Keene State College. In a discussion facilitated by Ph.D. in Education students Shantel Palacio and Kate Slater, the speakers discuss opportunities and challenges to individuals and institutions in addressing racial and social justice, including implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat.