TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 on Zoom and on St. Leon YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2MMUaAX
RACIAL INJUSTICE and RESPONSIBILITY ~ A DiscussionMODERATOR
Dr Henry Theriault, President, International Association of Genocide Scholars
DISCUSSANTS
Kohar Avakian, PhD Candidate in American Studies at Yale University
Dr. Jermaine McCalpin, Chair of African and African American Studies at New Jersey City University
Dr. Michael Rothberg, Professor of English and Comparative Literature and @UCLA The 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies at UCLA
When it comes to historical violence and contemporary inequality, none of us are completely innocent. This discussion examined the legacy of racial violence and inequality from post-emancipation to the present and the responsibility of non-perpetrators of historical and contemporary violence in sustaining systemic injustice, domination, and racism.
For more information email: ara@edcorp.net
The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators by Michael Rothberg is available in the NAASR Bookstore.
Black List ~ Reading List for Social Change, prepared by Jermaine McCalpin and Damion K. Blake
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