When:
Friday, May 6, 2016
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: 1902 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Jeff Cernucan
(847) 467-2770
Group: Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Category: Global & Civic Engagement
Why did the West turn against racism during the 20th century? Barnor Hesse explores this question by providing a genealogy of the racism concept.
Barnor Hesse is an associate professor of African American studies, political science, and sociology. He is author of Creolizing the Political: Western Lineages of Raceocracy (forthcoming, Duke University press). He has been published in the South Atlantic Quarterly, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Social Identities.
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