Past Events
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How Does White America Talk About Race?
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| Location: | Baltimore, MD |
| Event Date: | December 1, 2009 |
Why is race still an uncomfortable subject to talk about in the United States? At this event Rich Benjamin, Demos senior fellow and author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America, and Tim Wise, author of Between Barack & A Hard Place: Racism & White Denial in the Age of Obama, discuss white America's struggle to talk about race.
Speakers
- Roswell Encina, director of communications, Enoch Pratt Free Library (opening remarks and introductions)
- Diana Morris, director of OSI-Baltimore (opening remarks and introductions)
- Rich Benjamin, Demos senior fellow and author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America
- Tim Wise, author of Between Barack & A Hard Place: Racism & White Denial in the Age of Obama
Videos from the Event
For more videos, visit OSI-Baltimore's YouTube Channel.
Location
Main Hall, Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
This event in the Talking About Race series is cosponsored by Demos.
Talking About Race, cosponsored by the Enoch Pratt Free Library, addresses how we talk (or do not talk) about race from different perspectives and why it is imperative that we discuss this subject openly and thoughtfully.
