Racial Justice & Equity (RJE) Talk: Feeling Anti-Racism: How Popular Anti-Racist Books Impede Equity in the Aftermath of George Floyd

Feeling Anti-Racism: How Popular Anti-Racist Books Impede Equity in the Aftermath of George Floyd
 
Anti-Racist books became bestsellers in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. This talk uses the theories of neoliberal multiculturalism (a contemporary form of racialcapitalism) and racialized emotions to examine how the increased circulation of popular anti-racist books among educators paradoxically works to impede racial justice. Drawing from the connections between 1960s race novels and modern anti-racist books, the presentation describes how “feeling anti-racism” becomes a conduit for neoliberal multiculturalism. As aresult, anti-racist books can function.
 
Speaker: Justin Grinage
 
Food will be provided. 
 
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Zoom link here: https://umn-private.zoom.us/j/97522428374#success