Understanding and Defeating Racism and Discrimination in America
Tim Wise
Wednesday, 13 Sep 2017 at 7:00 pm – Stephens Auditorium - Doors open at 6:00pm
Tim Wise is a prominent antiracist writer and educator and author of the memoir White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. He has spent the last 25 years speaking to audiences across the country and training corporate, government, media, and military professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise is the author of six other books, including Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. He has been featured in several documentaries and is one of five persons interviewed for a video exhibition on race relations in America at the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture.Cosponsored By:
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Collegiate Panhellenic Council
- Division of Student Affairs
- Greek Affairs
- Interfraternity Council
- Office of the Senior Vice President & Provost
- Student Government
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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