| Raising our Voices on Race and Racism
Two Part Lecture Series and Community Discussion PART I: Thursday, November 19th from 4-5 pm
PART II: Monday, November 30th from 4-5 pm
Virtual via Zoom, Free and Open to the Public
REGISTER AT: https://forms.gle/QkZobyEPXYRatYBw7
Part I: Defining Race and Racism: Institutionalization and
Experience (Thursday, November 19th, 4-5 pm)
Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism: U.S., India, Sri Lanka, Holocaust, and Today
Dr. Douglas Allen, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Affirmative Action for White People
Dr. Amy Fried, Professor of Political Science
The Deception of Invisibility
Dr. Judith Josiah-Martin, Faculty in the School of Social Work
Part II: Confronting Racism: Historical Reckonings and
Contemporary Reforms (Monday, November 30th, 4-5 pm)
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Underpinning European Colonization
John Dieffenbacher-Krall, Committee on Indian Relations, Episcopal Diocese of Maine
The Penobscot Nation, Territorial Takings, and the State of Maine
Dr. Darren Ranco, Professor of Anthropology & Chair of Native American Programs
Chelsea Fairbank, PhD candidate in Anthropology & Environmental Policy
Racism and the Environment: Learning from Local Efforts for Institutional
Change and Environmental Justice
Dr. Bridie McGreavy, Associate Professor of Environmental Communication
Dr. Darren Ranco, Professor of Anthropology & Chair of Native American Programs
Nolan Altvater, McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow
The Fall 2020 Raising our Voices on Race and Racism two-part series is supported by Native
American Programs, The McGillicuddy Humanities Center, The School of Social Work
and the Departments of Anthropology, Philosophy, Communications and Journalism, and
Political Science. For additional information, contact cynthia.isenhour@maine.edu. Raising our Voices on Race and Racism
Part I
Thursday, November 19th from 4-5 pm
Virtual via Zoom, Free and Open to the Public
REGISTER AT: https://forms.gle/QkZobyEPXYRatYBw7 Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism: U.S., India, Sri Lanka, Holocaust, and Today
Dr. Douglas Allen , Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Maine
What is race and how is it related to racism and anti-racism? In the U.S., that question usually elicits a
simple response: Race is biological and is defined by skin color. Nevertheless, examples from throughout the world show that responses to that question are open-ended, complex, and must be contextualized. For example, there are skin-color dimensions to Indian racialized discourse, seen in inherited caste and lighter-skinned superiority, defined by Aryan socialization and British colonialism. This talk will also analyze perplexing racial constructions in Sri Lanka amidst the violent civil war, as "different race" was defined linguistically, and constructions of race and racism related to antisemitism, Nazi ideology, and the Holocaust genocide of Jews that had little to do with skin color. What relations express anti-racism today?
Affirmative Action for White People
Dr. Amy Fried , Professor of Political Science, University of Maine
Who gets helped by the government? Focusing on research on a set of well-known, very popular policies — Social Security and the post-World War II G.I. Bill — this lecture will discuss how their design constituted what scholar Ira Katznelson calls "affirmative action for whites." A key reason why these policies were designed in this way was the political power of the white South as part of the New Deal coalition. In contrast, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, almost immediately caused changes in health care delivery although racialized health disparities certainly remain. Policies often seen as racially neutral often are not, and policy designs are related to patterns of race and political power.
The Deception of Invisibility
Dr. Judith Josiah-Martin , Lecturer in Social Work, University of Maine
When we exist in majority environments, there is a level of assimilation often seen in the behavior of minority or under-represented groups that presents as conformity, peace keeping, "we are all the same", non-direct eye contact, and/or passivity that over time leads to a loss of personhood and maybe even identity. This presentation will share a narrative of how and what that looks like for some individuals identifying as "black" and "female" in majority white environments.
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