Seminars

Abstract

Professors Thomas, Alcabes, and Glaude in our October, November, and December Seminar presentations, respectively. As starting questions relative to each of these presentations, please consider the following:



(Thomas - Critical Race Theory): What factors, policies and practices within the education system contribute to and sustain the racist telling of American History? How can the educational establishment – and our society at large – facilitate a more honest, and ultimately more healing, narrative?



(Alcabes – Race and Public Health): The differences both in rates of infection and in outcomes such as death, physical disability, mental health, and financial hardship in the COVID-19 pandemic highlight dramatic disparities between white communities and communities of color. Given this increased awareness, what should be done to achieve a more effective and just approach to public health in the United States?



(Glaude – Begin Again/James Baldwin's America): Discussion of overall presentation with attention to two Baldwin's quotes:

"In this debasement and definition of Black people, White people have debased and defined themselves."
"Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be ab