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Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul
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Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. is the guest speaker for the Barbour Lecture on Religion and Modernity.
- Carleton College's Barbour Lecture, 2016.mp4
Carleton Lecture Will Address Race and Democracy in America on Feb. 11
On Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7:00 p.m. in Great Hall, Carleton College will host a lecture on the continued complexities and inequalities related to race in America, at a time when the first black presidency is coming to an end. Nationally renowned scholar and public intellectual, Eddie Glaude, Jr., Princeton University Professor of Religion and African American Studies, will speak on his newly published book, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, which has been featured on national media outlets over the past month such as NPR, C-SPAN, and MSNBC.
Glaude’s book has already been heralded as “a landmark book on race in America, one that promises to spark wide discussion,” especially in light of current national debates about police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Voting Rights Act, and economic inequality. His analysis focuses on values about race in America, and the subtle habits that shape each person’s choices and actions in regard to race. Glaude explores the ways these habits and values perpetuate racial injustice today.
“Glaude’s lecture will be a significant opportunity for us to think about how we can transform the nation, in the hope of racial justice, with one of the country’s leading public intellectuals writing on these issues,” said Kevin Wolfe, visiting professor at Carleton College.
The lecture by Glaude is sponsored by the Religion Department and is its 2016 endowed Barbour lecture. The Ian G. Barbour Lecture on Religion and Modernity was established by Carleton alumni and faculty in 2006. It was created to honor the late professor’s commitment to understanding the place of religion in the modern world, and to draw to campus on a regular basis scholars and thinkers whose work illuminates the implications of modern ideas and practices for religious people and contemporary society.
Other event of interest:
Friday, Feb. 12th:
Noon - 1pm in Weitz 236
"Democracy in Black" Book Discussion - a brown bag faculty seminar led by Glaude.
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