About:
Our event 'Understanding Race and Class in the 2016 Election' convenes two scholars—both well-known for their empirical and historical research on whiteness, racial empathy, and patriarchy—to examine some of the socioeconomic factors that contributed to the results of the recent U.S. presidential election.
As with all events at the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, diverse viewpoints are welcome, as dialogue is foundational to our mission of advancing interdisciplinary examination and discourse on global peace and the many social factors that contribute to peace. This event is part of an ongoing, collaborative lecture series which examines different ways to ameliorate structural racism and interpersonal prejudice. The main purpose for the series is to analyze and search for solutions toward making our society a better and more inclusive place for all people. The Bahá’í Chair is committed to pursuing the complex topic of peace as it relates to a host of social issues. Structural racism is just one of them.
The Bahá’í Chair, along with the Critical Race Initiative and MLAW Programs, believe that conversations matter. Civil, respectful, and peaceful conversations are how we as a society grow and how we move toward equality, justice, and peace. As always, we welcome a variety of perspectives and strive for a respectful environment that allows for courteous yet courageous dialogue.
Speakers:
DR. MATTHEW W. HUGHEY
Dr. Matthew W. Hughey is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Hughey’s research concentrates on white racial identity, racialized organizations, mass media, political engagements, science and technology, and public advocacy with racism and discrimination.
He has published over sixty scholarly articles and seven books, some of which include The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption, which received the 2016 Outstanding Publication Award from the Southwest Sociological Association, and White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race, which was co-winner of the Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 2014.
Dr. Hughey has been honored with the 2014 Distinguished Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the 2016 Mentoring Excellence Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. In September 2016, he was named a visiting professor in the Post-Graduate School at the University of the Free State in South Africa, and he serves as a visiting scholar with the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University for 2016–2017.
“Make America White Again? The Racial Reasoning of American Nationalism”
DR. PAULA IOANIDE
Dr. Paula Ioanide is an associate professor of comparative race and ethnicity studies at the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity at Ithaca College. Her research focuses on the ways socially shared emotions shape contemporary expressions of racial violence and discrimination. Dr. Ioanide examines the social and spiritual wounds caused by mass incarceration and militarized policing, anti-immigrant discrimination, and increased poverty alongside inspiring legacies of ethical witnessing and collective resistance. Dr. Ioanide’s most recent publications include The Emotional Politics of Racism: How Feelings Trump Facts in an Era of Colorblindness and a contribution in the groundbreaking anthology, Colorblindness Across the Disciplines (forthcoming), edited by George Lipsitz, Kimberle Crenshaw, Luke Harris, and Daniel HoSang. She is also co-editing, with Felice Blake and Alison Reed, an exciting multi-media project titled, Antiracism Inc./Antiracism Works (forthcoming).
“The Spiritual Degradation of White America in the Age of Trump”
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