Friday, February 15, 2019 -
12:45pm to 2:00pm
Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG
Seminar Room
Speakers: Sage Goodwin and William Makolle
Colourism: The Gendered Politics of Appearance in African American History
Readings:
Angela P. Harris, 'Introduction: Economies of Colour' in Evelyn Glenn in (Ed) Shades of Difference: Why Skin Colour Matters (2009)
Allyson Hobbes , 'A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing' (2014)
Kimberly Norwood, 'Color Matters: Skin Tone and the Myth of a Postracial America'
Audience:
Open to all