Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Dickinson College
(Rescheduled from 2/6/20)

When America’s first black president entered the White House, Americans described their nation as “color-blind” and the era as “post-racial.” That was a short-lived illusion. In this deeply personal and empowering lecture, National Book Award-winning Historian and Author Ibram X. Kendi shifts the discussion from how not to be racist to how to be an antiracist. He shares his own racist ideas and how he overcame them, and provides direction to those who want not just Band-Aid programs but actual antiracist action that builds an antiracist America. A book sale and signing will follow the presentation.

The program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and Penn State’s Dickinson Law and co-sponsored by the Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity, the Office of the Provost, the First Year Seminar Program, and Center for Spirituality & Social Justice, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Inclusivity, and the departments of English, political science, sociology, and American studies. It is also part of the Clarke Forum’s Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty Series