Event Title
Keynote Address: Challenging the Culture of Cruelty; How America's Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future
Location
Evans Hall, Zedeck Amphitheater
Start Date
10-4-2015 6:00 PM
End Date
10-4-2015 8:00 PM
Description
About the Speaker: Tim Wise is among the nation's most prominent anti-racist essayists and educators. He has spent the past 20 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the nation. Wise is the author of six books, including his highly-acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, as well as Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. His next book, Culture of Cruelty: How America's Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future, will be released in early 2015. More information is available at www.TimWise.org
Keynote Address: Challenging the Culture of Cruelty; How America's Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future
Evans Hall, Zedeck Amphitheater
About the Speaker: Tim Wise is among the nation's most prominent anti-racist essayists and educators. He has spent the past 20 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the nation. Wise is the author of six books, including his highly-acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, as well as Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. His next book, Culture of Cruelty: How America's Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future, will be released in early 2015. More information is available at www.TimWise.org
Comments
In this speech, drawn from his newest book, The Culture of Cruelty: How America's Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future, Tim Wise examines the ways in which American politics and culture serve to rationalize inequalities on the basis of class and race. From the myth of "rugged individualism" to the racialized attacks on the nation's poor, American ideology has long served to explain away inequity as a natural outcome of differential talent, effort or cultural attributes. But as Wise shows in this presentation, to believe that the poor and unemployed are to blame for their own plight, or that the rich deserve their positions and wealth is to believe in a pernicious and destructive lie that threatens the very heart of democracy and true equal opportunity. By exploring the way that racism has been central to the development and perpetuation of the nation's class system, Wise demonstrates the importance of undermining the dominant white racial narrative not solely to fight racism itself, but larger economic and social injustice as well. The presenter will use his extensive experience in this area to support his arguments.
Educational Objectives: Based on the presentation, the participants will be able to:
Target Audience: Doctoral Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Professionals
Level of Instruction: Basic
Location: Ginsburg Amphitheater
CE hours/credits: 2.0