METARACISM | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
Sep 15, 2024 5:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Sep 15, 2024 5:00 pm
14th & V
In recent years, condemnations of racism in America have echoed from the streets to corporate boardrooms. At the same time, politicians and commentators fiercely debate racism's very existence. And so, our conversations about racial inequalities remain muddled.
In METARACISM, pioneering scholar Tricia Rose cuts through the noise with a bracing and invaluable new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works, and how we can fight back. She reveals how--from housing to education to criminal justice--an array of policies and practices connect and interact to produce an even more devastating "metaracism" far worse than the sum of its parts. While these systemic connections can be difficult to see--and are often portrayed as "color-blind"--again and again they function to disproportionately contain, exploit, and punish Black people.
By helping us to comprehend systemic racism's inner workings and destructive impacts, this book shows us also how to break free--and how to create a more just America for us all.
Tricia Rose is joining us on the Busboys stage to discuss the vast and often hidden network of interconnected policies, practices, and beliefs that combine to devastate Black lives. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 5:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of METARACISM will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.
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Tricia Rose is an accessible and engaging communicator. She inspires hope, a sense of community, and encourages reflection and dialogue on uncomfortable issues without sugar-coating the facts.
Tricia is available for keynote lectures, group dialogues, and learning sessions at universities, non-profit and community organizations, and corporations.
Born and raised in Harlem and the Bronx in New York City, Professor Tricia Rose earned a B.A. in Sociology at Yale and a Ph.D. in American Studies at Brown University.
Tricia has served in faculty positions at NYU and UC Santa Cruz. In 2006, she assumed a faculty position at Brown University. Tricia is currently the Chancellor’s Professor of Africana Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and an Associate Dean of the Faculty for Special Initiatives.
Tricia has received numerous scholarly fellowships including from the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Mellon Foundation and the American Association of University Women.
