Virtual Black History Month Lecture 2022

Oct 21, 2022  17:30 - 19:00

(GMT +1:00)

Event URL:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-black-history-month-lecture-2022-tickets-408606371657?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse&keep_tld=1
Cost:  Free

Dr Victoria Showunmi, UCL

Sophisticated Racism: Navigating the Terrain

This interactive lecture initiates a critical conversation on understandings of sophisticated and everyday racism. I will draw on the sociological and philosophical concepts and theories of critical Black feminists.

The audience will be invited to challenge their beliefs as we explore well-known phenomena through the fresh lens of unacknowledged and hidden forms of sexism and racism. We will uncover the true extent of the impact of discrimination on the well-being of Black people in a range of contexts in a way understandable to a broad audience. We will also consider how Black people can deploy strategies to combat racism. They have the power to ‘flip the script and change the narrative.’