@ Location: Mergenthaler 526 THEORIZING RACIAL CAPITALISM The term “racial capitalism” has become a buzzword, used across the academic disciplines and even in the public sphere. Along with the rise of the term have come critics, eager to denounce it. This talk probes the racial capitalism idea for its promise as a social theory, delineating […]
@ Debra Thompson Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University This lecture is part of the Center for Africana Studies 2023 – 2024 Speaker Series. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
The DMV region is home to refugee and migrant communities from across the globe. It is also home to the centerpieces of the national security state, including CIA headquarters, the Pentagon, numerous military bases, as well as outposts of all the major firms that comprise the military-industrial complex, plus three of the military’s university-affiliated research centers. This symposium of original student research inquires into the connections between these two aspects of regional development, as well as how migrants and their families grapple with continuing forms of slow violence such as racialized displacement.
Please join the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism for a keynote address by Prof. Iyko Day (Mount Holyoke College) at the inaugural annual Chloe Center symposium, Keywords for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism.
