Black Success, White Backlash, and the “N-Word Moment”
Elijah Anderson, Sterling Prof of Sociology, Director, Urban Ethnography Project; Prof African American Studies, Yale University
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 12:00 – 2:00 pm PT
Social Science Matrix, 820 Social Science Building, UC Berkeley
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Since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, large numbers of Black people have made their way into settings previously occupied only by whites. While many whites supported these changes, many others felt that their own rights were being abrogated by Black inclusion. Moreover, Black prosperity has provoked white resentment that can make life exhausting for people of color—and it has led to the undoing of policies that have nurtured Black advancement.
Elijah Anderson is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University, and one of the leading urban ethnographers in the United States. Read more.