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Listed below are keynote events that are planned and hosted by the Common Reading Program itself. Our Coug Presence page lists both these events and additional events hosted by our partners.
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Alex Tan (Communications) on What Communication Science and Trevor Noah Can Tell Us about Racism
March 3, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Alex Tan (Communications) will present on the cultural origins of racism and how media, visual images, and language activate unconscious racism. He will also talk about the consequences of racism on evaluation and action as well as about interventions. Tan is the author of the newly released book Who is Racist?: Why Racism Matters (January 2021), a book that provides readers with tools and information to understand and combat racism.