45-minute keynote address
or
60-minute presentation followed by 30 minutes of facilitated discussion

There is something fundamentally broken about the way we talk about race today. Instead of confronting head-on the complex issues surrounding race and racism, we engage in uncritical celebrations of diversity and multiculturalism. Instead of focusing on the impact of institutional racism, we fixate on individual acts of prejudice. Instead of recognizing that racism persists through an intricate web of intergroup and intragroup oppression and privilege, we just blame “The Man.” Instead of recognizing that it is an affront to us all when one group is discriminated against, communities compete with each other about who is more oppressed. In this seminar/keynote, Carmen Van Kerckhove argues that the old approach is broken, and outlines a new framework for discussing race and racism.

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New York University (NYU)
April 14, 2007

“Carmen has a way of putting things in perspective for younger adults by bringing in pop culture issues, by bringing in issues that are relevant to a younger demographic, which is great because that way people can actually relate. I think it really opens up people eyes…”

Click the play button to hear an audio testimonial from Lily Yuan, Senior Advisor to the Asian Heritage Month Planning Committee at New York University (NYU).