Beyond Diversity Buzzwords and Oppression Olympics:
A New Framework for Discussing Race and Racism

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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