College of Health and Human Sciences 20 Jan, 2021
Nolan Cabrera
The College of Health and Human Sciences at Colorado State University is excited to announce that the first speaker in its new Social Justice Speaker Series will give a lecture on Feb. 3.
Nolan Cabrera, an associate professor at the University of Arizona, will present, “White Immunity: Working Through the Pedagogical Pitfalls of Privilege.” The speaker series is supported by Dean Lise Youngblade and organized by the college’s Diversity and Equity Advisory Committee.
Cabrera’s talk explores the historical development of whiteness and shows how white advantage developed through systemic racism to which white people were socially inoculated. This lecture links the history of racial oppression to contemporary times and helps work through some of the pitfalls of “privilege” such as, “How can white kids from Appalachia be ‘privileged? ”