The colorblind principle . Yes. So theres been a lot of confusion about what the word colorblindness mean. Many people think that colorblindness means pretend you dont. But in my book, i try to get rid of that perception because we all see race. Everyone sees race and help it. Everyone watching this notices that i am of color and and so forth. So with the knowledge that we can all see race, were all capable of racial bias. What i mean by colorblindness book is that we try our best to treat people without regard to race, both in our lives. The less controversial piece and in our Public Policy. Thats what i mean by colorblind. One of the reasons the notion colorblindness has become so contrived racial seems to be rooted in what is broadly understood as antiracism, which you also define as near racism. You discuss two of the most high profile proponents of that ideology. Robin dangelo and max kendi. What is an antiracism or near racism, and how did it become so influential . So what is to
The colorblind principle . Yes. So theres been a lot of confusion about what the word colorblindness mean. Many people think that colorblindness means pretend you dont. But in my book, i try to get rid of that perception because we all see race. Everyone sees race and help it. Everyone watching this notices that i am of color and and so forth. So with the knowledge that we can all see race, were all capable of racial bias. What i mean by colorblindness book is that we try our best to treat people without regard to race, both in our lives. The less controversial piece and in our Public Policy. Thats what i mean by colorblind. One of the reasons the notion colorblindness has become so contrived racial seems to be rooted in what is broadly understood as antiracism, which you also define as near racism. You discuss two of the most high profile proponents of that ideology. Robin dangelo and max kendi. What is an antiracism or near racism, and how did it become so influential . So what is to
Unlike barack obama i was actually born in kenya. I move today paris where i grew up and when i was 17, i decide today move to the United States for College Going from paris, france, not to paris, texas, but to houston, texas and i decided to stay in america and write about paris and other western nations. A how did you end up in houston . Basically my parents went to the university in america. Actually my roots are an american decent. My parents met at colombia in new york. That influenced on the education available in the american institutions and i wanted to broaden my horizons and move to the United States for college but also the first time i came to the United States i was 8te years old, i came to california. I was with my father who became a profess or here and fell in love with the United States and going back to france i kept thinking about america, culture, history, politics, literature, arts but definitely when i finished high school i was keen on moving to the United States
Hello . Can you hear me. Good evening everyone. Just a bit of housekeeping. Please silence all of your cell phones. We dont want them to ring while david king is talking. Also we have cspan filming us so later during the questionandanswer portion if you would please go to the mic on this side so you can be heard i will also ask after the event before the signing if he would please take your chairs and leaned them against something solid just to help us make this door orderly looking again. Okay so at the time when there is a growing sense of unease among sensible people under fascism its important for us to look to the past and analyze the conditions that made fascism possible. Naturally we would turn to our historians as our guide into the murky realm of the past. One such historian david king is here with us today. He said albright scholar that earned his masters from cambridge and a professor who once thought to european History History talked who once taught european history. He is
My money to bail out these bankers. That is part of why the tea party started. They were frustrated with republicans and giving up on the democrats. Are frustrated on republicans voting for the bank bailout. There is a bigger working than an honors class. I want to tell the workers of america that we are on their side. The president keeps offering you free stuff. More Unemployment Insurance. When is the last time that we created millions of jobs . It was under ronald reagan. Forwardld reagan come and say, lets just cut taxes for low income people . He said lets cut everyones taxes. Thats what rich people pay. More revenue came in in fact. People were carter and make more money. More revenue comes in. Say,nt let the democrats richower the taxes for people. Anyone here ever work for a poor person . We are all interconnected and weve got to get beyond this class warfare. We cant let them beat us up how manyave to people have their policies employed . Barely growing. You never get out of p