Northwestern’s history department and the graduate cluster in British studies hosted writer and lecturer Kenan Malik in Harris Hall Monday afternoon. In a moderated talk with history Prof. Kennetta Hammond Perry, Malik discussed his latest book, “Not So Black and White.” Malik’s main areas of study include theories of human nature and the philosophy of.
How were 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests linked to the mid-century struggle for racial equality? Dr Adriane Lentz-Smith and Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry consider the tangled legacy of Civil Rights
The Guardian at 200: Windrush histories and mythologies of race in Britain
Kennetta Hammond Perry and Kehinde Andrews lead this two-part lecture that explores the Windrush story and how a history of systemic racism laid the foundation stones for influencing our attitudes to race in the present day.
Online workshop
Time: 6pm-8.30pm (BST)
Guardian Masterclasses - Kehinde Andrews & Kennetta Hammond Perry Photograph: Kehinde Andrews & Kennetta Hammond Perry
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How – and why – did the Windrush scandal happen? Did it really begin with the “hostile environment” policy introduced by the Conservative Party in 2010, or do the foundation stones to the UK’s ideas about race and migration run much deeper?