Panos Family Endowed Lecture in Equity and Social Justice
Thursday, February 15, 2024
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
“Who’s Afraid of Diversity? The Politics of Race and Education.”
On June 29, 2023 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, marking a significant shift away from race-conscious admissions practices in colleges and universities across the United States. This ruling is part of a broader national trend across K-12 and higher education. Texas, for one, became the second state to ban Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices at state colleges and universities. A considerable majority of states have introduced measures restricting DEI and critical race theory (CRT) in educational settings. The underlying puzzle this lecture will address is what this ramping up of the fifty-year history of attacks on race-conscious policies in education is seeking to secure politically.
About the Speaker
David Theo Goldberg is director emeritus of the University of California Humanities Research Institute and a distinguished professor at the University of California – Irvine. His latest publication, “The War on Critical Race Theory: Or, the Remaking of Racism” (2023), adds to his extensive research on race and racism.
Goldberg’s scholarship spans a wide range of subjects including race, multiculturalism, postcolonialism and gender studies. He is also known for co-founding the influential journal “Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture.”
- Location
- UH Student Center South, Student Theater (4455 University Dr, Houston, TX 77204; 1st floor, room 103)
- Contact
Nicolas DeGenova (Co-Chair), npdegeno@central.uh.edu
LaRahia Smith (Co-Chair), lmsmith7@central.uh.edu