The Enduring Structural Power of "Race"

Dr. Robert Thompson, associate professor in the Ethnic Studies department at OSU, will give a talk that will discuss the following questions:

What are the origins of the notion of "race"? Which came first, "race" or racism? How does 'race' define/invent "Whiteness"? Is there a relationship between 'race and capitalism? Is "White a 'race'?

About Dr. Robert Thompson: Dr. Robert Thompson is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies. Dr. Thompson received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He taught at University of Santa Cruz before assuming his present position at Oregon State University. Trained as a Sociologist, Dr Thompson specializes in African American history, African American Political and Social Thought in the Early Twentieth Century, Contemporary African American Social and Political Discourse, Racial Patterns of Urbanization, Black Political Literature, and Black Popular Culture.

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This event is sponsored by the Corvallis/Albany branch of the NAACP and the Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library