One of the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States will visit SUNY Brockport to deliver the keynote address at the University’s annual Diversity Conference.
Tim Wise will deliver his presentation, Telling Critical Truths: The Stories We Tell (and Don’t) About Our Nation and Ourselves, at 6 p.m. on March 30 in the Seymour Union Ballroom. Wise will explore the way selective memory shapes the way we understand our national history and our own lives. He’ll discuss the negative impact associated with denying the injustices and inequalities of the past.
Wise is the author of nine books, including his latest, Dispatches from the Race War. He appeared alongside scholar and activist Angela Davis in the 2011 documentary, Vocabulary of Change. More recently, he took part in Chelsea Handler’s Netflix documentary Hello Privilege, It’s Me Chelsea. Wise is the host of the podcast, “Speak Out with Tim Wise” and can be seen regularly on CNN and MSNBC.
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