Harlem Book Fair – July 18 – 19, 2020

TOWARDS A BRIGHT FUTURE: REVERSING RACE BIAS IN EDUCATION, POLITICS: REVERSING RACE BIAS IN EDUCATION, POLITICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY – A PANEL DISCUSSION

DATE: Saturday, July 18, 2020

TIME: 7:07 p. m. – 7:37 p. m.

https://www.harlembookfair.com

Moderator: Max Rodriquez, Founder, QBR / Harlem Book Fair 

Panelists: Ruha Benjamin (Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code); Bakari Sellers (My Vanishing Country Memoir); Tyrone C. Howard (Why Race & Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America’s Classrooms); Alondra Oubre (Science in Black and White)

Systemic and institutionalized race bias has insulated a white majority from acknowledging complicity or responsibility in righting the social ills and imbalances that line the roadway to American wealth, success, and well-being. Join this panel of forward thinkers in their discussion of personal insights, challenges, and solutions that lie ahead.