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Zoom discussion on article “Racial Melancholia” and PBS documentary
Event Description:The Work Group for Racial Equity meets monthly to discuss relevant books, films, podcasts, and articles. Join us! We are a "drop in group." You are invited to participate whenever you can. Connect via Zoom link on the third Monday evening of the month (https://zoom.us/j/128780416 or 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 128 780 416) except for announced in-person gatherings.
Zoom discussion on article “Racial Melancholia” and PBS documentary
June 17, 2019
“Racial Melancholia”, is a seminal psychoanalytic article by David Eng and Shinhee Han about the impossibility for Asian American immigrants to attain whiteness. As a counterpoint to Freud’s theory about melancholia, this is essential psychoanalytic literature about how racial oppression becomes internalized. Read and join us in discussion
Note: After reading the article, you may also want to view
PBS’s The American Experience: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Location:
Time: Monday, June 17th, 8:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Contact #1: Christine Schmidt
Contact #2: Rudy Lucas
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