EXPERT TIM WISE WILL SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT: BETWEEN BARACK AND A HARD PLACE: RACISM AND WHITE DENIAL IN THE AGE OF OBAMA" ON OCT.1 at Duquesne U.

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PITTSBURGH PA. Duquesne University located in Pittsburgh Pa will present their Critical Race Theory Speaker Series on October 1,2009 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM in the Duquesne Ballroom in the Student Union at said Duquesne University. The featured speaker for this October 1 event will be Tim Wise who will give an in-depth presentation on the subject titled "Between Barack And A Hard Place : Racism And White Denial In The Age of Obama".
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S. He has been called,"One of the most brilliant,articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation," by selling author and cultural theorist Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.And Joe Feagin,who is author of more than twenty books on issues pertaining to race,says that [Tim Wise]" is the best of white anti-racism writers and commentators working in the U.S. media today." Wise has spoken in 48 states,and on over 400 college campuses. He has also trained corporate,government,
entertainment, military, and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. He received the 2001 British Diversity Award for the best essay on race issues,and his writings have appeared in dozens of popular,professional, and scholarly journals.
Wise is the author of four books : White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White,Speaking Treason Fluently : Anti-Racist Reflections From An Angry White Male,and most recently,Between Barack and a Hard Place:
Race and Whiteness in the Age of Obama,which was released in Spring,2009.

Dr. George Yancy ,Associate Professor of Philosophy,Duquesne University,initiated this event through his Critical Race Theory Speaker Series( contact : Yancy158@duq.edu). The event is Cosponsored by Duquesne University's Office of Multicultural Affairs(Dr. Rahmon Hart ) and the Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research (Dr. Fred Evans). The event has also received sponsorship from the Race & Reconciliation Dialogue Group of Saint Paul Cathedral Parish(Heather Frye) and support from the Pittsburgh branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
All young people and individuals working in the field of Race Relations or have an interest in Race & Reconciliation should be in attendance at this event. This event should be mandatory for all college students taking courses in the subject of Race, Class , American History, and Gender Equity. I like to see high school and college students come from all over the Tri-State area to hear Mr. Wise speak on this vitally important subject that most politicians speak on with a forked and crooked tongue.
I am also hopeful that Bishop Zubik, Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, would take the time out from his busy schedule to be in attendance at said event along with all the Priests and Catholic Lay people of the Pittsburgh Diocese.

* Also note that Heather Frye of the Race & Reconciliation Dialogue Group of Saint Paul Cathedral has done an outstanding job of making the greater Pittsburgh community aware of this historic event for she realizes that Education is a continuous life long process and that the future success of the United States of America will be determined by how we remedy the many injustices caused by our lack of knowledge on the complicated subject of race.