Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America

Friday, March 2, at 11:30am in Sabin 2

Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva from Duke University is visiting the University of Northern Iowa to discuss the effects of racial grammar in everyday life. Dr. Bonilla-Silva will share his beliefs about how this grammar sets white supremacy as the standards for many social events and transactions. Bonilla-Silva will also deliberate on how it is acceptable to talk about historically black colleges/universities and movies, but that it is improper to refer to historically white colleges/universities and movies. 

Racial grammar is as important as all the visible practices and mechanisms of white supremacy. Join us for a discussion of why we must understand how it works in order to fight its poisonous effects. The discussion will be held Friday, March 2, at 11:30am in room 002 Sabin Hall. The event is sponsored by College of Social & Behavioral Sciences; Department of Political Science; Center for Multicultural Education; Faculty Senate Speaker Series Fund; Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology; Sociology and Criminology Student Clubs (Northern Iowa Student Government); Campus Coalition Builders; Liberal Arts Core; Department of History; Global Studies Major. 

Dr. Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology at Duke University, has written numerous publications concerning his areas of interest in racial stratification and race relations and he is currently working on two more books about racism. He has also worked on a project entitled, "We are All Americans! The Latin Americanization of Race Relations in the USA," that focuses on the changing dynamics of racial stratification in the United States.