Waste of a White Skin - book talk & signing with Professor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
Department: African American Studies
Date and Time: February 5, 2016 | 12:00 PM-2:00 PMEvent Location: Cross Cultural Center, Dr. White Room (lower level)
Event Details
Join us on Friday, February 5, 2016, for a book talk and signing with Professor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard who will be introduced by Professor Frank Wilderson. Dr. Willoughby-Herard will discuss her book, Waste of a White Skin: The Carnegie Corporation and the Racial Logic of White Vulnerability (UC Press, 2015), which is a pathbreaking history of the development of scientific racism, white nationalism, and segregationist philanthropy in the U.S. and South Africa in the early twentieth century.
Dr. Willoughby-Herard is an associate professor in the Department of African American Studies. Dr. Wilderson is a professor in the Department of African American Studies and Drama.
There will be limited copies of the book for purchase at the event. To purchase a book in advance of the signing, please click here. Books may be purchased at the event with cash or check only. Event is free and open to the public.