“‘Nigga’ It's Just a Word or Is It? Implications of ‘Nigger/Nigga’ as Used in Mass Media”
This panel discussion, moderated by Davarian Baldwin, assistant professor in the Boston College history department, examines “‘Nigga' It's Just a Word or Is It?: Implications of 'Nigger/Nigga' as Used in Mass Media.” Panelists include Professor Tricia Rose of the University of California at Santa Cruz; Professor Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School; and Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull Press, 2005). The panel explores the various uses of this racial slur in popular culture.
The panel is introduced by Seye Akinbulumo '07, Boston Outreach coordinator for BC's AHANA Leadership Counci.
Presenter(s): Tricia Rose, Randall Kennedy, Tim Wise
Date: February 8, 2006
Location: Robsham Theater
Sponsor(s): AHANA Leadership Council; Undergraduate Government of Boston College; Black Studies Program; Office of the Academic Vice President; Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs; Office for Institutional Diversity
URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/jawpanel/
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