Centre for Free Expression
Anthony Stewart in Conversation with Vershawn Young
The Problem of Anti-Racist Discourse in Canada and US with Vershawn Young
In Visitor: My Life in Canada, Anthony Stewart explores the lack of a recognizable Black anti-racist discourse in Canada and why Canada's lack of expression and commitment to Black anti-racism led to him to give up his full professorship at Dalhousie University to move to a small college in the USA. Join Anthony in conversation with Vershawn Young, Professor of Communication Arts and English, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, and author of Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity. Anthony will unpack the differences in the discourses of anti-racism in Canada and USA and the differential effects of those discourses both on himself, as a Black man, and on Black peoples in both countries.
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Tuesday, Oct 5, 4pm EDT
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Co-sponsers of the event:
- Edmonton Public Library
- Milton Public Library
- Thunder Bay Public Library
- Toronto Public Library
- Vancouver Public Library