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\nIn this presentation\, renowned antiracism educator\, Ti m Wise\, will examine the connections between systemic racism\, white raci al privilege\, and America&rsquo\;s class system\, with special attention to the current backlash to racial justice efforts in schools and the workp lace since the 2020 racial justice uprising. From the attacks on Critical Race Theory to the banning of school textbooks and curriculum to the endin g of affirmative action\, Wise will explore how opposition to antiracism h as been galvanized and currently threatens the future of a multiracial dem ocracy. \;
\nTim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist wr iters and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 25 years s peaking to audiences in all 50 states\, on over 1500 college and high scho ol campuses\, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences\, and t o community groups across the country.
\nWise has also trained corpo rate\, government\, entertainment\, media\, law enforcement\, military\, a nd medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racial inequi ty in their institutions\, and has provided anti-racism training to educat ors and administrators nationwide and internationally.
\nWise has be en featured in several documentaries\, including &ldquo\;White Like Me: Ra ce\, Racism and White Privilege in America\,&rdquo\; which he co-wrote and co-produced and has been called &ldquo\;A phenomenal educational tool in the struggle against racism\,&rdquo\; He is also the author of several boo ks\, including Dispatches from the Race War and his highly-acclaimed memoi r\, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son.
\nWise appears regularly on CNN and MSNBC to discuss race issues and was feature d in a 2007 segment on 20/20. He graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the People&rsquo\;s Institute for Su rvival and Beyond\, in New Orleans. He is also the host of the podcast\, S peak Out with Tim Wise.
\nQ&\;A after the presentation followed b y book signing by Tim Wise.
\nThe book White Like Me will be availab le at the event for purchase from the Friends of the Library\, Montgomery County (FOLMC) or by visiting \;https://bookshop.org/shop/folmc
\n< p>Registration required.\nThis Contemporary Conversations program i s co-sponsored by Friends of the Library\, Montgomery County (FOLMC)\, Mon tgomery County Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice (ORESJ)\, Montgo mery County Office of Human Rights (OHR)\, Montgomery County Office of Com munity Partnerships (OCP) and Classrooms 2 Community (C2C).
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