The problems with Rachel Dolezal and the social construction of racePosted in Gay & Lesbian, Interviews, Media Archive, Passing, Social Science, United States, Videos on 2015-06-22 00:25Z by Steven |
The problems with Rachel Dolezal and the social construction of race
Nerding Out with Dorian Warren
MSNBC
2015-06-17
Dorian Warren, Host and Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Columbia University, New York, New York
Christina Greer, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Fordham University, The Jesuit University of New York
Allyson Hobbs, Assistant Professor of History
Stanford University
Joseph Lowndes, Associate Professor of Political Sciences
University of Oregon
Dorian Warren talks with professors Allyson Hobbs, Christina Greer, and Joseph Lowndes about what the social construction of race does and does not mean in the case of Rachel Dolezal. Plus, writer and advocate Parker Molloy speaks on what the media gets wrong when it compares the experiences of the transgender community to those of Rachel Dolezal.
Watch the interview (00:50:52) here.