Diversity Lecture Series - Audio

Dr. Livingstone Smith explains why race is a destructive and oppressive delusion. His most recent book Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others(St. Martin's Press, 2011) won the2012 Anisfield-Wolf award for nonfiction, which recognizes books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures(see Awards Ceremony video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEpIokNJNmo He was also a guest speaker at the 2012 G20 summit, where he spoke on dehumanization and mass violence.

Douglas A. Blackmon, Atlanta Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, spoke on "A Legacy of Oppression: Reckoning with Race and History in the Age of Obama" on Jan. 19, 2011 as part of the UNE's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.

Ali Mazrui, political thinker and theorist, spoke on "From Othello to Obama: Is This The Dawn Of A Post-Racial Age?" on Apr. 8, 2010.

Susan Cayleff, Ph.D., Professor of Women's Studies at San Diego State University, spoke on "Contested Bodies and Cultural Collision: Homophobia and Sports" on Oct. 5, 2009.

Donna Loring, Maine State Representative, spoke on "Educational Apartheid in Maine" on Nov. 5, 2008 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Carlos Muñoz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, spoke on "From Dr. King to President Obama: A Call for an Authentic Multiracial Democracy" on Jan. 21, 2009 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Angel Martinez Loredo, Associate Dean of Students at the University of Maine in Orono, spoke on "Latino Folklore & Medicine Today" on Oct. 14, 2008 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Jennifer Yanco, Ph.D., a research fellow for the African Studies Center at Boston University, spoke on "Social and Political Determinants of Health: The Costs of Racism" on Sept. 9, 2008 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.

Jennifer Yanco, Ph.D., a research fellow for the African Studies Center at Boston University, spoke on "Understanding White Privilege" on Sept. 8, 2008 as part of the UNE's Diversity Lecture Series.