[124] Writer Against Racism Speaks His Mind at MTSU

FOR RELEASE: Oct. 11, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Intercultural and Diversity Affairs, 615-898-2831

WRITER AGAINST RACISM SPEAKS HIS MIND AT MTSU
Acclaimed Author, Educator, Consultant Tim Wise to Present Views on Racial Divide

MURFREESBORO—Anti-racist writer and educator Tim Wise is scheduled to speak at 6 p.m. tonight, Oct. 11, in the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Wise is the author of six books, including White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son: Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama; and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. His latest book is Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority.

An adviser to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute from 199-2003, Wise was youth coordinator and associate director of the Louisiana Coalition against Racism and Nazism in the early 1990s. His experience also includes training “corporate, government, entertainment, military and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions,” according to www.timwise.org.

This event is sponsored by the MTSU Office of Intercultural and Diversity Affairs in collaboration with the June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students, the MTSU Black History Month Committee, Sigma Phi Beta and MT Lambda. For more information, contact Intercultural and Diversity Affairs at 615-898-2831.


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