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Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?
17:00 - 23 April 2024
Meet U.S. author Keith Boykin for a discussion and book signing for his new book, Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits. They try to erase Black history, prioritize white victimhood, deny Black oppression, promote myths of Black inferiority, or rebrand racism as something else entirely....
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Class, Cultural Knowledge, and Barriers to Mobility - Professor Annette Lareau (UPenn)
14:30 - 17:30 29 April 2024
Please join us for our very first University of Manchester Department of Sociology annual lecture, given in our 60th anniversary year. We are delighted that our inaugural lecture will be given by Professor Annette Lareau: Class, Cultural Knowledge, and Barriers to Mobility Professor Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania 2.30-4pm, Monday...
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Art Not Evidence: The misuse of rap in criminal trials
17:00 - 18:30 1 May 2024
Keir Monteith KC, in his inaugural lecture for the Law School at the University of Manchester, will review the increased criminalisation of rap music, including the use of lyrics and music videos as evidence against young people accused of serious crimes. Keir will provide contemporary examples of how prosecutors, supported by judges, have suggested...
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