Webinar: Dissecting Discrimination: The Living Legacy of Migration, Race, and Politics
Dissecting Discrimination: The Living Legacy of Migration, Race, and Politics
This Thursday, August 12, 1 p.m. (EDT)
Today’s estimated number of international migrants is more than three times what it was in 1970 — 272 million people, or 3.5% of the world’s population. Yet migration flows have been happening for centuries, along with the injustices that race-based rules and norms perpetuated on both newcomers and longstanding citizens. As human migration continues to rise, our society must know better so that we may do better.
In this webinar, Cornell faculty across several disciplines will discuss the relationship between migration and race-based discrimination, from the earliest forced movement of enslaved peoples to nations built on excluding or extracting from particular racial/ethnic groups. Through the lens of colonialism and conquest, they’ll examine the ways in which migrant discrimination is preserved today and how to address it.
Welcome and Introductions
Michael Kotlikoff, V.M.D., Ph.D. Provost; Professor, Cornell University
Moderator
Stephen Yale-Loehr, Professor of Immigration Law Practice, Cornell Law School
Panelists
Gerard Aching, Professor, Co-Director, and Faculty Fellow, Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences
Shannon Gleeson, Professor of Labor Relations, Law, and History, ILR School; Co-Chair of the Migrations Initiative Taskforce, Cornell University
Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs; Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development, Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
This discussion is part of the Cornell Migrations initiative, which studies the nexus among racism, dispossession, and migration by cultivating dialogue and creative interdisciplinary collaboration.
Please join us on Thursday, August 12!
KJ