April 29: The Trouble with Diversity
April 29: The Trouble with Diversity
A Mosaic International Conversation Café
When: Sunday April 29 4:00—6:00 pm.
Where: Starbucks 3021
Seating is limited, so to reserve your spot at the table RSVP to Cindy Ball at 317.920.0231 or cindyball@sbcglobal.net (Donations accepted to benefit children orphaned by AIDS)
One of last year’s most hotly discussed books was Walter Benn Michaels’s The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality. Its message: Stop worrying about race, instead focus on class. Controversial topic. And an excellent one for one of Cindy Ball’s International Conversation Cafes, which tend to be wonderfully diverse discussions. Whether you agree or disagree with Michaels — whether or not you have even read his book — this promises to be a lively discussion.
You should know before you go …
You can read some of the arguments Walter Benn Michaels has published in newspapers:
The Trouble With Diversity,” American Prospect, September 12, 2006
“Class Fictions,” Boston Globe, October 9, 2005
“Diversity’s False Solace,” New York Times, April 11, 2004
“Overrating Diversity,” Huffington Post, September 15, 2006
For more information after the event …
Read Trouble with Diversity, and be prepared to get riled. Some reviews of the book:
If you like this event …see some of the films at the Indianapolis International Film Festival that address racism and its history, such a “La’lee’s Kin” and “Dare Not Walk Alone”
