The McGill Debating Union, McGill Black Students’ Network, Women of Colour Collective at McGill Law School, Media@McGill, and McGill Department of History are proud to present, as part of the David A. Freedman Speaker Series, “Discourses of Race: The United States, Canada, and Transnational Anti-Blackness”.
3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E7
“America begins in Black plunder and white democracy, two features that are not contradictory but complementary.” –Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations”.
Renowned scholars, Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic), Dr. Charmaine Nelson (Media@McGill member), Dr. Darryl Leroux (St. Mary’s), and moderator, Rachel Zellars (McGill) will discuss the histories and interplay of anti-Black racial discourses and practices between Canada and the United States.
Ta-Nehisi Coates will discuss ideas from his acclaimed, recent essay, “The Case for Reparations” as an avenue to localize conversations about corrective justice and reparations.