Countering Colorblindness Across the Disciplines seminar, “Race, Culture and Colorblindness: A Conversation with George Lipsitz and Loren Kajikawa”

“Race, Culture and Colorblindness: A Conversation with George Lipsitz and Loren Kajikawa” featuring George Lipsitz, Professor of Black Studies and Sociology, UC Santa Barbara, and Loren Kajikawa, Assistant Professor, UO School of Music and Dance.

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 George Lipsitz joined Loren Kajikawa, an assistant professor of musicology, in a public talk about race, music and politics. Lipsitz, a professor of sociology and black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of 11 books on the histories and politics of racism, popular culture, music and social movements. Lipsitz also discusses Kajikawa’s new book, “Sounding Race in Rap Songs”, which argues that rap music allows us not only to see but also to hear how mass-mediated culture engenders new understandings of race.

Made possible with support from the Department of Ethnic Studies, The Office of Academic Affairs, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, and the College of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the Countering Colorblindness Across the Disciplines seminar.