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Since 1919, The New School has been home to scholars, creators, and activists who challenge convention and boldly make their mark on the world.
To celebrate this groundbreaking legacy, we are opening our doors to the public for a weeklong festival of innovative performances, talks, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, and more.

On October 1–6, 2019, join us as we reflect on a century of world-changing ideas and together imagine a new kind of future.

The Festival of New is free and open to all.
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Thursday, October 3 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
How To Be An Antiracist

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In conjunction with this semester’s Global 1919 lecture series, the New School welcomes Professor Ibram X. Kendi.

When the first Black president headed into the White House, Americans were imagining their nation as colorblind and went so far as to call it post-racial. With the arrival of Donald Trump many people are awakening and seeing racial reality for the first time. With opened minds, people are actively trying to understand racism. In this deeply personal and empowering lecture, Kendi shifts the discussion from how not to be racist, to how to be an antiracist. He shares his own racist ideas and how he overcame them. He provides direction to people and institutions who want more than just band-aid programs, but actual antiracist action that builds an antiracist America.

Speakers
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Ibram X. Kendi

National Book Award-winning historian and author of Stamped From The Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi is a New York Times bestselling author and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. A professor of history and international relations and a frequent public speaker, Kendi is a columnist at The Atlantic. He is the author... Read More →

Faculty Organizer
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Aaron Jakes

Assistant Professor of Historical Studies, Eugene Lang College and The New School for Social Research

Thursday October 3, 2019 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
The Auditorium - A106
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