[Sci-tech-public] Fwd: Feb 23 - Panel Lecture: Does (Should) Racial Counting Have a Future in America?

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On February 23 (Monday), in addition to our usual STS lunch talk, we are hosting
a panel lecture featuring Kenneth Prewitt, entitled "Does (Should) Racial
Counting Have a Future in America?", from 4:30-6:30 pm in Starr Auditorium.

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The Program on Science, Technology and Society at
the Harvard Kennedy School presents
(Co-sponsored by Harvard's Department of Sociology):


Does (Should) Racial Counting Have a Future in America?


Speaker

Kenneth Prewitt
(School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University)

Since 1790 race statistics have been central to various policy regimes across
American history. But the turn to immigrant driven diversity, identify fueled
multiculturalism, and majority-minority demographics have rendered obsolete a
taxonomy rooted in 18th century natural science. What today we are learning
from racial statistics is not what we need to be learning.

Panelists

Duana Fullwiley (Anthropology, Harvard University)
Jennifer L. Hochschild (Government, Harvard University)
Mary C. Waters (Sociology, Harvard University)


Monday, February 23
4:30-6:30 pm
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Center, 79 JFK Street


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For more information about the STS program at Harvard, please visit our website
at: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/.
or e-mail to: harvard.sts at gmail.com .

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