race

"Race-Making and the State: Between Postracial Neoliberalism and Racialized Terrorism"

The 10th Annual Critical Race and Anti-Colonial Studies Conference 8-10
October 2010 University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 30 March 2010

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS include:
* Angela P. Harris, University of California-Berkeley Law School,
co-author, Race and Races: Cases and Resources in a Diverse America
* Lily M. Ling, The New School, author,  Postcolonial International

"You lie!" Rep. Joe Wilson shouted during President Barack Obama's speech on health care
reform in the halls of Congress. Media pundits were quick to point out that the 19th
century was the last occasion of such an egregious breach of protocol took place in
Congress. Members of both Houses urged the Republican congressman from South Carolina to
apologize for his misconduct--and he did. Soon after, though, the discourse shifted to
the reasons for Wilson's outburst. The factor of