How Liberals Silence Racial and Class Oppression

A lecture and discussion with Dr. Angie Beeman, author of LIBERAL WHITE SUPREMACY: HOW PROGRESSIVES SILENCE RACIAL AND CLASS OPPRESSION.

About Angie Beeman

Angie Beeman is an Associate Professor in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs and Affiliate Faculty with Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College-CUNY. She is also a Director with the Global Listening Centre Academic Board. Her research examines changing expressions of racism and how this affects interracial organizing, progressive politics, and workplace equity.

Dr. Beeman's research has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes Magazine, The Wire, Sociological Forum, Social Science Quarterly, the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Violence Against Women and as chapters in several edited volumes. She has been quoted in Nature, Forbes, Huffington Post, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Galveston Daily News, Wallethub, and College Magazine.

Her book, "Liberal White Supremacy: How Progressives Silence Racial and Class Oppression" examines divides among progressives and the role of liberal ideology in preventing significant change. In this book, and in her earlier works, she conceptualizes racism-evasion as the outcome of color-bind ideology and advances practical applications of what she calls "racism-centered intersectionality." Dr. Beeman has shared this work with multiple audiences and is frequently invited by organizations to speak on liberal ideology, racism, social justice, and allyship. She is currently writing a manifold workbook with training and instructor resources to accompany her book. 

Presented with Dr. Kassahun Kebede and Dr. Pui-Yan Lam as part of the EWU Jeffers W. Chertok Professorship Lecture Series. 

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