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The Trouble With Diversity 

Thursday 3.12

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Has the title alone caught your attention? Like all good, progressive-thinking people, we’ve absorbed the notion that “diversity” is inherently a good thing. The trouble must be with people who can’t handle diversity, or with not enough diversity. Right? Not so fast, says University of Illinois-Chicago professor Walter Benn Michaels, author of Our America: Nativism, Modernism and Pluralism.

In a Bastian Foundation Lecture Series entry at Westminster College, Dr. Michaels will argue that we have learned “to love identity and ignore inequality.” Are we serious about showing “respect” for other cultures and values, or are we serious about addressing the structural causes of classism? Tonight, shake up your assumptions about what we mean by “diversity”—and add to the diversity of the discussion by participating in the post-lecture conversation. (Scott Renshaw)

Dr. Walter Benn Michaels: The Trouble With Diversity @ Westminster College Gore Concert Hall, 1840 S. 1300 East, 801- 484-7651, Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. WestminsterCollege.edu/Cultural_Events

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Scott Renshaw

Scott Renshaw

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Scott Renshaw has been a City Weekly staff member since 1999, including assuming the role of primary film critic in 2001 and Arts & Entertainment Editor in 2003. Scott has covered the Sundance Film Festival for 25 years, and provided coverage of local arts including theater, pop-culture conventions, comedy,... more

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