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<DIV>If you haven't heard Tim speak, don't miss him on March 25 in Bratt and in
Keene.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=melmotel@gmail.com href="mailto:melmotel@gmail.com">mel motel</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=DWP-Brattleboro@googlegroups.com
href="mailto:dwp-brattleboro@googlegroups.com">dwp-brattleboro@googlegroups.com</A>
; <A title=catewool@comcast.net href="mailto:catewool@comcast.net">Cate
Woolner</A> ; <A title=wemustbefree@yahoo.com
href="mailto:wemustbefree@yahoo.com">wemustbefree</A> ; <A
title=sgralnick-ub@nmhschool.org href="mailto:sgralnick-ub@nmhschool.org">Sharon
Gralnick-UB</A> ; <A title=awaisman@nenetwork.org
href="mailto:awaisman@nenetwork.org">Andi Waisman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 13, 2009 9:01 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Book/article discussion in preparation for Tim Wise on
March 25</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>(1) Tell your friends! Author and activist Tim Wise, who has
published, spoken, and acted extensively on the issue of white privilege, is
going to be speaking at Keene State College and SIT on Wednesday, March 25. I
*think* he's going to be at Keene State at 3 PM (don't quote me; I didn't write
it down) but I *know* he's going to be at SIT at 6:30. Hope to see you all
there. (Chris or Mikaela or anyone, pls correct me on the KSC time if I'm
wrong.)
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<DIV>(2) A central topic of Tim's talk will be about his book *Between Barack
and a Hard Place: Racism and Denial in the age of Obama,* or, more accurately,
what the book is about. From Tim's website:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: calibri">"Contrary to
popular perception, Obama's victory says little about racism as a larger
institutional phenomenon, and may well make the fight against racism more
difficult than ever, by reinforcing longstanding white denial, reinforcing the
myth of meritocracy that has long served as a justification for profound racial
disparities, and by creating a new and limiting archetype of acceptable
blackness, which although met by those like Obama, would erect higher obstacles
than ever in the path of non-Obama-like persons of color."</SPAN><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: calibri"><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>We invite you to join the Deconstructing White Privilege group this coming
Tuesday, March 17, to discuss Tim's latest book, in preparation for his talks on
March 25. If you don't have the time/money/ability to get the (short!) book
before then, here are a couple of articles Tim has posted on his blog about the
same subject:</DIV>
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<DIV>*In Search of Post-Racial America*: <A
href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/in-search-post-racial-america">http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/in-search-post-racial-america</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>*Color-Blind, Power Oblivious: Eric Holder and the Whitewashing of
Racism*: <A
href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/color-blind-power-oblivious-eric-holder-and-whitewashing-racism">http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/color-blind-power-oblivious-eric-holder-and-whitewashing-racism</A></DIV>
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<DIV>See you at ALANA on March 17 at 7 PM!</DIV>
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<DIV>Hugs&Justice,</DIV>
<DIV>Mel</DIV></BODY></HTML>