• Mar 4, 2021

Between the White Lines: A Transatlantic Discussion of Racism, Class and Sports

  • 1:00 - 2:30 PM
  • Register on Zoom

Panelists:

  • Michael Bennett, Author, Things that Make White People Uncomfortable; Founder, the Bennett Foundation; Retired defensive end, New England Patriots.
  • Lilian Thuram, Author, La Pensée blanche (White Thinking); Founder, Fondation Lilian Thuram; Retired football/soccer defender.

Respondent: Elsa Dorlin, Professor of Political and Social Philosophy, Vincennes/St. Denis Paris 8 University (France)
Moderator: Yasser Munif, Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
Translator for Lilian Thuram: Maria Guramare, Harvard Women’s Basketball ’21

Cosponsored by: Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH); Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School; Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities, Simmons University; Fondation Lilian Thuram