Can We Yet Hope for a New Narrative?
This lecture will be presented by Rodney Coates, professor of sociology and gerontology, Miami University.
Lecture description: Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech galvanized the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, class or handicap. In this dream, the essence of the American creed was reaffirmed by requiring that we judge a person “by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.” But as the guns wielded by those who hate continue to kill, as unrest continues to produce chaos in the Middle East, as children slaves are being sold in Darfur, as the poor continue to be over represented in prisons and under represented in our college classrooms, as women continue to be denied equal pay and rights, and as those who look different from ourselves are dismissed, ridiculed and denied basic freedoms, then we must question just how far we have come toward the realization of the dream.
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 7
Time:11:30 a.m.
Where: University of Cincinnati Blue Ash
Location: Science & Allied Health Building, Room 100
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