Jelani Cobb: Contingent Citizenship Sun, June 14, 2015, 3:00pm Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street








Jelani Cobb: Contingent Citizenship


Jelani Cobb: Contingent Citizenship

RACE AND DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF FERGUSON
From the NSA’s mining of citizens’ personal data to the police’s use of lethal force in Ferguson, Cleveland, and Staten Island, recent events have called into question U.S. authorities' exercise of power. In this talk, journalist and University of Connecticut history professor Jelani Cobb discusses citizenship in an age of expanded state authority. How much power should we afford those who keep us safe? How have strained relationships between minorities and governing authorities defined the nation's first black presidency?


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