Ethnic Studies Colloquium Panel
The Politics of Language: Racial Slurs and American Society
3:30 pm –
5:00 pm
Nebraska Union
Room: Colonial Room
1400 R St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: NU
Contact:
Denise, (402) 472-3191, dpoehlman7@unl.edu
Dr Thomas Gannon, associate professor of English and Ethnic Studies presents: “The S-Word & The R-Word: Native American Epithets in U.S. Culture.”
Dr Kwakiutl Dreher, associate professor of English and Ethnic Studies presents: “Dead and Buried but Still Living: Why Won’t the N-Word Die?”
Dr James Garza, associate professor of History and Ethnic Studies presents: “The Prose of the Powerful: How Language, History, and Power shapes our Perception of the Poor and the Immigrant”.
Dr Kwakiutl Dreher, associate professor of English and Ethnic Studies presents: “Dead and Buried but Still Living: Why Won’t the N-Word Die?”
Dr James Garza, associate professor of History and Ethnic Studies presents: “The Prose of the Powerful: How Language, History, and Power shapes our Perception of the Poor and the Immigrant”.