L&C Ethnic Studies welcomes David Roediger, radical American writer, historian, and Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Kansas. 

Historian David Roediger has spent his career sharpening students’ and scholars’ understanding of labor, whiteness, and class in the United States. But how did an “ordinary white” come to have such extraordinary understanding of race and racism? The renowned scholar of labor, race, and class will speak about his new memoir, his intellectual and political evolution, and how we can sustain movements in defense of education and for racial justice. Signed copies of Dr. Roediger’s new book, An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education, will be available for purchase.

David Roediger is the author of the landmark book The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class, and many other important works. He is a Foundation Professor of American Studies at University of Kansas and past president of the American Studies Association and of the Working-Class Studies Association. Beyond his scholarship, he has been a long-time participant in the surrealist movement, labor organizing, antiracist activism, and advocacy for public education. 

Co-sponsored by: Ethnic Studies, History, Philosophy, General Education, Sociology/Anthropology, Center for Social Change & Community Involvement, Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement, Office of Equity & Inclusion, L&C Endowment for the Humanities

Questions? ethnicstudies@lclark.edu