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The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Public Forum on Race, Religion, Democracy and the American Dream

February 16, 2022 / 5:00 pm / Add to Google

This hybrid event will be held in person at Social Science Matrix, 820 Social Sciences Building, on the UC Berkeley campus. Physical attendance will be limited. The event will also be available online via Zoom. Registration is required here

Sahar Aziz, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar Rutgers University Law School

Why does a country with religious liberty enmeshed in its legal and social structures produce such overt prejudice and discrimination against Muslims? Sahar Aziz’s groundbreaking book demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the Racial Muslim. Comparing discrimination against immigrant Muslims with the prejudicial treatment of Jews, Catholics, Mormons, and African […]

The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism: Race, Religion, and Democracy

Public Forum on Race, Religion, Democracy and the American Dream

February 10, 2022 / 5:00 pm / Add to Google

This hybrid event will be held in person in 3335 Dwinelle Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Physical attendance will be limited to 35 guests. The event will also be available online via Zoom. Registration is required here

Jonathan Tran, Professor of Philosophical Theology and George W. Baines Chair of Religion, Department of Religion, Baylor University

Why does contemporary antiracism devolve into identity politics and white guilt, each of which leaves standing structures and systems destructive to minoritized life? Why does antiracism marginalize Asian Americans, those already marginalized by racism? Can religion, and Christianity in particular, play a constructive role in anti-racism’s democratic future? Developing themes from his recent book, Asian […]

Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism: Race, Religion, and Democracy

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