The Dream Deferred: Race and American Politics

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A roundtable discussion covering the 2000 Presidential elections where 90-95% of the African American vote was against the current president--and the continuing controversies over affirmative action in California, Texas and Florida

Panelists:
Lawrence Bobo
Professor of Sociology and Afro-American Studies, Harvard University; Co-author, Racialized Politics: The Debate on Racism in America

Gerald Gill
Professor of History, Tufts University; Co-editor; Eyes on the Prize Reader

James Glaser
Chair and Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Author, Race Campaign Politics and the Realignment in the South

Christina Gomez
Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College; Author, "Ethnic Relations, Class, and Latino Political Participation"

James Jennings
Professor to Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University; Author, Race and Politics in the United States: New Challenges and Responses

Paul Watanabe
Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Institute for Asian-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Jean Wu
Program and Education Director, Arts and Sciences Diversity Office and Senior Lecturer in American Studies, Tufts University

Moderator
Sarah Leistikow
EPIIC 2000-01 Colloquium