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White Privilege: Nonconscious Racism, Freud, and Neuroscience of Implicit Bias

March 22, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Free

Millsaps College – Christian Center, Jackson, MS

To what extent is white cultural domination nonconscious, and in what sense? How do neuroscience ideas of nonconscious racism, and ideas of Freud fit in? It seems that many white people who want to avoid racist behavior are nevertheless likely to harbor suppressed anti-black sentiment. The talk explores whether understanding the formation of unintentional racism might help reverse it.

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Date:
March 22, 2022
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Mississippi Humanities Council

Venue

Millsaps College
1701 N. State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
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