Dornsife Dialogues
Dornsife Dialogues, hosted by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, are conversations among leading scholars and distinguished alumni regarding a wide range of topics relevant to our world today.
Dornsife Dialogues
The Truth of Being Black in America
What are some of the ways in which the health and lives of many Americans are in jeopardy simply because they’re Black? And what are some of the things the public can do to help change that?
Listen to this engaging discussion regarding the truth of being Black in America among scholars of psychology and law; an advocate for transgender equality; and a USC pastor who is also a program manager with the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture.
Participants:
April Thames, Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles
Jody Armour, USC Gould’s Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law
Blossom Brown, advocate for transgender equality with the Los Angeles LGBT Center and board member of Black LGBTQ+Activists for Change
Moderated by: Najuma Smith-Pollard, program manager for USC Dornsife’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture
Watch the discussion on YouTube.
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