Event Tomorrow: Race, History, and Obama’s Second Term

We’re pleased to be hosting an event tomorrow morning with the Washington Monthly here at New America. We have a great panel assembled to look at a range of themes around racial inequality, both now at the start of Obama’s second presidential term and throughout American history. Many of the articles from the latest edition of the Washington Monthly (available here) grapple with the historical and contemporary roots of this inequality and will help drive the conversation. The event description reads:

After Barack Obama put his hand on the Lincoln Bible and took the oath of office this week almost exactly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, it’s appropriate to ask: Where is America now, a century and a half after Lincoln signed that celebrated document? Have we progressed as much as we like to think? What disparities in health, wealth, education and incarceration do people of color still face? What might Obama accomplish in his second term to narrow these disparities? And in an age of mass downward mobility, can policies that help minorities also profoundly benefit the majority?

If you’re here in D.C., RSVP to attend in person. If not, check out the live webcast starting tomorrow at 10am Eastern Time and follow us @AssetsNAF for live updates during the event. The Washington Monthly (@WashMonthly) will also be tweeting.