El Centro para la Justicia Global
Investigación y aprendizaje para un Mundo Mejor, empoderando la Economía Solidaria

Race and Identity

Monday, January 16, 2023 - 1:00pm
CST
Cliff DuRand

We celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday by examining the thorny questions of race and identity. What is race? Who is Black? Who is White? Why be Black? Can we choose our race?

Cliff DuRand is a founder and Research Associate of the Center for Global Justice. A retired Philosophy professor, he taught at historically Black Morgan State University in Baltimore. He has lived in San Miguel for 18 years.

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50 pesos

Upcoming Events

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm
CST
How the West Was Stolen: The U.S.-Mexican War of 1846-48
Joe Belden
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende
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This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more