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April 27, 2021 Melissa Parkhurst will present a Common Reading talk on “Song Gives Birth to Struggle: Music and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa” at noon on Wednesday, April 28. Parkhurst, a faculty member in the WSU School of Music and the 2021 awardee of the WSU Faculty Diversity Award, will use examples from several South African music traditions to explore the ways in which music sheds light on the indigenous cultures and the process of colonialism and post colonialism. These examples will include early South African jazz (marabi), a cappella music performed by migrant wor...

April 12, 2021 The WSU Common Reading Program has announced the 2021-22 book to be used by first-year and other students in classes and beyond is Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation, edited by John Freeman. By Beverly Makhani Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (DAESA) The Washington State University Common Reading Program has announced the 2021-22 book to be used by first-year and other students in classes and beyond is Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation, edited by John Freeman. Electronic desk copies will be mad...

March 11, 2021 Thursday, March 25, 7 p.m. (PST) The history of racial disparities in the United States is long and deeply rooted. The Black Lives Matter mobilizations last summer reminded us of the explosive nature of racial mistreatment around law enforcement. In the wake of BLM, cities, counties, and states are trying to address the issue in a variety of ways. Please join Dr. Luis Fernandez (Criminal Justice and Criminology, Northern Arizona University) as he talks with us about the basic strategies currently being considered and describes the ideological orientations and assumptions that l...

March 2, 2021 Communications professor Alex Tan will present a Common Reading talk at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3.  His presentation, “What Communication Science and Trevor Noah Can Tell Us about Racism” will explore the cultural origins of racism and how media, visual images, and language activate unconscious racism. Tan’s most recent book, Who is Racist: Why Racism Matters (Cognella Press, January 2021), provides readers with tools and information to understand and combat racism. Drawing from his book, Tan’s presentation will weave social science research, media stories, and his ...

February 9, 2021 Harvard scholar Anthony Jack will present “The Privileged Poor: How Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students” this evening at 6 p.m. The talk, hosted as a collaborative event by the MLK and Common Reading programs, is the second of three keynote events to promote discussion of ideas related to this year’s Common Reading Born a Crime. Jack’s research has earned numerous awards and has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The National Review, NPR and other media outlets. The Washington Post heralded his 2019 book The Privileged Poor as breaking “ne...