'Reconsidering Race and Class:' A Conversation With David Roediger

David R. Roediger of the University of Kansas and the cover of his book, "The Sinking Middle Class."
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David R. Roediger of the University of Kansas and the cover of his book, "The Sinking Middle Class."

David R. Roediger will give a talk, "Reconsidering Race and Class," at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History on the Fayetteville Square. A preeminent scholar of race, class and labor, Roediger is the Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas.

The talk will be moderated by Matthew Stanley, associate professor of history in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

flyer for talk by professor David Roediger of the University of KansasIn his recent book, The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right, Roediger counters the political talking points about saving the middle class, writing that the slogan perpetuates a myths about the United States and arguing that the idea misleads Americans about class, nation and race.

The event is sponsored by the U of A departments of history and political science, the Honors College, the Humanities Center and the African and African American Studies Program.

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