What are the larger implications of Black and Latino/a voter participation in the 2012 Presidential election? How does the struggle for representation and political power in the United States become muddled or elucidated by conversations about racial identity? Black Studies and Mexican American Studies faculty and students will discuss Black and Latina/o participation in the 2012 election and what this means for the University, Texas and the United States.
The following faculty members are scheduled to participate:
This forum is co-sponsored by the Center for Mexican American Studies, the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, the African and African Disapora Studies Department, and the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis.