New Age Racism

Elaine Brown

The age of the Black Panther Party, and their militant civil-rights tactics have long since passed, but rampant racism still remains. Fortunately, what also remains is a desire to banish it from our society. Elaine Brown, Former Chairperson of the Black Panther Party and author of two books on the African American Civil Rights Movement comes to Sonoma State University to speak on the 'New Age Racism' and its detriment to the world we live in. According to Brown, American blacks have embraced, adopted and accepted "New-Age Racism" - the popular view of blacks as inherently criminal and responsible for their oppressed status - thereby absolving "the system" of primary responsibility for failing blacks. Brown will explore this by deconstructing the history of racism, gender oppression and class disparity to find the root cause of the problem and encouraging young people to join in the realization of the vision of eliminating these societal ills. In 1974, Elaine Brown became the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party until it was disbanded in 1977. Brown is the author of "A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story" and "The Condemnation of Little B". Passionate and articulate, Elaine draws huge audiences at colleges and universities throughout the country with her lectures on new-age racism. She is the president of the nonprofit educational corporation Fields of Flowers, an organization to build a model education center for black and other poor children. She is Director of Political Affairs for the National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform, a board member of Mothers Advocating Juvenile Justice, and Vice-President of The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation. Elaine's work has been acclaimed by media organizations around the country including the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post and is held by many as a crusader for the poor and oppressed in modern America.

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