Anti-racism author, educator Tim Wise to speak at Kirkland college

Published 5:58 pm Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Examining pressing current issues in our society, Tim Wise will give a talk at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland at noon on Feb. 23, titled “Colorblind: The rise of post-racial politics and the retreat from racial equity.”

Wise, who scholar and philosopher Cornel West calls “A vanilla brother in the tradition of (abolitionist) John Brown,” is among the nation’s most prominent antiracist essayists and educators.

Wise is the author of six books, including his just-released Culture of Cruelty: How America’s Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future. He has spent the past 20 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on more than 1,000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the nation. He has also trained corporate, government, law enforcement and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions.

Wise’s talk is open to the public in the West Building, room W404. Admission and parking are free.

The talk is made possible with support from the LWTech’s Associated Student Government and LWTech Foundation.

The Lake Washington Institute of Technology is located at 11605 132nd Ave NE in Kirkland.

Directions can be found at http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwtech/kirkland_campus/