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Monday February 26th
Brittney Cooper in conversation with Page May & Monica Trinidad
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Far too often, Black women's anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. Brittney Cooper's ELOQUENT RAGE shows us that there is more to the story than that. Black women's eloquent rage is what makes Serena Williams such a powerful tennis player. Its what makes Beyonce's girl power anthems resonate so hard. It's what makes Michelle Obama an icon. Eloquent rage keeps us all honest and accountable. It reminds women that they don't have to settle for less.
In ELOQUENT RAGE, Cooper, a Black woman who has come to peace with her rage, shows that what Black women get collectively angry about are the things all Americans should be angry about. It is Black women who stand up and protest when the police kill Black citizens with impunity, robbing them of due process. It is Black women who tried to stand up to the rise of Donald Trump withholding their votes for him to the tune of 94%. At the core of Black womens anger is the kind of honesty and clarity that comes from legitimate and righteous outrage.
ELOQUENT RAGE is about the power of rage to be a clarifying and essential political resource in a shifting political landscape. This anger points us to the ugliest, but perhaps the most powerful and transformative truths about American democracy, and about what it will take to make this place more just for all.
BRITTNEY COOPER writes a popular monthly column on race, gender and politics for Cosmopolitan. A professor of Womens and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, she co-founded the Crunk Feminist Collective. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Salon, Ebony.com, and The Root.com, among many others. She received the Black Feminist Rising Award from Black Womens Blueprint and the Newswomens Club of New York Award for best blogging.
Event Website
The Swedish American Museum Center
5211 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 728-8111
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