Summary
The Aspen Institute Symposium on the State of Race in America explored new attitudes, opportunities, and challenges for and about people of color in 21st century America. The 2018 event was presented by the Communications and Society Program in association with Comcast NBCUniversal. |
OPENING KEYNOTE |
GREAT EXPECTATIONS |
RACIAL HATE SPEECH AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT |
CLOSING KEYNOTE |
PANELISTS |
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David Brooks Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times |
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Irene Bueno Co-Founder & Partner, Nueva Vista Group, LLC |
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Marc Lamont Hill Host of HuffPost Live and BET News, and Political Contributor, CNN |
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Brian Levin Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism |
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Alexis McGill Johnson Executive Director and Co-Founder of Perception Institute |
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Carlos Monje Director of Public Policy, US and Canada, Twitter |
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Kamilah Prince National Director of African American Engagement, Republican National Committee (RNC) |
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Suman Raghunathan Executive Director, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) |
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Chuck Rocha Strategist and President of Solidarity Strategies |
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Juan Williams Political Analyst, Fox News (moderator) |
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Jamia Wilson Movement Builder, Storyteller and Feminist |
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David Cohen Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Comcast Corporation |
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Charles M. Firestone Executive Director, Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program |
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Kiahna Cassell Project Director, Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program |
AGENDA |
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Light Continental Breakfast |
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Opening Keynote |
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Panel 1: Great Expectations: Do Candidates Rely Too Much or Not Enough from People of Color? |
96% of African American voters voted for one candidate in the recent Alabama Senate election, and according to a Pew Research Center survey, 66% of Latino voters voted for one candidate during the most recent Presidential election. Do Democrats take the POC vote for granted? How can Republicans appeal more to people of color? What are the ways in which people are viewing voting through the lens of race? How is voting being encouraged, or suppressed? |
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Break |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Panel 2: Racial Hate Speech and the First Amendment |
Is more speech an adequate solution to hate speech? If not, what limits are allowable or appropriate when it comes to hate speech? Have social media platforms compounded the problem by having near ubiquitous and instantaneous reach for almost all voices? What measures should social platforms or governments adopt to limit racial disparagement? |
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Closing Keynote |
Featured Materials
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