Race—The Power of an Illusion website launch (2019)

First broadcast on public television more than 15 years ago, Race—The Power of an Illusion has become one of the most widely viewed documentaries in American history, and it remains timely and relevant today. The series asks a question so basic it is rarely raised: what is this thing called race? Many of our conventional assumptions, particularly about race being biologically-based, are wrong, yet the consequences of racism are very real.

This open forum shot on February 6, 2019 featured producers of the series and UC Berkeley faculty discussing the evolution and impact of our ideas about race, then and now.

Check out the new Race—The Power of an Illusion website here: http://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Speakers at the launch event include:

Larry Adelman, series producer for Race
john powell, UC Berkeley faculty and director, HIFIS
Michael Omi (moderator), UC Berkeley faculty
Jason Corburn, City/Regional Planning and Public Health
Darlene Francis, Public Health and Neuroscience
Lulu Matute, Haas Scholar
Victoria Robinson (moderator), director, American Cultures Center

The event was hosted by:

American Cultures Engaged Scholarship
Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society
UC Berkeley Library
Center for Race and Gender
California Newsreel