Published: Aug. 11, 2021

The University Libraries will host Sofia Leung in the virtual talk, “The ‘Ordinary’ Existence of Racism & White Supremacy in Libraries” on Tuesday, August 24. Leung’s talk will explore racism’s permanence and prevalence within libraries as institutions. 

Leung is a Chinese American librarian and educator. She is also the founding editor of up//root: a we here publication and co-editor of Knowledge Justice:Disrupting Library and Information Studies Through Critical Race Theory.

In the talk, Leung will present examples of where and how racism and white supremacy show up in libraries, particularly academic libraries. Attendees will leave the talk with recommendations and suggestions on how  we can shift our work towards anti-racist practices.

Please join us Tuesday, August 24, at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Registration required.