Posted 1:27 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014
An educator and motivational speaker will provide a unique look at the history of the “N-word” during a UW-L presentation.
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Eddie Moore, Jr., speaks on “N!ggar(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness” Tuesday, Sept. 23, at UW-La Crosse.[/caption]
An educator and motivational speaker will provide a unique look at the history of the “N-word” during a UW-La Crosse presentation.
Eddie Moore, Jr., speaks on “N!ggar(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Graff Main Hall auditorium. Admission is free.
Moore is director of diversity at Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, New York. Using books, TV shows, film clips and documentary film, he will challenge participants to examine their personal and professional histories with the N-word, examine when and how they were first introduced to the word, and explore the pictures and different feelings associated with the word. He will include how current events, media, popular music and movies have used the word over the years and if the word has had any impact or influence on the millennial generation.
The presentation is part of the Campus Activities Board series. For more information, visit www.uwlax.edu/cab.
If you go—
Who: Eddie Moore, Jr.
What: “N!ggar(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness”
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23
Where: Auditorium, UW-La Crosse Graff Main Hall
Admission: Free.
Eddie Moore, Jr., speaks on “N!ggar(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness” Tuesday, Sept. 23, at UW-La Crosse.[/caption]
An educator and motivational speaker will provide a unique look at the history of the “N-word” during a UW-La Crosse presentation.
Eddie Moore, Jr., speaks on “N!ggar(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Graff Main Hall auditorium. Admission is free.
Moore is director of diversity at Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, New York. Using books, TV shows, film clips and documentary film, he will challenge participants to examine their personal and professional histories with the N-word, examine when and how they were first introduced to the word, and explore the pictures and different feelings associated with the word. He will include how current events, media, popular music and movies have used the word over the years and if the word has had any impact or influence on the millennial generation.
The presentation is part of the Campus Activities Board series. For more information, visit www.uwlax.edu/cab.
If you go—
Who: Eddie Moore, Jr.
What: “N!ggar(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness”
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23
Where: Auditorium, UW-La Crosse Graff Main Hall
Admission: Free.