Pittsburgh Freethought Community
Promoting Science, Reason and Secular Humanist Values
in the Greater Pittsburgh area.

Log in

Thinking About Race For Real - Anthony Pinn Event

  • Sunday, October 28, 2018
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Registration


Registration is closed

Understanding race differences from a scientific, “third person,” perspective is important but does little to address the more important challenge of race relations. 

Anthony Pinn ImageOur brains are not isolated from our bodies; rather we are beings with embodied minds. When we encounter other human beings, we see them as other bodies. The real-life use of this first person perspective carries with it both conscious and nonconscious assessments and evaluations of these other bodies. Professor Pinn says, “These bodies are material (i.e., born, live, and die), but we also know them as social constructs or a type of cultural ‘thing.’” He observes that humanists and others committed to science and critical thinking have little trouble grasping the material – biological – reality of bodies. However, they often have difficulty understanding and addressing the social construction of these bodies. Internalizing the social significance of race is a critical first step in addressing its enactment in the mode of racism.

ASL interpretation will be provided.

The speaking event is free and open to the public, however we do ask that you register so we know how many people will be attending. 

Pittsburgh Freethought Community is presenting Professor Anthony Pinn in association with American Humanist Assocation and the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh.

Professor Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and teaches Religious Studies at Rice University, winner of the 1999 African American Humanist Award from the Council for Secular Humanism, and the 2006 Harvard University Humanist Chaplaincy “Humanist of the Year.”

This event will address white supremacy from a humanist (non-theist) perspective. 

A 5-session workshop based on Professor Pinn's book, When Colorblindness Isn't the Answer: Humanism and the Challenge of Race, begins November 11. Register separately for that workshop here.


© 2019 Pittsburgh Freethought Community, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy

     

Our Board  |  Donate  |  Site Map   |  Join PFC