Hannah Arendt Center presents:
Courage to Be Series: The Courage to Be More than a Label (or Three)
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Online Event
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
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Wed. April 28, 6 pm – 7:30 pm
About Irshad Manji
Recipient of Oprah's "Chutzpah Award" for boldness, Irshad Manji is the founder of Moral Courage College, which teaches people how to engage about polarizing issues without shaming or canceling each other. She teaches leadership with Oxford University's Initiative for Global Ethics and Human Rights. Irshad rose to international prominence as the author of two books about the need for reform in her faith of Islam -- books that are banned in some countries and bestsellers in others. Irshad's latest book is Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars. Chris Rock calls it "genius." Not everybody agrees. The "Courage To Be" Lecture is an annual tradition at the Hannah Arendt Center, yet this year's event will break the mold in at least three ways. First, it's virtual. Second, it won't be a lecture at all; it will be a vibrant conversation. And it will be vibrant precisely because of the third distinguishing element: Our "lecturer," the internationally bestselling author Irshad Manji, will encourage skepticism, doubt, and outright disagreement with her provocative but sincere perspectives on diversity and inclusion.
She expresses those perspectives in her latest book, Don't Label Me, which many participants of this event will have read alongside Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility. Manji argues that labels such as "White," "Black," "BIPOC" and others can easily distort human beings, reducing each of us to something less than our complicated, plural selves. Moreover, too much antiracism and diversity discourse today reinforces the zero-sum, Us-against-Them mindset that leads to oppression in the first place. Ideological purity corrupts the pursuit of diversity, which is why a truly diverse society values different viewpoints. Ultimately, if we truly want to change culture, we must exercise the moral courage to speak truth to our own egos -- the most pervasive and pernicious of all powers.
Please join Irshad Manji and Roger Berkowitz for a discussion that's bound to shake up how we see each other and ourselves.
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About Irshad Manji
Recipient of Oprah's "Chutzpah Award" for boldness, Irshad Manji is the founder of Moral Courage College, which teaches people how to engage about polarizing issues without shaming or canceling each other. She teaches leadership with Oxford University's Initiative for Global Ethics and Human Rights. Irshad rose to international prominence as the author of two books about the need for reform in her faith of Islam -- books that are banned in some countries and bestsellers in others. Irshad's latest book is Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars. Chris Rock calls it "genius." Not everybody agrees. The "Courage To Be" Lecture is an annual tradition at the Hannah Arendt Center, yet this year's event will break the mold in at least three ways. First, it's virtual. Second, it won't be a lecture at all; it will be a vibrant conversation. And it will be vibrant precisely because of the third distinguishing element: Our "lecturer," the internationally bestselling author Irshad Manji, will encourage skepticism, doubt, and outright disagreement with her provocative but sincere perspectives on diversity and inclusion.
She expresses those perspectives in her latest book, Don't Label Me, which many participants of this event will have read alongside Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility. Manji argues that labels such as "White," "Black," "BIPOC" and others can easily distort human beings, reducing each of us to something less than our complicated, plural selves. Moreover, too much antiracism and diversity discourse today reinforces the zero-sum, Us-against-Them mindset that leads to oppression in the first place. Ideological purity corrupts the pursuit of diversity, which is why a truly diverse society values different viewpoints. Ultimately, if we truly want to change culture, we must exercise the moral courage to speak truth to our own egos -- the most pervasive and pernicious of all powers.
Please join Irshad Manji and Roger Berkowitz for a discussion that's bound to shake up how we see each other and ourselves.
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213.244.140.110 (Germany)
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