Talk focuses on white racial identity here

CHARLO – The Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition will host Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program “Very White? A Conversation About White Racial Identity in Montana” with Tobin Miller Shearer on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

The free program will be at Mission Valley UMC, 70715 Hwy 93, top of Post Creek Hill, with a potluck at 6 p.m. and conversation at 7 p.m.

This interactive presentation invites participants to consider what it means to be white in a white majority state.

Does the prejudice assumption of white privilege count where few people of color live or have been isolated on reservations? How do we talk about racial identity in meaningful ways that deal with real issues but don’t leave all involved feeling helpless or hurt?

Shearer guides a conversation about race in Montana that strives to leave participants with greater confidence and insight regardless of the audience’s racial identity.

Tobin Miller Shearer is the Director of African-American Studies at the University of Montana and an Associate Professor of History.

He helped found and co-directed a national anti-racism training program.

 active within the religious community and led more than 500 workshops in the space of ten years. He teaches classes on civil rights, hip-hop, the black church, and slavery. Students call his teaching style, “enthusiastic,” “intriguing and thought provoking.”

FRHRC is a 501c3 non-profit organization providing educational events to promote the broadest possible community acceptance of the multi-cultural nature of this community and celebrate the positive benefits of living together in such a community.  

For more information, please call FRHRC at 745-4259.