Oberlin College and Conservatory

IAN Event: Aura Bogado Lecture on Iternalized Illegality

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 4:30pm to 6:00pm

King Building, 106
10 North Professor Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

The word “illegal” has so permeated the media that it’s hard to think that people without papers are truly human. Although this is a contemporary reality, this kind of dehumanization isn’t a new phenomenon. In this talk, Aura Bogado will trace some of the ways that immigrants have become targets for criminalization, and how the condition of “illegality” becomes internalized, and shames some people into acting against their own interests.

Aura Bogado is the news editor for Colorlines, where she writes about racial justice, Native rights, and immigration. She’s contributed to a variety of publications, including Mother Jones, The Nation, and Newsweek Argentina. She’s a graduate of Yale University, and holds a certificate in indigenous peoples’ rights and policy from Columbia University. She was born and raised in South America, is of Guarani descent, and lives in New York.

Event Type

Lectures/Symposia/Workshops, Info Sessions/Presentations/Webinars

Departments

Administrative, Multicultural Resource Commons

Website

http://new.oberlin.edu/office/multicu...

Contact Person

Jesus Gomez

Contact Phone Number

440-775-5356

Contact E-mail Address

jgomez@oberlin.edu

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