IN THE MEDIA
Professor Dacher Keltner explains ‘How Power Makes People Selfish'
In a new video, UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner explains “How power makes people selfish.” Keltner, a member of the Haas Institute’s Religious Diversity Cluster, discusses findings that show when people received power in research experiments, they act impulsive, inappropriately, and even become messier eaters. Read more. Keltner’s research was also featured in the New York Times Magazine.
Berkeley town hall examines race, police relations
One month after Berkeley police used tear gas during a protest, Berkeley City Council held a town hall meeting on police-community relations on Jan. 17. Over 200 people attended. In addition to councilmembers, panelists included elected officials and Haas Institute Director john a. powell. Read more.
How unconscious racial bias impacts job opportunities
In a recent blog post, UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Claude Fischer discusses the impact of implicit bias, or unconscious racial discrimination, on employment opportunities. He notes “audits” demonstrating that employers and landlords discriminate against Black applicants in favor of white applicants, despite the same economic or employment credentials. Fischer is a member of Haas Institute’s Religious Diversity Cluster. Read Fischer’s blog.
Income gap widens for African Americans in California
The Sacramento Bee reports that economic disparities between white and black residents in the state have grown and the African American population shrank despite continued state population growth. "African American Californians generally are leaving the state,” Haas Institute Director john powell said. “The opportunities here – it’s becoming much less attractive.” Many Black families also lost their homes due to predatory lending during the foreclosure crisis, as reported in the 2014 Haas Institute report Underwater America. Read more here.
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FRIDAY, JAN 23
PROF REGINA KUNZEL: In Treatment: Psychiatry and the Archives of Modern Sexuality
Join the LGBTQ Citizenship Cluster of the Haas Institute for a lecture by Regina Kunzel. Kunzel is Professor of History and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Princeton University. Her most recent book, Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality was awarded the American Historical Association’s John Boswell Prize. RSVP here.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2
Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, 4-5:30 PM
470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley
RACIAL FORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Haas Institute Associate Director and UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Professor Michael Omi & UC Santa Barbara Professor Howard Winant will discuss the revised and updated edition of their classic book, Racial Formation in the United States (2015). A reception will follow the talk. Read more about the event.
SAVE THE DATE
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On May 17, 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered an anti-Vietnam address at UC Berkeley titled, “America’s Chief Moral Dilemma.” His pro-peace address gathered criticism as many wanted King, the Nobel Peace Prize honoree, to stick to civil rights. Excerpts of his speech have been preserved by KPFA, apart of the Pacifica Archive, as well as a KPIX recording from San Francisco State’s University’s DIVA archive. UC Berkeley's Student Union, currently under construction, is named after King.
Photo by Helen Nestor.
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