Centrum Kultury Jidysz: “Jews And Blacks: Allies In Twentieth Century America?” – wykład prof. Hasi Diner z Uniwersytetu Nowojorskiego

W poniedziałek, 25 maja 2015 r. o godzinie 19.00, w Centrum Kultury Jidysz, ul. Andersa 15 w Warszawie odbędzie się wykład prof. Hasi Diner z Uniwersytetu Nowojorskiego, która opowie o złożonych relacjach pomiędzy imigrantami żydowskimi a imigrantami z Afryki w XX-wiecznych Stanach Zjednoczonych.

Polska, jak i cała Unia Europejska, stoi przed nowym wyzwaniem przyjęcia nowych imigrantów z Afryki – czy to może być dla nas lekcja?
Żydzi jako biali od początku traktowani byli na równi z innymi obywatelami Stanów, natomiast imigranci z Afryki od razu wchodzili w rolę sług. Jednak ich losy w XX wieku bardzo się ze sobą splatały. Żydzi, świadomi tej sytuacji, mieli wiele do powiedzenia na temat ciężkiego położenia imigrantów z Afryki, i użyli swojej uprzywilejowanej pozycji, by je zmienić. Z drugiej jednak strony, Żydzi wzbogacili się na handlu z imigrantami z Afryki, czyli poniekąd również ich wykorzystywali. Jak zdołali pogodzić ze sobą te dwie sprzeczne ze sobą role?

Wstęp wolny, wykład prowadzony będzie w języku angielskim.

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Jews And Blacks: Allies In Twentieth Century America? – lecture held by prof. Hasia Diner from New York University

Jews, voluntary immigrants to the United States, always defined by law and policy as white, and African Americans, forced migrants whose descendants continued through nearly all of American history to occupy a subservient and degraded legal status on the surface had little in common. Yet for nearly all of the twentieth century their histories have been entwined. Jews, cognizant of their privileged status, had much to say about the suffering of black people, and used their growing political and financial clout to advance the cause of civil rights and improve the living condition of blacks in both the south and north. On the other hand, Jews prospered in part due to their economic activities selling to African Americans. How did Jews reconcile these two seemingly different roles in the history of race relations in America? This talk will explore the multiple and often contradictory ways in which Jews engaged with African Americans and what that tells us about the history of American Jewry.

prof. Hasia Diner – Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and History at New York University

Free entrance. The lecture will be given in English.

Monday, 25.05,  7.00 PM
Centrum Kultury Jidysz, ul. Andersa 15 Warszawa

Jews And Blacks: Allies In Twentieth Century America? – lecture held by prof. Hasia Diner from New York University

Jews, voluntary immigrants to the United States, always defined by law and policy as white, and African Americans, forced migrants whose descendants continued through nearly all of American history to occupy a subservient and degraded legal status on the surface had little in common. Yet for nearly all of the twentieth century their histories have been entwined. Jews, cognizant of their privileged status, had much to say about the suffering of black people, and used their growing political and financial clout to advance the cause of civil rights and improve the living condition of blacks in both the south and north. On the other hand, Jews prospered in part due to their economic activities selling to African Americans. How did Jews reconcile these two seemingly different roles in the history of race relations in America? This talk will explore the multiple and often contradictory ways in which Jews engaged with African Americans and what that tells us about the history of American Jewry.

prof. Hasia Diner – Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and History at New York University

Free entrance. The lecture will be given in English.