<div>The Department of Political Science and the MLK Fellows Program</div><div>Invite you to a free, one-day conference</div><div><br></div><div>The Limits of Deracialization: Race, Politics and Governance in the 2010s</div>
<div>To register, please visit: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mit_deracialization_conference">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mit_deracialization_conference</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Friday, April 27, 2012</div>
<div>8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.</div><div>Multipurpose Room, Simmons Hall (W79)</div><div>229 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA</div><div><br></div><div>8:00-8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks</div><div>Andra Gillespie , Convener (Emory University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</div>
<div><br></div><div>8:45-10:15 a.m. Panel 1: Deracialization and Governance</div><div>“Neapolitan” Mayors and Governance</div><div>Dorian Warren (Columbia University)</div><div>Christina Greer (Fordham University)</div><div>
Deracialization and Governance in Medium Sized Cities</div><div>Ravi Perry (Clark University)</div><div><br></div><div>10:30-12:00 p.m. Panel 2: Deracialization, Racial Identity and Citizen Preferences: Understanding the Concept Through the Lens of Barack Obama</div>
<div>Deracialization and Evaluations of Barack Obama</div><div>Khalilah Brown-Dean (Quinnipiac University)</div><div>Does Deracialization Inure Political Trust?</div><div>Shayla Nunnally (University of Connecticut)</div>
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<br></div><div>1:45-3:15 p.m. Panel 3: Deracialization and Social Movements</div><div>Deracialization within Civil Rights Movements</div><div>Sekou Franklin (Middle Tennessee State University)</div><div>Deracialization and Multiracialism</div>
<div>Natalie Masuoka (Tufts University)</div><div><br></div><div>3:30-5:00 p.m. Panel 4: Deracialization and Intersectional Identities</div><div>Deracialization, Gender and State Legislators</div><div>Nadia Brown (St. Louis University )</div>
<div>Deracialization and Black Conservatives</div><div>Tyson King-Meadows (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)</div><div><br></div><div>7:00-8:30 p.m. Discussant Keynote</div><div>J. Phillip Thompson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</div>