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Blurring the Boundaries of Race

Blurring the Boundaries of Race
Selfless: The Social construction of You
March 12, 2024

Race and gender are thought by many to be immutable features of our biology. In some places and spaces, we see significant challenges to this way of thinking about gender, but the biological view of race has proved more durable. How do we understand racial identity from individual and community perspectives? What’s changing about how we define race and how that shapes our interactions with the world around us?

Brian Lowery

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Brian Lowery is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and a social psychologist by training. He received his doctorate from UCLA in 2001 with a minor in statistical methods.

Rebecca Tuvel

Rebecca Tuvel

Associate Professor and Chair of Philoso
Rebecca Tuvel

Rebecca Tuvel is the Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Rhodes College.

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