Ideas of Race and Racism in History

History Talk, the history podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

The issues of race and racism remain as urgent as ever to our national conversation. Four scholars discuss such questions as: Since Race does not exist as a biological reality, what then is race and where did the idea develop from? What is racism? How have race and racism been used by societies to justify discrimination, oppression, and social exclusion? How did racism manifest in different national and historical contexts? How have American and World history in the modern eras been defined by ideas of race and the power hierarchies embedded in racism? Panel: -Nicholas Breyfogle | Associate Professor, Department of History; Director, Goldberg Center, The Ohio State University -Alice Conklin | Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Department of History, The Ohio State University -Robin Judd | Associate Professor, Department of History, The Ohio State University -Hasan Jeffries | Associate Professor, Department of History, The Ohio State University -Deondre Smiles | Ph.D. Geography '20; Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Victoria, Canada A transcript of this podcast is available at https://origins.osu.edu/transcripts/ideas-in-race-and-racism This content is made possible, in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.